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How the two formats differ on the things that change your result.
| Specification | MP4 (source) | WAV (result) |
|---|---|---|
| Container | MPEG-4 Part 14 | RIFF WAVE |
| Developed by | MPEG | Microsoft / IBM |
| Introduced | 2003 | 1991 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, MP3, ALAC | PCM |
| Compression | Depends on codec | Uncompressed |
| Approx. file size | 38–150 MB per minute | 10–32 MB per minute |
| Metadata / tags | Container tags | RIFF INFO (limited) |
| Licensing | Patent-licensed | Royalty-free |
| Plays natively on | Native: Web browsers, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Smart TVs | Native: Web browsers, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android · Needs a player: Smart TVs |
| Best for | web delivery, social media uploads, sharing with anyone | studio editing, mastering, sample libraries |
This extracts the audio and discards the video entirely. The soundtrack inside a MP4 file is typically AAC, and it is re-encoded to PCM on the way out.
Expect a much smaller file. Video accounts for most of the bytes, so about 94 MB per minute becomes roughly 21 MB per minute of WAV.
Choosing lossless WAV means nothing further is lost, though it cannot exceed the AAC track stored in the source video.
Subtitles do not survive audio extraction, since an audio container has nowhere to store them.
When a video holds several audio tracks, the main one is extracted; alternate language tracks are not merged into the result.
Extracting WAV audio from a MP4 video pulls the soundtrack out of the MPEG-4 Part 14 container and writes it as a standalone RIFF WAVE file. The video stream, which holds most of the data, is discarded.
Developed by MPEG in 2003, MP4 carries H.264, H.265, or AV1 video and AAC, MP3, or ALAC audio. That combination sets the upper bound on what any conversion can preserve.
WAV was introduced by Microsoft / IBM in 1991. It holds uncompressed audio (PCM) and plays natively on web browsers, Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.
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