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.wav

File Type WAVE Audio File IconWAVE Audio File
File Format Standard (developed by Microsoft & IBM)
Usage Open manually
Popularity ★ ★ ★ ★ ★  Popular
Description

Standard digital audio file format for storing waveform data; allows audio recordings to be saved with different sampling rates and bitrates; often used to save CD-quality audio.

WAV (WAVE) files are similar to .AIF files, but they use a more complex format and are more common on Windows-based systems.

Open With
Windows

IconMicrosoft Groove Music

IconMicrosoft Windows Media Player

IconRoxio Creator

macOS

IconApple Music

IconApple QuickTime Player

IconRoxio Toast

Unix

IconVideoLAN VLC media player

IconClementine

IconFFmpeg

Updated May 8, 2008
Information from the PC File Extensions Reference
https://pc.net/extensions/file/wav
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