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Besides the well known WAV and MP3 formats, there is also the high quality AC3 format. On this page I'll show you how simple conversion can be. Converting AC3 (5 cahnnels) to a WAV or MP3 (stereo) in a few clicks. we'll use a tool called PX3's AC3 to WAV for this purpose. Note: Read the disclaimer!

PX3's AC3 to WAV can be found at the WeetHet download page. We need this tool, to convert AC3 to a regular stereo WAV file. Installation is easy: extract the RAR file in a folder and start the program by double clicking the PX3Convert.exe.

Converting AC3 to another format

We're going to use PX3's AC3 to WAV to convert AC3 to a normal stereo WAV file.

Start PX3's AC3 to WAV (download it from the download page).

PX3's AC3 to WAV - Convert a AC3 track to a normal stereo WAV

This is a very easy to use tool ....

First click the button indicated by the arrow A. A file dialog will ask you which AC3 file to use. Select a file with the ".AC3" extension and click "OK".

Next click the button indicated by the arrow B. Again, a file dialog will appear asking you to enter the name of the WAV file it should generate. For example "mymusic.wav".

Now click the "Start convert" button (indicated by the arrow C).

Now a window opens asking you which format to use:

PX3's AC3 to WAV - What codec do you want to use for your WAV?

By default it will choose PCM (48.00 kHz, 16 bit stereo - as seen in the picture above).

However, we can select any codec available, for example MP3, OGG, PCM, etc.

Finally click "OK" and PX3's AC3 to WAV will now start converting the AC3 file to a WAV file. This won't take long either.

Once the PX3's AC3 to WAV tool is done, you can either close it (press the "Exit" button) or convert the next AC3 file.

This was easy, wasn't it?