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{{mux|id=wav|encoder=y}}

'''WAVE''' is a way of storing audio, which is normally uncompressed. It is based on [[RIFF]].  Note that wav isn't a streamable audio format, so you can only stream it using rtp (to stream it otherwise, transcode it to something that's streamable).

== Accepted audio codecs ==
* [[dummy]]: Uncompressed audio of various types, based on storing integer values of the amplitude of the sound (see [[wikipedia:PCM|PCM]]).
* [[fl32]]: Floating point 32-bit uncompressed audio, also based on PCM but allowing the values to be stored as floating point data types. This can give better quality audio when the sound becomes quiet.

== Converting to WAVE ==

The commandline for converting any readable input file to a WAVE audio file is the following:

  <span style="color:grey">vlc</span> -I dummy -vvv <span style="color:green">"input.mp3"</span> --sout=#transcode{acodec=<span style="color:red">s16l</span>,channels=2,ab=<span style="color:purple">128</span>,samplerate=44100}:standard{access=file,mux=wav,dst=<span style="color:blue">"output.wav"</span>} vlc://quit

Where on Windows you need to add installation directory in front of  <span style="color:grey">vlc</span> (e.g. "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\<span style="color:grey">vlc</span>").

As <span style="color:red">audio codec (acodec)</span> you can specify one of the above mentioned ones. The bitrate of the output file is specified by the <span style="color:purple">ab</span> parameter.

== Source code ==
{{file|modules/mux/wav.c|output muxer}}
{{file|modules/demux/wav.c|input demuxer}}