Convert WTV to WAV — Free Online Converter

WTV (Windows TV) recordings from Windows Media Center contain broadcast audio — typically AC3 (Dolby Digital) at 192-384 kbps or AAC at 128-256 kbps — alongside MPEG-2 or H.264 video and EPG metadata (program title, description, channel, recording time). The format's NTFS-like container was designed for Microsoft's TV tuner recording infrastructure. WAV (Waveform Audio) is the standard uncompressed audio format, storing raw PCM samples at full quality. Developed by Microsoft and IBM, WAV is universally supported across every audio application, operating system, and hardware device.

Extracting audio from WTV to WAV produces an uncompressed master that captures the full decoded quality of the broadcast audio stream, ready for any subsequent processing, editing, or distribution workflow.

WAV is the universal audio interchange format — every audio editor, DAW, mastering tool, and media player on every platform supports it without question. Converting WTV to WAV extracts broadcast audio into the most compatible and edit-friendly format available. This is the right choice when the audio needs to be processed, edited, analyzed, or fed into other systems.

Unlike compressed formats, WAV avoids all quality compromises. The decoded broadcast audio is stored as raw PCM, ensuring that no additional artifacts are introduced beyond what the original AC3/AAC compression already imposed. This makes WAV ideal as an intermediate format for multi-step audio workflows.