Wave Codec

 
Wave files at their most basic are uncompressed, they and the top option (as selected below) creates a PCM wave file.

A no-brainer is to select everything (Bits, Frequency and Channels) to as Source and they will be saved to the correct type (44100kHz, 16 bit, Stereo if the source is an Audio CD). Note : if DVD quality 24 bit, 96KHz is selected, but the audio source is not dvd quality (ie an Audio CD), the resulting file will not have any higher quality.

A compressed wave file using one for the many ACM codecs installed can be selected and the type of compression selected with Change Format. The most common need for compressed wave files is to create a mp3-wave file, if the Mpeg Layer 3 option is missing from your system it can be added (see www.dbpoweramp.com >> Forum >> dMC FAQ).

Note: it is always preferable to create proper Mp3 files with Mp3 (Lame) rather than a mp3-wave file.

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