What is a Wav file?
Jukebox. (The WAV format is an optional, free download). In MusicMatch Jukebox recording, the rip and encode processes have been combined allowing creation of MP3 files in one easy step. You do have the option to stop the process after the track has been ripped and bypass the MP3 encoding process, thus creating a WAV file.
A waveform audio file, also known as a wave file, or simply .wav after its extension, is a common type of sound file. Microsoft and IBM introduced the wav file in 1991 for use on the Microsoft Windows 3.1 operation system (OS). Long before digital audio became a staple, computer users were exposed to the wav file as an embedded sound file that played a chime-like sound at boot up of the Windows operating system. The wav format is based on the Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF), which stores audio files in indexed “chunks” and “sub-chunks.” RIFF is in turn based on the earlier Interchange File Format (IFF), established by Electronic Arts in 1985 for use in electronic gaming. Apple’s version, known as Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF), was released in 1988 for Macintosh computers. Due to the common roots of these various audio formats, however, the audio files will play on any computer system, IBM or Apple. The wav file had two very big things going for it when introduced. Firstl
