Convert QuickTime to WAV
We turn QuickTime into WAV right in your browser — the file never goes to a server.
What you will lose
- Title, artist and cover art will be lost: the target format does not carry them reliably.
How they differ
| QuickTime | WAV | |
|---|---|---|
| Lossless | no | yes |
| Lossy | yes | no |
| Multichannel | yes | yes |
| Tags | yes | no |
| Released | 1991 | 1991 |
| Author | Apple | Microsoft, IBM |
QuickTime
Good at
- What an iPhone records and what Apple editing software prefers
- Holds professional codecs, ProRes among them
- Built like MP4 inside, so repacking costs nothing in quality
Awkward about
- Outside Apple hardware it opens reluctantly
- Recordings are markedly heavier than the same clip as MP4
- Awkward to send: messengers often turn it down
Use it when
- The footage came off an iPhone and goes into an edit
- The whole workflow stays inside Apple software
- You need the best-quality master before compressing
WAV
Good at
- Lossless and uncompressed: what was recorded is what is stored
- Opens instantly in any editor, nothing to unpack
- Works as a master for further processing
Awkward about
- Enormous: a minute of stereo is about 10 MB
- Tags exist on paper but not everything reads them
- Usually too big to send by email
Use it when
- Editing or processing is coming and quality must not drop
- A short fragment: an interface sound, a sample
- The file is for a program, not for a listener
Common questions
- Does the file get uploaded to a server?
- Yes, this pair needs the server: browsers cannot encode that format. The file and the result are deleted within a couple of hours and never shared.
- Will surround sound survive?
- Yes, WAV carries more than two channels — 5.1 stays 5.1.
- Can I get the original quality back afterwards?
- Nothing is lost, but nothing is gained either. WAV stores exactly what QuickTime hands over, including the gaps QuickTime left behind when it compressed. No tool can bring those back, and the file grows several times over. This conversion makes sense for editing, not for quality.
- How many files, and how large?
- Up to 5 files at a time, 500 MB each. No sign-up, no watermarks.