How to Extract Audio From a Video as MP3
Pull the sound out of any MP4, MOV or WebM video and save it as an MP3. Step by step on phone and PC, with quality tips and common problems solved.
Quick answer: open Video to MP3, choose your video file and tap Convert to MP3. You get a 192 kbps MP3 in seconds.
When is this useful?
- Keep the audio of a lecture, interview or podcast recorded as video.
- Turn a concert clip or voice message into a music file.
- Save a speech to listen to offline with the screen off.
- Reuse the soundtrack of your own video in another project.
Step by step
- Open the Video to MP3 converter.
- Drop in an MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM, MKV, AVI, 3GP or FLV file (up to 60 MB).
- Tap Convert to MP3.
- Download the MP3.
What if the video is on YouTube or TikTok?
Do not download the video first. Paste the link into the YouTube Downloader or TikTok Downloader and choose MP3. Our guide to YouTube to MP3 walks through it.
Quality: what to expect
The MP3 is encoded at 192 kbps, which sounds the same as the video on earphones and speakers. A 4-minute song is about 5-6 MB. If you need maximum quality for editing, use the Audio Converter to output WAV or FLAC instead.
Trim before you save
Only need a 20-second part? Cut it with the Audio Cutter. You can also upload the video straight into the cutter and keep just the section you want.
Troubleshooting
"There is no audio track in this file." The video has no sound, for example a screen recording made without audio.
"This file could not be read." The file may be damaged or in a rare format. Convert it to MP4 first with MOV to MP4.
The file is too big. The limit is 60 MB. Trim the video on your device first.
Privacy
Files are processed on our server and deleted automatically: the upload right after conversion and the MP3 within about 15 minutes.