Turn AC3 audio files into WAV. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
Drop AC3 files here
or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V
from Photos or Files
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Drop AC3 (Dolby Digital) files onto the box above, or click it to choose them. ToAny reads the file's contents to detect the type, so a wrong extension does not matter.
Press Convert. Open Options first if you want to change the defaults. The work happens in this tab.
Save the WAV, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.
The AC3 to WAV converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your audio files are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so the conversion starts the moment you press Convert, even on a slow connection.
No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.
AC3 is a surround-sound format that many phones, browsers and music players cannot play. WAV is uncompressed, so audio editors and transcription tools accept it without fuss. An AC3 file usually holds Dolby Digital, up to 5.1 channels. AC3 is at home in surround-sound film audio; WAV is the usual choice for recording, editing and mastering. WAV cannot bring back detail that AC3 compression already removed; it simply stores the result without further loss, in a larger file.
The defaults suit most files. Under Options you can trim the start and end.
This pair uses the compatibility engine, ffmpeg built for the browser, because AC3 is not handled by the browser's built-in codecs. It is a one-off download of about 10 MB that the browser keeps, it is slower than the built-in codecs, and it takes files up to 1 GB.
AC3 is the codec behind Dolby Digital, the surround-sound format of DVDs, digital television and many streaming services. A file can carry up to 5.1 channels. Most stereo music players do not handle it, so the track is usually extracted for editing or for devices that expect something else.
Opens in TVs, home-theatre receivers, DVD and Blu-ray players and VLC; many phones and browsers do not play it directly
AC3 converterWAV stores audio as raw, uncompressed samples. Nothing is lost, which makes it the standard working format in audio editing, and files run to about 10 MB per minute at CD quality.
Opens in Every computer, audio editor and most phones
WAV converter| AC3Dolby Digital audio | WAVWAV audio | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | Dolby Digital (Audio Codec 3) | Waveform Audio File Format |
| Type | Audio | Audio |
| Compression | Lossy | None (uncompressed PCM) |
| Usually contains | Dolby Digital, up to 5.1 channels | PCM |
| Introduced | The early 1990s, by Dolby Laboratories | 1991, by Microsoft and IBM |
| Opens in | TVs, home-theatre receivers, DVD and Blu-ray players and VLC; many phones and browsers do not play it directly | Every computer, audio editor and most phones |
| Best for | Surround-sound film audio | Recording, editing and mastering |
| File extension | .ac3 | .wav, .wave |
No. The AC3 to WAV conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
Nothing more is lost: WAV is uncompressed, written as 16-bit audio, the same as a CD. It cannot restore what AC3 compression already discarded, and the file will be larger.
Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.
The steps are the same everywhere because ToAny runs in the web browser: open this page in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, add the AC3 file, press Convert and save the WAV. There is nothing to install.
Yes. AC3 to WAV runs on the compatibility engine, which takes files up to 1 GB, and a long clip takes a while because it is slower than the browser's built-in codecs. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.