# MP3tag doesn't support my WAV files
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-support-my-wav-files/63751
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 12, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-support-my-wav-files/63751 "2024-02-12T18:41:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@samiromic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/samiromic)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-support-my-wav-files/63751/1 "2024-02-12T18:41:38Z")
I've used FLAC and it works just fine, WAV is quite similar but it has no support whatsoever, why?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-support-my-wav-files/63751/2 "2024-02-12T18:45:30Z")
Please have a look at the supported file formats:
> **[Mp3tag - the universal Tag Editor (ID3v2, MP4, OGG, FLAC, ...)](https://www.mp3tag.de/en/index.html)**
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> Mp3tag is a powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata of audio files.
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### Author:  [@samiromic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/samiromic)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-support-my-wav-files/63751/3 "2024-02-12T18:48:11Z")
It says WAV is a supported audio format and when I try to edit metadata it doesn't work.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-support-my-wav-files/63751/4 "2024-02-12T18:50:01Z")
... which means: especially as the file format is supported nothing like a valid wav file could be detected.
Please check your file for consistency.
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### Author:  [@samiromic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/samiromic)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-support-my-wav-files/63751/5 "2024-02-12T18:53:02Z")
I don't quite get it.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-support-my-wav-files/63751/6 "2024-02-12T18:54:40Z")
That file may have the file extension "wav" but the format of the file does not comply with the format defined for wav files.
You would have to check the audio part and see what is wrong with the file.
After that has been corrected it will be most likely that you can tag the file with MP3tag.
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### Author:  [@samiromic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/samiromic)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-support-my-wav-files/63751/7 "2024-02-12T18:58:08Z")
What does this mean?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-support-my-wav-files/63751/8 "2024-02-12T18:59:01Z")
Have you checked the file and even better resaved it with an audio editor?
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### Author:  [@samiromic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/samiromic)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-support-my-wav-files/63751/9 "2024-02-12T19:00:41Z")
I didn't touch anything, just ripped from the CD. I can upload it if you want to.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-support-my-wav-files/63751/10 "2024-02-12T19:01:18Z")
So your ripping program produced an invalid wav file.
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### Author:  [@samiromic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/samiromic)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-support-my-wav-files/63751/11 "2024-02-12T19:03:35Z")
I understand now. Dankeschön!
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 5:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-support-my-wav-files/63751/12 "2024-02-13T05:08:23Z")
> [@User-defined Tools](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-tools/966/7):
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> Example — Re-encode WAV using ffmpeg Some WAV files [have an invalid structure](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-check-files-for-errors/44633) or extra junk bytes at some RIFF chunks so re-encoding the file might fix the problems. You can use the excellent [ffmpeg](http://ffmpeg.org/download.html#build-windows) command line utility as a user-defined tool from within Mp3tag. Name wav2wav Path Please locate the path of your ffmpeg.exe Parameter -i "%\_filename\_ext%" "%\_folderpath%\%\_filename%\_out.wav"
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2024, 5:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-support-my-wav-files/63751/13 "2024-03-14T05:09:09Z")
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