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What is a WV file? A WV file is an audio file compressed using WavPack Hybrid Lossless Compression. WavPack supports both lossy and lossless compression, which produces high-quality compressed files. WV files' compression ratio is typically between 30% and 70%.

More Information WavPack compression supports mono, stereo, and multichannel audio. It is compatible with most PCM audio formats including 8, 16, 24, and 32-bit recordings, and supports sampling rates from 6 to 192 kHz.

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What is a WV file?

A WV file is an audio file compressed using WavPack Hybrid Lossless Compression. WavPack supports both lossy and lossless compression, which produces high-quality compressed files. WV files' compression ratio is typically between 30% and 70%.

More Information

WavPack compression supports mono, stereo, and multichannel audio. It is compatible with most PCM audio formats including 8, 16, 24, and 32-bit recordings, and supports sampling rates from 6 to 192 kHz.

How to open a WV file

You can open and play a WV file using a variety of media players, such as VLC media player (cross-platform), VUPlayer (Windows), X Lossless Decoder (Mac), and Aqualung (Linux). You can also use X Lossless Decoder and Adobe Audition (with the WavPack plugin installed) to convert WV files to other audio formats.

Programs that open WV files

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Windows

File Viewer Plus

Get it from Microsoft

Free +

WavPack Win32

Free

Foobar2000

Free

VUPlayer

Free

Cockos REAPER

Free Trial

Image-Line FL Studio

Free Trial

Lightning UK! ImgBurn

Free

Adobe Audition with WavPack plugin

Free Trial

Nullsoft Winamp with WavPack plugin

Free

Steinberg WaveLab

with WavPack plugin

Free Trial

Media Player Classic

Free

VideoLAN VLC media player

Free

Mac

X Lossless Decoder

Free

VideoLAN VLC media player

Free

Max

Free

Linux

WavPack for Linux

Free

Aqualung

Free

Audacious

Free

VideoLAN VLC media player

Free

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FileHelper.com

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Category: Audio Files

Updated: August 31, 2020

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What is a WV file?
A WV file is an audio file compressed using WavPack Hybrid Lossless Compression. WavPack supports both lossy and lossless compression, which produces high-quality compressed files. WV files' compression ratio is typically between 30% and 70%.
How do I open a .wv file?
You can open and play a WV file using a variety of media players, such as VLC media player (cross-platform), VUPlayer (Windows), X Lossless Decoder (Mac), and Aqualung (Linux). You can also use X Lossless Decoder and Adobe Audition (with the WavPack plugin installed) to convert WV files to other audio formats.