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MOV to WAV converter

Convert MOV to WAV in your browser. No upload and no account: the file never leaves your device, so the only size limit is your device’s memory.

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Read more about the MOV format and the WAV format, or see every video tool and all video conversions.

Should you convert MOV to WAV?

You need uncompressed audio from an iPhone or camera MOV for editing, mixing or transcription.

Yes, when you only need the sound: a song from a music video, the audio of a lecture, or a voice recording to transcribe. The picture is left out and the soundtrack is saved as WAV.

MOV is Apple’s video container, usually H.264 or HEVC from an iPhone; WAV is uncompressed, studio-quality audio. Use WAV while editing and for systems that demand it, such as phone systems, samplers and some broadcast tools.

MOV and WAV compared
Property MOV WAV
What it is Apple’s video container, usually H.264 or HEVC from an iPhone Uncompressed, studio-quality audio
Audio inside H.264 or HEVC video with AAC audio, or ProRes from editors 16-bit PCM, 44.1 or 48 kHz
Plays on Apple devices and most editors; some Windows PCs, Android phones and upload forms struggle with it Every computer, audio editor and DAW, and most phones
Best for Recording and editing video on Apple devices Editing, mastering and software that insists on WAV

How to convert MOV to WAV

  1. 01

    Add your MOV

    Drop your MOV video onto the box, or click to choose it. It is read from your disk and stays there.

  2. 02

    Check the settings

    The output is already set to WAV. Change the bitrate if you want to; the defaults suit most files.

  3. 03

    Save the WAV

    Press convert and save the WAV. Several files come back together as a ZIP.

What changes when MOV becomes WAV

WAV is lossless, the soundtrack usually isn’t

The audio inside an MOV is almost always compressed already, usually as AAC. WAV preserves it exactly but makes a much larger file without sounding better. Choose it for editing software; choose MP3 or M4A for listening.

Video files without sound

Screen recordings and some exported clips have no audio track at all. The file is checked as soon as you add it, and you’ll be told before converting if there’s nothing to extract.

This page is put together from our notes on each format, choosing only what is true of MOV and WAV, so every pairing states the same facts the same way. How these pages are made.

Why it doesn’t upload

Uploading a whole video to keep only its sound wastes time and data, and hands over the footage too. The audio track is read and saved right here, and the file never leaves your device.

How to check for yourself

Worth knowing

  • About the MOV. A MOV from an iPhone is usually an ordinary H.264 or HEVC video that can move into MP4 without re-encoding; a MOV exported from an editor may be ProRes and ten times larger.
  • About the WAV. A WAV made from an MP3 is ten times bigger but sounds exactly like the MP3; the lost detail doesn’t come back.
  • AVI, WMV, FLV and other older formats use the FFmpeg engine, a one-time 31 MB download.

Questions

Does extracting WAV from an MOV lose quality?

No. WAV stores the soundtrack exactly as decoded, although it can’t improve on the compression already in the video.

Can I get the audio from only part of the video?

Yes. Set a start and end time before converting, and only that section is saved as WAV.

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