WAV format is also widely supported by video editing programs and apps.Īpple Music have released Apple Music Lossless some time ago. Most MP3 players including iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano, Sandisk Clip Jam, Apetek and more can play WAV files as well. WAV can be played on iPhone, iPad, Android devices, PS3/4/5, Sony Walkman, Xbox 360/One and all kinds of smart devices. It's comaptible with Windows, macOS, and Linux, and it can be played with all kinds of media players like VLC media player, Foobar, MediaMonkey, KMPlayer, etc. Because this is a lossless conversion, the WAV format has the same sound quality as a CD. So many users also rip CD and save as WAV files on computer. It is also inconvenient to play CDs since more and more computers are not equipped with a CD/DVD drive.
In the past few years, more and more music users buy and download music from online stores, and the sales of Audio CDs are also getting less and less. Some music enthusiasts who love to enjoy high-quality music also love to get their music in WAV format. And because of higher market share of Windows, WAV is much more popular than AIFF even on macOS. In fact, WAV is also widely used in macOS.
It is common to use "WAV" on Windows and "AIFF" on macOS. However, it also has the disadvantage that the file size is large, and a 1-minute audio file uses about 10MB. The advantage is data accuracy and excellent compatibility. An uncompressed file means that it's the original data. WAV is most popular uncompress audio format. What You Need to Know about WAV Audio Format
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