WAV → FLAC

WAV to FLAC

Compress a supported PCM WAV recording into FLAC without discarding decoded audio samples.

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About this conversion

What happens

After consent, the WAV is converted offline with its sample rate and channels preserved, then independently validated.

Limits

250 MiB input. 15 minutes, up to 0×0, and 250 MiB output.

Things to know

FLAC is lossless and usually smaller than WAV. Compression level is fixed for predictable speed and compatibility. Unsupported WAV codecs, malformed RIFF structure, excessive channels/rate/duration, output limits, or invalid FLAC fail closed.