Convert MOV to WAV Online
Convert iPhone or Mac MOV video to uncompressed WAV audio. No file uploads.
.mov · up to 100 MB
What you can do
iPhone video audio to professional WAV
Podcast from video
Extract audio from your iPhone interview or event recordings and edit it as a podcast in WAV.
100% private
Your MOV video never leaves your device. Conversion in WebAssembly inside the browser.
AAC → PCM without additional loss
iPhone AAC audio is decoded to WAV PCM preserving exactly what your camera recorded.
Pro Tools / Logic Pro
Resulting WAV ready to import directly into Pro Tools, Logic Pro, GarageBand, or any DAW.
How it works
Three steps, no hassle
Upload your MOV file
Drag or select your .mov video from iPhone, iPad, or camera. Up to 500 MB, no signup.
Audio extraction
FFmpeg.wasm extracts the AAC or PCM audio from the MOV and decodes it to uncompressed WAV directly in your browser.
Download your WAV
WAV ready to import into Pro Tools, Logic Pro, GarageBand, Audacity, or any production software.
FAQ
Got questions?
MOV is Apple's proprietary multimedia container, introduced in 1991 as the native format for QuickTime Player. Technically it is an implementation of the ISO Base Media File Format (ISOBMFF) — the same standard underlying MP4 — with Apple proprietary extensions. All iPhones, iPads, and Apple cameras record video in MOV format with H.264 or H.265 (HEVC) video and AAC-LC or ALAC (Apple Lossless) audio in a QuickTime container. High-end digital cinema cameras like the Canon EOS R5 C, Sony FX3, and Blackmagic Pocket Cinema also record in MOV (and sometimes in ProRes variants for professional post-production workflows).
The most common MOV files contain AAC-LC audio (the standard for all iPhones and iPads since 2007), ALAC/Apple Lossless (in high-quality recordings), PCM (in ProRes files or cinema camera recordings), MP3 (in older QuickTime files), or AC3 (in MOV-distributed films). FFmpeg decodes all these formats to uncompressed linear PCM and writes them to a WAV container, preserving the original sample rate (44.1 kHz or 48 kHz depending on the recording) and bit depth (typically 16-bit for iPhone, 24-bit for cinema camera recordings).
The most frequent uses are: creating podcasts and audio content from video recordings of interviews, events, or conferences shot on iPhone; importing the audio from an indoor or outdoor recording into Logic Pro or GarageBand for editing and mixing; extracting the audio from a lecture or work session recorded on video to transcribe with Whisper or another speech recognition system; and sampling ambient sounds, sound effects, or musical fragments recorded on iPhone video for use in music production.
Yes, with one clarification: the iPhone records audio in AAC-LC at 44.1 kHz at 256 kbps (on recent models). AAC is a lossy codec, so converting AAC to WAV produces an uncompressed WAV of audio that was already lossy-encoded. The resulting WAV is not better than the original AAC — data discarded by AAC is not recovered — but it is the exact PCM representation of what the iPhone recorded, without additional losses. For DAW use, transcription, and analysis, this quality is more than sufficient.
Yes. MOV files with ProRes video (ProRes 422, ProRes 4444, ProRes RAW) and PCM or ALAC audio are fully compatible. However, high-resolution ProRes files (4K, 6K, or 8K) can be extremely large (10-100+ GB), which may exceed WebAssembly's memory capabilities in the browser. For these files, using FFmpeg from the command line is recommended instead.
In Pro Tools: drag the WAV directly to the session timeline or use File > Import > Audio. In Logic Pro: drag the WAV to the tracks area or use File > Import > Audio File. In GarageBand: drag the WAV to the timeline. The WAV generated by Convertir.ai uses linear PCM at 16 or 24 bits at the original sample rate (typically 44.1 kHz for iPhone or 48 kHz for camera videos), making it directly compatible without additional conversion.
Convert MOV to WAV: extract iPhone and Apple audio in uncompressed professional format
The MOV format has been Apple's native multimedia container since 1991, when it was introduced alongside QuickTime 1.0 as part of System 7. Technically, MOV implements the ISO Base Media File Format standard (ISOBMFF, ISO/IEC 14496-12) — the same base standard underlying MP4 — with Apple proprietary extensions for metadata, non-destructive editing, and advanced video formats like ProRes. Apple's entire video recording ecosystem — iPhone (from the first video-capable model in iPhone 3GS in 2009 through current models with ProRes on iPhone 15 Pro), iPad, Mac FaceTime, and Final Cut Pro — records video in MOV format with H.264 or H.265/HEVC video encoding and AAC-LC audio at 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz depending on model and settings. Apple-workflow-compatible digital cinema cameras — Canon EOS R5 C, Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 6K, Sony FX3 — can also record in MOV with PCM or ALAC audio for maximum post-production quality.
Extracting audio from MOV files to WAV format is a frequent need for content creators, music producers, journalists, and sound engineers. Podcast creation from video recordings is perhaps the most common use case: an iPhone-shot interview contains AAC-LC audio at 256 kbps that, once extracted and converted to PCM WAV, can be imported directly into Adobe Audition, Audacity, Logic Pro, or Pro Tools for editing, mixing with background music, pitch correction, and export to the final episode's MP3 or AAC format. Video-to-text transcription is another high-volume use case: speech recognition systems like OpenAI Whisper, Google Speech-to-Text, and AWS Transcribe accept WAV as the preferred input format (PCM 16 kHz mono for conversational speech recognition models, or 44.1/48 kHz for high-quality models). Extracting MOV audio to WAV before transcription eliminates video decoder overhead and speeds up processing.
The MOV to WAV conversion process run by Convertir.ai uses FFmpeg.wasm, the WebAssembly compilation of FFmpeg that allows running the complete conversion engine directly in the browser without an intermediary server. The process involves: parsing the QuickTime/ISOBMFF container to identify media tracks (video, audio, data); extracting and decoding the audio track with the appropriate codec (libfaad or the native FFmpeg implementation for AAC, libalac for Apple Lossless, or pass-through for native PCM); and writing the decompressed PCM data to a RIFF/WAV file with the sample rate, bit depth, and channel count metadata of the original audio. The sample rate is preserved from the original (44.1 kHz for standard iPhone recordings, 48 kHz for videos recorded with video camera settings, up to 192 kHz for high-resolution recordings from professional equipment). The audio never leaves the user's device throughout the entire process.