Technical MIME Specification & Web Server Guide
audio/wav
Technical overview, official IANA specification, header magic bytes, and server configuration snippets for .WAV files (Waveform Audio File Format).
File Extension
.wav
Content-Type Header
audio/wav
Format Category
Audio
Standard Specification
RFC 2361
Description & Usage
Uncompressed raw uncompressed PCM digital audio format developed by IBM and Microsoft.
HTTP Server Content-Type Configuration Code
# Nginx mime.types configuration for .wav
types {
audio/wav wav;
}OS Compatibility Matrix
Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
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The official MIME content type for .wav files is "audio/wav". Web servers use this header to instruct browsers how to render or process .wav data.