VOC to WAV Converter
FileFlip converts VOC to WAV entirely inside your browser, using WebCodecs and FFmpeg compiled to WebAssembly. The file is never uploaded to a server: it is read off your disk, converted on your own machine, and saved back by the browser. That means no file-size limit, no queue and no account.
How do I convert a VOC file to WAV?#
- Drop your VOC file onto the converter at the top of this page, or click it to pick one from your computer. You can add as many as you like.
- Leave the target set to WAV and the conversion starts on its own. FileFlip usually downloads nothing, falling back to 30.8 MB of WebAssembly if your browser cannot encode these codecs itself, then runs WebCodecs and FFmpeg on your own machine.
- Save the WAV file. Your browser writes it straight to your downloads folder, because there was never a server holding it.
Does converting VOC to WAV lose quality?#
Sometimes. When the codecs inside the VOC file are ones the WAV container can hold, the streams are copied straight across and nothing at all is lost. When they are not, the file has to be decoded and encoded again, and that step does cost a little quality.
Is it safe to convert VOC files online?#
Yes, because nothing is uploaded. FileFlip converts VOC files inside the browser tab you already have open, using WebAssembly builds of the same engines a desktop converter would install. Your file is read from your own disk into the page's memory, and no request carrying it is ever made.
You do not have to take that on trust. Open your browser's network panel, run a conversion, and you will see the engine come down and your file go nowhere. There is no upload, no server-side copy, no retention window, and no account tied to what you converted.
How FileFlip works lists every engine, its version and its download size, and shows how to check for yourself that nothing leaves your machine.
What VOC to WAV actually does to the file#
Converting VOC to WAV runs on WebCodecs and FFmpeg, usually downloads nothing, falling back to 30.8 MB of WebAssembly if your browser cannot encode these codecs itself, copies the streams through when the codecs fit and re-encodes when they do not.
| Engine | WebCodecs and FFmpeg |
|---|---|
| Conversion path | One step: VOC → WAV |
| Downloaded to your browser | Nothing in most browsers, or 30.8 MB if yours cannot encode these codecs itself |
| Quality | Lossless when the codecs fit, lossy when they do not |
| You get back | One file |
| Where it runs | In a background worker, so the page stays responsive |
What survives the conversion
| What is in the file | This conversion | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Encoded streams | Sometimes | Survives for some files and not others. |
Worth knowing before you start:
- whether the browser can do this without FFmpeg depends on the codecs it exposes through WebCodecs
- the encoded streams are copied when the file's codecs fit the target container, and re-encoded when they do not
What is a VOC file?#
A VOC file holds audio in Creative Voice File format, the format Creative Labs introduced alongside the original Sound Blaster card in 1989 for storing digitized speech and sound effects in DOS-era games.
VOC mainly shows up today inside old DOS games and their emulation via DOSBox, where the original sound assets were never converted to a newer format.
Convert VOC to WAV to play or edit the audio in current software, since almost every modern audio tool reads WAV and very few still read VOC.
What is a WAV file?#
A WAV file holds digital audio, almost always uncompressed PCM samples, wrapped in Microsoft and IBM's RIFF chunk structure, the same sample encoding used on audio CDs.
Use WAV for recording, editing and mixing, where uncompressed audio and broad software support matter more than file size.
Convert WAV to MP3 or FLAC once editing is finished and the file needs to be distributed, since raw PCM is unnecessarily large for listening rather than production.
VOC to WAV questions people ask#
What should I convert a VOC file to?
Convert VOC to WAV for the widest compatibility with current media players and audio editors. Most VOC files hold uncompressed PCM data, so converting to WAV loses nothing.
What creates a VOC file?
VOC files come from Creative Labs' own Sound Blaster recording software and from DOS-era games that shipped their speech and sound effects in this format, since VOC was the native audio format for early Sound Blaster cards.
What still opens VOC files?
Audacity and VLC open VOC files on any current operating system, and DOSBox reads them as part of running the original DOS games they came from. Mainstream media players generally do not support the format.
Is WAV a lossless format?
Yes, WAV is lossless in the sense that matters for audio: it stores uncompressed PCM samples with nothing removed and nothing approximated. It isn't compressed at all, so there's no algorithm that could introduce loss, unlike FLAC, which compresses the audio but still decodes back to the exact same samples.