OGG to WAV Converter

Convert OGG to WAV

Decode Ogg Vorbis into uncompressed WAV so you get an editable PCM master that every DAW, sampler, transcription tool and game engine opens without a plugin. The conversion is a decode, not an upgrade: Vorbis is lossy, so the WAV holds exactly what the .ogg currently contains and nothing that Vorbis already discarded. What changes is that the file now edits and re-saves without stacking another lossy generation on top — and that it is roughly ten times larger.

Unlike most online converters, this page exposes the PCM format itself, so you can pick 16-, 24- or 32-bit output rather than accepting whatever the tool decides.

How to Convert OGG to WAV

1. Upload Your OGG File: Drag the .ogg onto the page or click "Add Files" to browse. Several files can be queued and converted with the same settings in one batch.
2. Pick the Audio Codec (bit depth): PCM 16-bit Little Endian is the selected option and the standard, CD-resolution choice. PCM 24-bit and PCM 32-bit Little Endian give a mixing or mastering stage more headroom; PCM A-law and PCM mu-law are the 8-bit telephony codings, for when a phone system or legacy tool demands one.
3. Set Sample Rate, Channels or Trim (Optional): Audio Sample Rate offers Original plus 8000, 12000, 16000, 24000, 44100 and 48000 Hz; Audio Channel offers Original, Mono and Stereo. Leaving both on Original avoids an unnecessary resample or downmix. Trim exports a start time and a duration — its duration field opens at 10 seconds, so change it before you use it.
4. Convert and Download: Click Convert and save the .wav. Files are uploaded over an encrypted connection, converted on our servers and deleted automatically after a few hours — no sign-up, no watermark.

There is deliberately no bitrate, quality-preset or target-size control here. WAV stores raw samples, so its size is fixed by duration × sample rate × bit depth × channels; the three settings in steps 2 and 3 are the only things that move it.

Choosing the PCM Format

Raising the bit depth above 16 does not add detail that is not already in the source — a lossy Vorbis file has no extra resolution hiding in it. Go to 24-bit for the working headroom during processing, not because you expect the file to sound better on its own.

OGG (Vorbis) vs WAV (PCM)

Frequently Asked Questions

Does converting OGG to WAV improve the sound?

No. Vorbis discarded audio data when the .ogg was first encoded, and that is permanent. WAV then stores the decoded result with no further loss, so the WAV sounds the same as the OGG — it does not sound like the original recording. The genuine benefit is that PCM edits and re-saves without adding another lossy generation, which matters if the file is about to be cut, processed or bounced repeatedly.

Which bit depth and sample rate should I actually choose?

16-bit at the source's own sample rate for anything that is going to be played, and 24-bit if the file is heading into a mix where you will be applying gain and processing. Leave Audio Sample Rate on Original unless a session or device demands a specific figure — Vorbis files are usually 44,100 or 48,000 Hz already, and upsampling a lossy source adds bytes without adding information. Use 44100 Hz for music delivery and 48000 Hz for video work if you must pick explicitly.

Why is the WAV about ten times bigger than the OGG?

Because nothing is compressed. At 44.1 kHz, 16-bit, stereo, every second is 44,100 samples × 2 bytes × 2 channels = 176,400 bytes, or roughly 10.6 MB per minute, regardless of the content. A 128 kbit/s Vorbis file is around 1 MB per minute, so the ratio is close to eleven to one. A higher-bitrate source expands less; a 320 kbit/s .ogg is only about four times smaller than its WAV.

What are the A-law and mu-law options for?

They are the two G.711 telephony codings, and in a WAV file they are stored under their own RIFF format tags rather than as linear PCM. Each stores one logarithmic byte per sample instead of two linear ones, so the file is half the size of 16-bit PCM with roughly telephone-grade fidelity. Choose one only when a phone system, IVR platform or legacy voice application specifically asks for it. For anything you intend to listen to or edit, pick 16-bit linear PCM.

Is there a length limit on the WAV output?

Effectively yes: the RIFF container uses 32-bit chunk sizes, which caps a standard WAV at about 4 GiB. At 44.1 kHz 16-bit stereo — 176,400 bytes per second — that works out to roughly six and three-quarter hours, and at 24-bit or a higher sample rate proportionally less. Very few conversions get near it, and the more realistic constraint is upload and download time for a long recording. Trim the section you need if the whole file is more than you want to move.

Should I use WAV or AIFF?

They carry identical audio and differ mainly in byte order and ecosystem: WAV is little-endian and the safe default everywhere, AIFF is big-endian and the traditional Apple format. Choose WAV for cross-platform work, broadcast delivery, sampler libraries and anything you are sending to someone else. Choose OGG to AIFF if you are staying inside macOS audio applications and prefer their native format. There is no quality difference.

Do my Vorbis comment tags carry over into the WAV?

Probably not in full. Vorbis comments are a well-defined free-form tagging system; WAV's equivalent is the LIST/INFO chunk, which covers far fewer fields, and many applications instead append ID3 tags in a non-standard way. Expect a plain audio file. If tagging matters more than an uncompressed container, OGG to FLAC keeps Vorbis comments natively, including cover art.

What if I need a small file to send rather than a big WAV?

WAV is the wrong direction for sharing. Keep the original .ogg, or produce something more universally playable with OGG to MP3. If you have already edited the WAV and need to shrink the result, WAV to OGG takes it back to a streaming-friendly size, and the Audio Compressor targets a size directly. Remember that each lossy encode is another generation — do the editing in PCM and compress once at the end.