WV to PVF Converter

Decode WavPack audio into Portable Voice Format online

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Telephony Ready

Extract audio from WavPack lossless and deliver it in PVF — ready for PBX systems and telephony voice applications.

Fast Processing

PVF is a lightweight format. Conversion from WV completes rapidly on our servers.

Secure Files

WV uploads are erased immediately. PVF results are deleted within 24 hours.

How to convert WV to PVF

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Select files from Computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, URL or by dragging it on the page.

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Choose pvf or any other format you need as a result (more than 200 formats supported)

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Let the file convert and you can download your pvf file right afterwards

About formats

WavPack is an open-source audio codec created by David Bryant, with version 1.0 released on August 15, 1998. What sets WavPack apart is its unique hybrid mode: the encoder can simultaneously produce a compact lossy file and a separate correction file that, when combined, reconstruct the original PCM stream bit-for-bit. Users who need portability carry just the lossy file; those who want archival quality keep both. The codec handles PCM audio from 8-bit to 32-bit integer and 32-bit floating point, with sample rates up to 768 kHz — specifications broad enough for DSD content, which WavPack 5 added support for. Compression ratios in pure lossless mode typically reach 40 to 55 percent of the original size, competitive with FLAC and often slightly better on certain material. Multicore encoding in later versions dramatically speeds up processing on modern hardware. The open-source library ships under a BSD license and has been integrated into foobar2000, VLC, FFmpeg, and numerous other tools. WavPack also supports rich metadata through APEv2 tags, embedded cue sheets, and ReplayGain values, covering the organizational needs of even the most meticulous music library.
Developer: David Bryant
Initial release: August 15, 1998
PVF (Portable Voice Format) is a simple audio file format designed for voice message storage in Linux-based telephony systems, most notably ISDN4Linux and its vbox voicemail application. The format emerged from the European ISDN ecosystem of the late 1990s, when Linux servers increasingly handled PBX and answering machine duties over digital phone lines. PVF files store raw signed 16-bit PCM samples at 8000 Hz mono, preceded by a minimal plain-text header specifying data format and byte ordering. This deliberate simplicity is one of the format's primary strengths — with no compression and a human-readable header, PVF files are trivially easy to parse, pipe, and manipulate using standard Unix tools. The 8 kHz rate matches the Nyquist requirement for telephone-bandwidth speech (300-3400 Hz), making PVF a natural intermediate format for voice processing pipelines. Another advantage is cross-architecture portability: the explicit byte-order declaration means PVF files move between big-endian and little-endian systems without ambiguity. The SoX audio toolkit provides native PVF read/write support, enabling straightforward conversion to modern formats.
Developer: ISDN4Linux Project
Initial release: 1997

Frequently Asked Questions

Why convert WV to PVF?

PVF is used in telephony and PBX systems. Decoding WavPack into PVF provides clean voice audio for these platforms.

What is PVF?

Portable Voice Format stores simple PCM voice data used by telephony systems and embedded voice applications.

What reads PVF?

SOX, Asterisk PBX, and specialized telephony tools handle PVF files natively.

Is quality affected?

PVF is voice-grade. High-fidelity music from WavPack will be reduced to telephony quality.

Is it free?

Yes — WV to PVF is free on convertio.tools.