You have a video but you only want the sound. Maybe it is a recorded talk you want as a podcast episode, a lecture to listen to on a walk, a song from a music video, or a clip you need to transcribe. The picture is just dead weight for those jobs, and pulling the audio out gives you a small file that plays anywhere.
The short version: drop the video in, pick MP3 or WAV, and download just the audio. The extract audio tool does it on your device, so the video never uploads and never leaves your machine.
How do I pull the audio out of a video?
Add the video, choose an audio format, and download the soundtrack on its own. The video is only read so its sound can be copied out; the picture is simply not included in what you save.
- Add a video. Drop in an MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV or other common video file.
- Choose MP3 or WAV. Pick the format for the extracted audio.
- Extract and download. The audio is separated on your device and downloads when ready.
Why people extract audio
- Podcasts from video. Turn a recorded interview or webinar into an audio episode people can listen to anywhere.
- Lectures and talks. Carry a recorded class or conference session as a small audio file for offline listening.
- Music from a video. Save the soundtrack of a performance or music video as a listenable file.
- Transcription. Many transcription workflows want audio, not video. Extracting first gives you a small, clean file to work from.
- Sampling and reuse. Grab a sound, a quote or a section of audio to use elsewhere.
MP3 or WAV for the soundtrack
The choice mirrors any audio export, set by where the sound is going:
- MP3 is the everyday pick. The file is small, plays on any device, and stays high quality at a good bitrate. Choose it for podcasts, lectures and music you will simply listen to.
- WAV keeps the soundtrack lossless, exactly as it sits inside the video, with no re-compression. Choose it when the audio is heading into an editor for more work, where you do not want to lose any quality up front.
Trim it down while you are at it
Often you do not want the whole soundtrack, just a section: one answer from an hour-long interview, the song without the intro chatter, a single quote. Extract the full audio first, then run it through the trim tool to cut out exactly the part you need. For more involved editing, like removing gaps or fading the ends, the full editor handles it.
If the extracted format is not quite what a particular app wants, the audio converter moves it between MP3, WAV, OGG and M4A.
Your video never gets uploaded
This is the part that matters most for video. Footage is often large and frequently private: unreleased projects, client work, personal recordings. Here the video is read on your own device and the audio is extracted in the browser, with nothing sent to a server. The video stays with you the entire time.
That also sidesteps the size problem. Video files are big, and upload-based extractors choke on them or wall them behind a paywall. Because there is no upload, a long, high-resolution video has its audio lifted out the same as a short clip, with no size cap, no watermark, and no sign-up. The video itself is never re-encoded or altered, so there is no quality cost to the original.
When you are ready, open the extract audio tool, drop in your video, and save the soundtrack as MP3 or WAV.