Convert
MOV to WAV
Pull the audio track out of a MOV video and save it as WAV. WAV is uncompressed PCM: perfect fidelity at roughly 10MB per minute. MOV from cameras and editors frequently holds uncompressed PCM rather than a compressed track, so a WAV target can be a straight copy while MP3 is a genuine encode. Runs on your own Vistalyth Tools instance. Files never reach a third party.
Features
- Audio extracted directly, with no needless video decode
- Bit-exact extraction with no re-encode where the source allows it
- Track selection on MOV files carrying more than one audio stream
- Your MOV files are processed on your own server and never uploaded anywhere
What you can do
- Get a podcast or interview out of a recorded MOV for offline listening
- Lift music or a voiceover from MOV footage for reuse
- Feed the audio to transcription or analysis that will not take video
Self-hosted. Your files never leave your network.
Vistalyth Tools runs entirely on your own infrastructure. Files processed with MOV to WAV are never uploaded to third-party servers. Deploy a single Docker container and process files with full privacy, no watermarks, and no usage limits. Open source under AGPL-3.0.
Frequently asked questions
- Does extracting audio re-encode it?
- No. WAV is lossless, so the decoded audio is written out without a second lossy pass.
- My MOV has several audio tracks. Which one do I get?
- The default track unless you choose another. Multi-track files list what they contain so you can pick.
- Why pick WAV here?
- Choose WAV when the audio is heading into an editor or a transcription pipeline that wants uncompressed input.
- How big will the WAV be?
- WAV is uncompressed or losslessly compressed, so expect tens of megabytes per hour at minimum. Choose MP3 when size matters more than fidelity.
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