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OPUS to WAV Converter

Convert OPUS to WAV locally in your browser, powered by Mediabunny and native WebCodecs — nothing is ever uploaded. Drop a OPUS file below to get started.

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OPUS files only — processed one at a time

Frequently asked questions

Is this OPUS to WAV converter free?+

Yes, with no watermark, no account, and no daily limit.

Is my audio file uploaded anywhere?+

No — conversion runs locally using your browser's own built-in media codecs, entirely inside your browser tab.

Will I lose audio quality?+

Converting between compressed formats can lose a small amount of quality; converting to a lossless format like WAV or FLAC won't.

Is there a maximum file size?+

There's no fixed file-size limit since nothing is uploaded to a server. Processing time scales with the track's length rather than a hard cutoff.

How do I convert OPUS to WAV?+

Drop your OPUS file into the box above — it's decoded and re-encoded as WAV automatically, with a download ready in seconds.

About OPUS and WAV

What is OPUS?

Opus is a modern, royalty-free codec built for both music and speech, widely used in video calls and voice messaging.

Full OPUS format guide →

What is WAV?

WAV stores audio with no compression at all, which is why it's the standard format in recording studios and audio editing software.

Full WAV format guide →

The short version: WAV gives you lossless, full-fidelity audio, which helps once you run into OPUS's biggest limitation: less common as a general music-library format. It's a natural move when your audio is headed toward recording and mixing.

How it works

  1. 1

    Drop your file in

    Drag your audio onto the box above, or click it to browse — there's no account to create and no upload to wait on.

  2. 2

    Pick your settings

    The output format is already set for this page — just adjust any extra options shown, if there are any.

  3. 3

    Download the result

    Your browser processes everything locally and hands you a download link the moment it's done — nothing was ever sent to a server.

Is it private?

Everything happens locally, inside this browser tab. Your audio is read from disk, processed with WebAssembly running on your own device, and handed back to you as a download — it's never transmitted anywhere, so there's nothing to intercept and nothing stored on a server.

Common use cases

  • Recording and mixing
  • Archiving a master before any lossy export
  • Prepping a podcast episode for a hosting platform
  • Fitting a voice memo under a messaging app's size limit

Supported formats

This is one of many pairings the audio toolkit handles. In total it covers:

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Format details

About OPUS files+

Opus is a modern, royalty-free codec built for both music and speech, widely used in video calls and voice messaging.

Opus was developed by the IETF and the Xiph.Org Foundation to unify what used to be two separate problems — speech codecs and music codecs — into a single format that performs well at both, with very low latency. That low latency and strong quality at low bitrates is exactly why it's become the default codec behind most modern video and voice calling: WhatsApp, Discord, Google Meet, and many others all rely on it under the hood, even when users never see the format name at all.

How to open a OPUS file

Opens readily in VLC Media Player, Most modern browsers and media players. For real editing, use Audacity (with recent versions).

Good for

  • excellent quality at low bitrates
  • low latency, ideal for real-time audio

Watch out for

  • less common as a general music-library format
Developed by: Xiph.Org Foundation / IETFReleased: 2012Wikipedia Full OPUS format guide →
About WAV files+

WAV stores audio with no compression at all, which is why it's the standard format in recording studios and audio editing software.

WAV (Waveform Audio File Format) was created jointly by Microsoft and IBM in the early 1990s as a simple container for raw, uncompressed audio samples. Storing audio with no compression means there's never any generation loss from repeated saving and no decoding overhead when a program reads it, both of which matter enormously in a studio environment where a track might be opened, edited, and re-saved dozens of times before it's finished. The obvious tradeoff is size — a few minutes of CD-quality stereo audio can easily run to tens of megabytes — so WAV is rarely the format anyone actually distributes a finished track in.

How to open a WAV file

Opens readily in Any media player, Any web browser. For real editing, use Audacity (free), Pro Tools, Adobe Audition.

Good for

  • lossless, full-fidelity audio
  • no decoding overhead, ideal for editing

Watch out for

  • very large files — roughly 10MB per minute of CD-quality stereo audio
Developed by: Microsoft and IBMReleased: 1991Wikipedia Full WAV format guide →

Need a different format? Try the full Audio Converter, or explore all audio tools.