How to convert WavPack to FLAC?
Solution 1
The ffmpeg error you're getting makes me think you might just have a corrupted file. You could try sox audiofile.wv audiofile.flac
. Alternatively, you could use the wavpack tools:
wvunpack audiofile.wv -o - | flac - -o audiofile.flac
Note that wiill not copy over any metadata; you'll need to do that separately.
If even the wavpack tools can't successfully read the file, then your file is probably just corrupt.
Solution 2
If you don't mind using command lines, you could use ffmpeg
. If you simply run:
ffmpeg -i file.wv -acodec flac file.flac
(Assuming of course the file you want to convert is called "file.wv"), will produce a file called file.flac. Of course, if you want to, you can change that last bit of the command so that ffmpeg outputs a different filename.
Or, if you at least have the ffmpeg libraries installed, you should be able to import the wavpack files into Audacity.
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Gary Maulin
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Gary Maulin almost 2 years
I need to convert a bunch of
.wv
files to.flac
but I can't seem to find a program to do it. Does anybody know how I can do this?P.S.: I was wondering why Audacity does not support the importing
.wv
format if it is open source and lossless. Does anybody know?
Update: Somewhere I read about converting
.ape
to.flac
usingffmpeg
, so I decided to try replacing the.ape
with.wv
and at first it seems to work but then I get this at the end:[wv @ 0x8e7c200] Invalid block header.te= 836.1kbits/s audiofile.wv: Invalid data found when processing input
So my question is: what is wrong here?
By the way, the command used was
ffmpeg -i audiofile.wv audiofile.flac
. Thanks for the help. -
derobert over 9 yearsOP already mentions having tried ffmpeg (though probably OP edited it in while you were writing your answer)