WV Converter – Convert WV to MP3, FLAC, WAV, and Other Formats

Though the independent lossy WV file can provide a good sound quality, it’s a proven fact that WV doesn’t provide the native playback support on Windows & Mac so you can't directly play WV files in Windows Media Player, iTunes, or other applications. Even if you can play WV files on some third-party players with appropriate plug-ins installed, many popular devices cannot recognize WV format anyhow, let alone those portable devices. Therefore, you need a good WV converter or WavPack converter to convert WV to popular formats like MP3, WAV, OGG, WMA, FLAC, etc. for free playback.

There is an inextricable relationship between WV file format and WavPack, a free and open-source lossless audio compression format developed by David Bryant. It’s noteworthy that WavPack supports both lossless and lossy compression. With a unique “Hybrid” mode, WavPack can be compressed into a combination of a lossy WV file and a correction WVC file. The lossy WV file can provide full lossless restoration with the support of the “correction" WVC file. They work exactly the same as the normal lossless audio file while playing. To reduce the file size, you can remove the WVC file. In this case, the WV file becomes lossy but the audio quality is still as good as high bit rate MP3. In general, the “Hybrid” mode makes it possible to use the audio as either lossy or lossless file format.