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audio/wav

File extensions: .wav

Uncompressed PCM audio — professional and losslessly captured audio.

What is audio/wav?

audio/wav is the media type for WAV — an uncompressed PCM audio container. Files are large but bit-perfect, which makes WAV the default for audio production and browser Web Audio processing.

Typical usage

Audio production, browser microphone captures, high-fidelity samples.

Common gotchas

Files are 10x larger than MP3. Use MP3/AAC/Opus for delivery to end users.

HTTP header example

Response header

Content-Type: audio/wav

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