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How the two formats differ on the things that change your result.
| Specification | MPEG (source) | WAV (result) |
|---|---|---|
| Container | MPEG-1/2 Program Stream | RIFF WAVE |
| Developed by | MPEG | Microsoft / IBM |
| Introduced | 1993 | 1991 |
| Audio codecs | MP2, MP3 | PCM |
| Compression | Lossy | Uncompressed |
| Approx. file size | 15–68 MB per minute | 10–32 MB per minute |
| Metadata / tags | — | RIFF INFO (limited) |
| Licensing | Patents expired | Royalty-free |
| Plays natively on | Native: Windows · Needs a player: macOS, iOS, Android, Smart TVs | Native: Web browsers, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android · Needs a player: Smart TVs |
| Best for | broadcast, legacy archives, DVD authoring | studio editing, mastering, sample libraries |
This extracts the audio and discards the video entirely. The soundtrack inside a MPEG file is typically MP2, 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 41 MB per minute becomes roughly 21 MB per minute of WAV.
Choosing lossless WAV means nothing further is lost, though it cannot exceed the MP2 track stored in the source video.
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 MPEG video pulls the soundtrack out of the MPEG-1/2 Program Stream 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 1993, MPEG carries MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video and MP2 or MP3 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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