How to extract audio from a video file
Sometimes you only want the sound: a lecture recording, a song from a music video, a podcast you filmed. You do not need a video editor for that — you need a converter.
Video in, audio out
Every video file is really a container holding a video stream and an audio stream. Extracting audio just means keeping the audio and dropping the picture, then saving it in an audio format. ConvertMePls does exactly this with ffmpeg, the same pipeline professional tools use.
Pick the right audio format
- MP3 — universal compatibility, small files. The safe default. Try MP4 to MP3.
- M4A (AAC) — better quality than MP3 at the same size; great for Apple devices.
- WAV — uncompressed, lossless, large. Use it when you will edit the audio.
- FLAC — lossless but compressed; best for archiving music.
How to do it
Drop your video into the MP4 to MP3 converter (or start from MOV, WebM or MKV), pick your audio format, and download. Larger videos are handled by the server pipeline, so even long recordings convert cleanly.
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