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You’ll find all the conversion and compression tools you need, all in one place, at Zamzar. With over 1100 file-conversion types supported, whether you need to convert videos, audio, documents or images, you’ll easily find what you need and soon have your files in the formats and sizing that work for you.

WAV Audio Format

WAV Converter

The WAV audio file format was developed by IBM and Microsoft in 1991. WAV stands for Waveform Audio File Format, and it is still a commonly used file type. You can open WAV files with almost all media players and devices because it’s such an established format.

Unlike many other popular audio formats like MP3 or AAC, WAV files are uncompressed and ‘lossless’. This means WAV files have higher sound quality, which is why many musicians prefer to record and play music in WAV format. However, because the files aren’t compressed, the downside is that WAV files can be much bigger than other audio formats – up to 10 times the file size of an MP3. Most users choose to keep their digital music in MP3 or AAC format as they can store more music on their device. MP3 and AAC are also the default formats for many media players.

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FLAC Audio Format

FLAC Converter

An FLAC file has a full name of Free Lossless Audio Codec File and was developed by the Xiph.org foundation. An FLAC file is an open sourced audio file that uses lossless file compression which means that the file has been compressed to make it smaller but without impacting the quality of the file. i.e. it sounds the same but is smaller in size. In some circles it is known as a HD version of an MP3 file because it sounds a lot crisper than an MP3 but the way it has been built means that it tends to be a similar sized file as an MP3. It was developed in the early 2000s and given it’s size, quality and the fact it was open sourced it quickly became a popular alternative to other popular lossless audio formats which were developed at that time.

Another feature of an FLAC file is that it can support metadata and so they’re often used to burn CDs. Almost all open sourced audio players play FLAC files including the VLC Media Player. Other popular programs like QuickTime and Media Player do not play FLAC files.

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How to convert a WAV to a FLAC file?

  1. 1. Choose the WAV file that you want to convert.
  2. 2. Select FLAC as the the format you want to convert your WAV file to.
  3. 3. Click "Convert" to convert your WAV file.

Convert from WAV

Using Zamzar, it is possible to convert WAV files to a variety of other formats:

WAV to AAC WAV to AC3 WAV to FLAC WAV to M4A WAV to M4R WAV to MP3 WAV to MP4 WAV to OGG WAV to WMA

Convert to WAV

Using Zamzar, it is possible to convert a variety of other formats to WAV files:

264 to WAV 3G2 to WAV 3GA to WAV 3GP to WAV 3GPP to WAV AAC to WAV AC3 to WAV AIFC to WAV AIFF to WAV AMR to WAV APE to WAV ASF to WAV AVI to WAV CAF to WAV F4V to WAV FLAC to WAV FLV to WAV GVI to WAV M2TS to WAV M4A to WAV M4B to WAV M4R to WAV M4V to WAV MIDI to WAV MKV to WAV MOD to WAV MOV to WAV MP3 to WAV MP4 to WAV MPG to WAV MTS to WAV OGA to WAV OGG to WAV RA to WAV RAM to WAV RM to WAV RMVB to WAV TS to WAV VOB to WAV WEBM to WAV WMA to WAV WMV to WAV