Convert MOV to WAV Free

Convert MOV to WAV free — extract uncompressed audio from an iPhone or QuickTime video for editing. No signup, no upload.

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MOV (.mov) · Max 20 MB

MOV files come from iPhones, Macs, and cameras, and often the sound is the part that matters: an interview filmed on a phone, a rehearsal, a lecture, a live performance, production audio captured while shooting. Extracting to WAV rather than MP3 is what you do when that audio has work ahead of it.

The reason is generation loss. iPhone MOV audio is AAC — already lossy — so extracting it to MP3 means re-encoding lossy-to-lossy before you have touched a fader, and your export adds another generation on top. Decoding once to WAV freezes the existing loss: every edit, denoise pass, EQ move, and export afterwards works on raw PCM and adds nothing.

There is a bonus case worth knowing. Many professional cameras, field recorders, and screen-recording tools store uncompressed PCM audio inside a MOV rather than AAC. When that is your source, extracting to WAV is perfectly lossless — you get exactly the samples that were recorded, with no decode-and-re-encode at all.

WAV also imports cleanly into everything — Logic, Pro Tools, Premiere, Final Cut, Resolve, Audacity — with instant scrubbing, sample-accurate cuts, and none of the timing offsets that AAC's encoder padding can introduce when you're syncing separately-recorded audio to picture.

Expect about 10 MB per stereo minute. The extraction runs in your browser, so footage you'd rather not upload — client shoots, personal video, unreleased edits — never leaves your device. The MOV itself is read, not modified.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why extract MOV audio as WAV rather than MP3?

iPhone MOV audio is already lossy AAC. Extracting to MP3 re-encodes lossy-to-lossy before you've made an edit, and your export adds a third generation. Decoding once to WAV means everything afterwards is loss-free.

Is extracting from a MOV lossless?

From an iPhone, no — its audio is AAC, so WAV extraction decodes it once with no further loss, which is the best available. But MOVs from pro cameras, field recorders, and some screen recorders store uncompressed PCM — those extract to WAV perfectly losslessly.

How large will the WAV be?

Around 10 MB per stereo minute at CD quality. That's the cost of uncompressed audio and it's irrelevant for a working file.

Will the audio sync correctly to picture?

Yes — a decoded WAV is sample-accurate from the first sample, avoiding the small timing offsets that AAC's encoder padding can introduce when syncing separately-recorded audio.

Is my footage uploaded?

No — extraction runs entirely in your browser, so client shoots, personal video, and unreleased edits stay on your device. The MOV is read, not modified.