# Does changing a riff formated wav file to id3 wav formatted file affect sound quality?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-changing-a-riff-formated-wav-file-to-id3-wav-formatted-file-affect-sound-quality/70292
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 6, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-changing-a-riff-formated-wav-file-to-id3-wav-formatted-file-affect-sound-quality/70292 "2025-12-06T00:15:01Z")
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### Author:  [@Wicked](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Wicked)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-changing-a-riff-formated-wav-file-to-id3-wav-formatted-file-affect-sound-quality/70292/1 "2025-12-06T00:15:01Z")
Several wav files I have is in riff format. If I convert it to id3 format using this program, will it effect the sound quality? Even when I edit the same file multiple times by constantly changing the tags or album art?
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-changing-a-riff-formated-wav-file-to-id3-wav-formatted-file-affect-sound-quality/70292/2 "2025-12-06T07:05:00Z")
> [@Wicked](#):
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> If I convert it to id3 format using this program, will it effect the sound quality?
No, it only affects the metadata and leaves the audio part untouched.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2026, 7:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-changing-a-riff-formated-wav-file-to-id3-wav-formatted-file-affect-sound-quality/70292/3 "2026-01-05T07:05:12Z")
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