Convert AVI to WAV

Converting one file format to another may be necessary for various reasons. So, for example, you may want to convert AVI to WAV if your computer, phone or other device does not support AVI format. Also, conversion is often required to reduce the file size, since the original format takes up too much space in the device's memory. Perhaps you just need to extract the audio track from the video file, in which case converting the video to audio format is a good option. In any case, with the help of our converter, you can easily complete the required task. Below you can find out some details about the original and new file formats.

AVI is a popular audio and video file format that was developed by Microsoft in 1992. It was the very first format for working with video-audio in the old version of Windows 3.1. Now the developers are updating it, they have improved the quality of compression and viewing of media files in this format. AVI is an abbreviation. Audio Video Interleave is fully written. Files with this extension can be played by various video players due to their simple architecture. AVI remains the most popular video format for viewing on a computer. It features high definition and retains the best quality when transcoding video files. In most cases, you do not need to install additional codecs to view clips in this format, since they are built into each player by default. This media container can contain multithreaded video and audio tracks and allow their synchronous playback. Videos with sound in this format are played by the standard built-in media player in all operating systems of the Windows family. Due to the sufficient popularity of the format, it can be opened not only in the Windows operating system, but also in Linux and Mac OS. In addition, files of this format can be opened in smartphones with Android OS and iPhones.

WAV or WAVE is rightly considered the main audio format. It is used for recording and processing sound, since recording in WAV is uncompressed. Encoded to any other audio format. Well, as a result, it weighs quite a lot, therefore it is used mainly for sound recording. WAV extension is a standard digital audio format used to store signal data. Audio recordings can be stored at various frequencies and bit rates, often in 44.1 kHz, 16-bit, stereo format, which is the standard format for audio CDs. Waveform Audio File Format is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing audio stream on a PC. This is the main format used on Windows systems for raw and usually uncompressed audio. Most often, WAV files store sound in its original form, without compression, but they support compression, so the sound or music that has the WAV extension is not always original. WAV occupies a significant amount of memory space, much more than the popular MP3 or AAC, which is why very few people use this format to store their own audio library on a computer. The standard Audio-CD format, for example, is LPCM audio, with 2 channels, 44 100 Hz sampling rate and 16 bits per sample. Since the LPCM format stores uncompressed audio that is absolutely identical to the original, it allows professional users and audio experts to use it for maximum sound quality.