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WAVe PCM Sound, standard Windows sound format
File type: Mobile ringtone file, Audio and sound file
Files with wav extension are audio files in the common PCM audio - Wave Form Audio format.
File type category:
Mobile ringtone file
Audio and sound file
Date updated: July 13, 2025
File extension wav is traditionally used for one of the most common audio files - WAV.
Windows uses the Wave Form Audio (WAV) file format to store sounds as waveforms. One minute of Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)-encoded sound can occupy as little as 644 kilobytes (KB) or as much as 27 megabytes (MB) of storage.
This size of the storage space depends on the sampling frequency, the type of sound (mono or stereo), and the number of bits that are used for the sample.
Similar to the AVI and ASF format, WAV is only a file container. Audio content that is compressed with a wide variety of codecs and that is stored in a wav file can be played back in Windows Media Player if the appropriate codecs are installed on the computer.
The most common audio codecs that are used in wav files include Microsoft Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (MS ADPCM) and uncompressed Pulse Code Modulation (PCM).
MIME types:
application/x-wav
audio/wav
audio/x-wav
WAV format is supported by all current media players.
WAV format is supported by all modern audio converters.
Software applications that can open wav files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software applications that can edit wav files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software capable of saving wav files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Apps designed for playing wav files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Windows Media Player for Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Multiplatform
Google Android
Software apps that create wav files:
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software apps that record to wav files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software apps that convert wav files:
Microsoft Windows
Acez All Audio Converter
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Multiplatform
Software apps that import wav files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Multiplatform
Software apps that export wav files:
Microsoft Windows
Audio Record Expert
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Multiplatform
Software apps that burn wav files to disc:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving wav files:
Microsoft Windows
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