WavPack
Sign in to saveWavPack is a free and open-source lossless audio compression format and application implementing the format. It is unique in the way that it supports hybrid audio compression alongside normal compression which is similar to how FLAC works. It also supports compressing a wide variety of lossless formats, including various variants of PCM and also DSD as used in SACDs, together with its support for surround audio.
Key facts
- File format.extension
- .wv (for both lossless and hybrid files), .wvc (correction file for hybrid files only)
- File format.mime
- audio/x-wavpack (.wv), audio/x-wavpack-correction (.wvc)
- File format.magic
- wvpk
- File format.contained by
- Matroska (not required)
- File format.open
- Yes
- File format.free
- Yes
- File format.type
- Lossless audio
- Software.name
- WavPack software
- Software.screenshot
- WVUNPACK screenshot.webp
- Software.caption
- Screenshot of wvunpack showing information of a .wv file
- Software.developer
- David Bryant
- Software.operating_system
- Cross-platform
- Software.genre
- Audio codec Container
- Software.license
- BSD license
- Software.website
- wavpack.com
- File format.name
- WavPack file format
- File format.icon
- frameless|class=skin-invert
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WavPack is a free and open-source lossless audio compression format and application implementing the format. It is unique in the way that it supports hybrid audio compression alongside normal compression which is similar to how FLAC works. It also supports compressing a wide variety of lossless formats, including various variants of PCM and also DSD as used in SACDs, together with its support for surround audio.
==Features== WavPack compression can compress (and losslessly restore) 8, 16, 24, and 32-bit fixed-point, and 32-bit floating-point PCM audio files in the .WAV file format. It can also handle DSD input in DSDIFF or DSF format. It also supports surround sound streams and high sampling rates. Like other lossless compression schemes, the data reduction rate varies with the source, but it is generally between 30% and 70% for typical popular music and somewhat better than that for classical music and other sources with greater dynamic range.