Convert MP4 to WAV

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You can convert MP4 to WAV for free: upload your MP4 above and Flippy extracts the audio as WAV in your browser, no signup needed.

Turning MP4 into WAV isn't really a conversion: it's an extraction: Flippy lifts the audio track out of your MP4 and re-packs it on its own. You keep the sound and drop the pixels, swapping an MP4 that runs roughly 50–100 MB per minute at 1080p, depending on bitrate for a WAV built for recording, editing and mastering, where every last bit matters.

A classic MP4 to WAV job: screen recordings and downloaded clips, bound for editors and audio tools that want every sample intact.

Why flip MP4 to WAV

MP4 is the world's default video: the file that plays before anyone has to think about it. It was born in 2001, the MPEG standards group, built on Apple's QuickTime design, and its real weak spot is very little day to day: as a container its quality depends on the codec inside.

WAV is audio with nothing taken away: every sample intact, every megabyte accounted for. Raw PCM samples in a RIFF wrapper. No compression of any kind. That makes it the right destination when what you need is recording, editing and mastering, where every last bit matters.

How to convert MP4 to WAV

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Drop your MP4 file into the flipper above, or click to browse for it.
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Check the output format: WAV is already selected for you.
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Hit Convert, give it a moment, then download your new WAV.

Best settings for MP4 to WAV

Quality tip for MP4 to WAV: 16-bit at 44.1 kHz is CD quality and what most editors expect; higher rates only help if the source actually carried them. The track inside your MP4 sets the ceiling: an extraction can match it, never beat it.

MP4 vs WAV, side by side

	MP4	WAV
Born	2001, the MPEG standards group, built on Apple's QuickTime design	1991, Microsoft and IBM
Type	video · container	audio · uncompressed
Best for	playing everywhere: browsers, phones, TVs, editors, slide decks	recording, editing and mastering, where every last bit matters
Weak spot	very little day to day: as a container its quality depends on the codec inside	being carried around: it refuses to shrink
Typical size	roughly 50–100 MB per minute at 1080p, depending on bitrate	about 10 MB per minute at CD quality: ten times the size of an MP3
Plays on	Every browser, phone, TV and editing app worth mentioning.	Universal on desktops and pro audio gear; clumsy on the mobile web.

Questions people ask

Will converting MP4 to WAV lose quality?

The WAV is encoded once from the exact track inside the MP4: from a typical soundtrack the difference is inaudible, but it can't sound better than what the video carried.

Will the WAV file be bigger or smaller than my MP4?

Much smaller: you're keeping the audio and dropping the video, which is most of the weight. Expect about 10 MB per minute at CD quality: ten times the size of an MP3.

Where will the WAV file play?

Universal on desktops and pro audio gear; clumsy on the mobile web. That's the usual reason people leave MP4 behind: WAV simply opens in more of the places that matter.

How long does MP4 to WAV conversion take?

It scales with length and resolution: short clips finish in seconds, long HD videos can take a few minutes. Files auto-delete within an hour after.

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