MP4
MP4 video
MP4 is the video container everything plays. It normally holds H.264 video and AAC audio, a pairing that phones, browsers, TVs and social networks all accept.
Opens in Every phone, browser, TV, console and editor
MP4 converterMP4 to WAV converter, without the upload.
Extract a video's soundtrack as an uncompressed WAV. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
Drop MP4 files here
or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V
from Photos or Files
Ready · other file types work too0 bytes uploaded, ever
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- On your device · nothing is uploaded
- No account, no email
- Batch and ZIP download
- Free
- WAV: sound only
How to convert MP4 to WAV
Add your MP4 videos
Drop MP4 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.
WAV is already chosen
Press Convert. Open Options first if you want to change the defaults. The work happens in this tab and can take a while for large files.
Download
Save the WAV, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.
Why ToAny
Private by construction
The MP4 to WAV converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your videos are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
No upload, no queue
Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so work starts the moment you press Convert. How long it takes depends on your device and the size of the file.
Free, without an account
No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.
MP4 to WAV: what to expect
When the audio from a video is going into an editor or a transcription tool, WAV avoids adding another round of lossy compression on top of the video's AAC track. The file is large: about 10 MB per minute in stereo.
The defaults suit most files. Under Options you can trim the start and end. This is demanding work for a browser: a long or high-resolution file can take several minutes, and your device does all of it, so keep the tab open.
The conversion uses your browser's own video and audio codecs (WebCodecs), with hardware acceleration where the device has it; the file is read from disk as it goes and can be up to 2 GB. Where the browser lacks a codec, the page falls back to the compatibility engine.
MP4 vs WAV
WAV
WAV audio
WAV 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| MP4MP4 video | WAVWAV audio | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | MPEG-4 Part 14 | Waveform Audio File Format |
| Type | Video container | Audio |
| Compression | Lossy | None (uncompressed PCM) |
| Usually contains | H.264 or H.265 video with AAC audio | PCM |
| Introduced | 2001, by the Moving Picture Experts Group | 1991, by Microsoft and IBM |
| Opens in | Every phone, browser, TV, console and editor | Every computer, audio editor and most phones |
| Best for | Sharing and uploading video anywhere | Recording, editing and mastering |
| File extension | .mp4 | .wav, .wave |
Questions
Are my videos uploaded anywhere?
No. The MP4 to WAV conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
Does converting MP4 to WAV reduce quality?
The soundtrack is re-encoded as WAV. WAV itself adds no loss.
Can I convert several MP4 files at once?
Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.
How do I convert MP4 to WAV on Windows, Mac, iPhone or Android?
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 MP4 file, press Convert and save the WAV. There is nothing to install.
Is there a file size limit?
Yes. Files up to 2 GB are accepted. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.