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FLAC в WAV
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Конвертация выполняется через Web Audio API. Поддержка исходного формата зависит от браузера.

Tool guide

FLAC to WAV Converter Online, In-Browser

People keep FLAC for archiving: it compresses audio losslessly and takes about half the space of the source. The trouble starts when a program only understands PCM — an old plugin, recorder firmware, an analysis script or a video editor's built-in importer. This page unwraps the container back into WAV: the browser decodes the stream and the tool assembles a plain file from the samples. Nothing is installed and nothing is uploaded.

How to use it

  1. Click the FLAC file field and pick an archive — the input takes the .flac extension and the audio/flac type.
  2. Confirm the file opened: if the browser has no FLAC decoder, the tool reports a decoding error.
  3. Press «Convert» and let the tab finish — a large album track takes a few seconds.
  4. Download the unpacked WAV and check its duration first; it should match the source exactly.
  5. Press «Reset» to clear the field before the next file in the folder.

FAQ

Does unpacking FLAC into WAV harm the audio?

The FLAC-to-PCM step itself discards nothing — the format is lossless and the samples come back in full. The caveat is that decoding runs through the browser audio engine, which resamples material to the sound card rate. You will not hear a difference, but do not expect a bit-exact match with the original.

Are 24-bit depth and 96 kHz preserved?

No. The output uses whatever rate the system audio output runs at, most often 48 kHz, and the bit depth is normalised to the engine's format. That is fine for editing, listening and feeding scripts. For an exact studio master at the original resolution, unpack the archive with a desktop decoder.

Why will my FLAC not open?

Usually the browser rather than the file: Chrome, Edge and Firefox have decoded FLAC for years, older Safari versions have not. Unusual variants also get in the way — FLAC inside an Ogg container, files with very large blocks, or truncated downloads. Try another browser before calling the archive corrupt.

How much bigger does the file get?

Roughly double, since that is about what FLAC saves in the first place. Densely mixed music expands about twofold; speech with pauses can triple, because the silence compressed especially well. Budget around 10 MB per minute of stereo and check you have the disk space first.

Can I convert a whole album folder at once?

No, the field takes one file at a time: pick an archive, convert, download, then press «Reset» before the next. For a handful of tracks that beats configuring a batch utility; for an entire library, use a desktop converter with a queue.

Do artist tags and cover art survive?

No. WAV is a container for raw audio, so Vorbis Comment metadata and embedded artwork do not carry over. That is fine for a working file headed into an editor, but keep the original FLAC — it holds all the album, track and artist information.

Examples

Track from a lossless archive for an edit
Before: album-03.flac, 5 minutes, 28 MB
After: album-03.wav, roughly 55 MB — drops onto a timeline with no plugin needed
Sample for an old hardware sampler
Before: kick.flac, a short hit, mono
After: kick.wav — readable by a device that only understands PCM