MOV to WAV converter

Editors and transcription tools often want uncompressed WAV from iPhone or camera MOV recordings.

Drop a MOV file hereThe converter loads in your browser.

What happens to your MOV

The MOV's audio is decoded to 16-bit PCM WAV. ProRes MOVs with PCM audio are decoded without any extra loss.

Tip: WAV takes about 10 MB per stereo minute; a 30-minute interview is roughly 300 MB.

How to convert MOV to WAV

  1. Drop your MOV file on the box above, or tap it to pick one. The engine (about 31 MB) loads once per visit.
  2. The converter reads the file's streams and shows which codecs are inside.
  3. Pick a bitrate, or leave the default to keep the original audio when possible.
  4. Press the button, wait for the progress bar, then download your WAV.

Prefer the command line?

This is the FFmpeg command the converter runs for a typical MOV (hevc + aac). Paste it into a terminal with FFmpeg installed for batch jobs or files too big for a browser tab:

ffmpeg -y -i input.mov -vn -sn -c:a pcm_s16le output.wav

This re-encodes, so expect it to take a while on long files. Your own file may contain different codecs; the converter above detects them and adapts. For other jobs, ask the FFmpeg command helper.

Questions

Does WAV improve quality?

No. It stores the decoded audio exactly as it is.

Is my MOV file uploaded?

No. The MOV is read from your device by FFmpeg running as WebAssembly in the page, and the WAV is written back to your device. No server ever receives it.

Is there a size limit for MOV to WAV?

We set none. The practical limit is browser memory: roughly 2 GB of output on a computer, and much less on phones.