Audio and video | 2 min

How to extract the audio from a video as MP3

Useful for lectures, meetings and interviews you want to listen to without the video. The audio is taken out in your browser, so the video is not uploaded.

Steps

1. 1

   Open MP4 to MP3

   Go to the tool and add your MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM or MKV file. The tool uses your browser's own media player, so the file must be one your browser can play.

2. 2

   Choose the quality

   Under MP3 quality, 64 or 96 kbps suit speech and give the smallest files. 128 kbps is standard music quality, 192 is high and 320 is the highest and largest.

3. 3

   Consider mono

   Mix down to mono halves the size and is right for speech and meeting recordings. Avoid it for music.

4. 4

   Convert and download

   Run the tool and download the MP3.

Tips

• For a spoken recording, 64 kbps with mono gives a very small file that is still clear.
• A long video takes longer because it is processed on your device.

Questions

Is my video uploaded?

No. The audio is extracted in your browser.

Why will my video not load?

Your browser could not play it. Try a different browser, or convert the file to MP4 first.