Convert WMV to WAV.
Pull the soundtrack out of a Windows Media Video file as uncompressed WAV for editing or transcription.
Get the audio out of old Windows video
Many audio editors and transcription tools cannot read WMV at all. A WAV of the soundtrack opens in all of them.
Edit without another loss
Working from a WAV means every cut and export starts from the same samples, with no extra round of compression.
Size change
WAV is uncompressed, about 10 MB a minute for stereo.
How it works
- 01
Upload your WMV
Drop a file or pick one from your device. Private by default.
- 02
Extract with ffmpeg
ffmpeg drops the picture and decodes the soundtrack to 16-bit PCM WAV.
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Download
Grab your WAV.
16-bit PCM WAV, opens in every editor
Keeps the original sample rate and channels
Private uploads, auto-deleted after 1 hour
No watermark, no signup to try
Open-source ffmpeg engine
Extracting WAV from WMV
This pulls the audio track out of your WMV and encodes it as WAV; the video is discarded. WAV is lossless, so the audio is kept faithfully.
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Common questions
Is it free?+
Yes. Convert WMV to WAV free. No signup and no watermark. Free covers 10 server conversions a day, up to 100 MB a file. Pro removes the daily limit and raises the file limit to 2 GB.
Is my file private?+
Your file is uploaded to a private bucket, converted on our own engine, and auto-deleted after 1 hour. It is never sent to a third-party converter.
Can it convert protected WMV files?+
No. WMV files with DRM cannot be converted. Unprotected files, such as old Movie Maker exports and screen recordings, convert normally.
Will it sound better than the video?+
No. The WAV keeps exactly what the WMV soundtrack decodes to, with no further loss, but it cannot restore detail.
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