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

Want to test header signatures or binary files?

Run binary magic byte inspection in Magic Byte Detector.

Frequently Asked Questions

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.