Formula and example
How it is calculated
Bytes = duration in seconds × sample rate × bit depth × channels ÷ 8
Worked example
10 minutes of stereo audio at 48,000 Hz and 24 bits contains 172.8 MB of PCM audio data.
Things to check
- MB and MiB represent different numbers of bytes. Both are shown in the result.
- The WAV header, metadata and the storage format of individual samples can increase the actual file size.