Extract Audio from Video

Extract Audio from Video — Save the Audio Track as MP3 or WAV

Sometimes you have a video file but only need the audio. A recorded lecture, a music performance filmed on a phone, a podcast recorded as a video call, a voice message sent as a video: the audio is what matters, and carrying it in a video container wastes storage and makes playback less convenient. This tool extracts the audio track from your video and saves it as a separate audio file.

Output formats

MP3: The most universal audio format. It plays on every device and media player. Compressed (lossy) format that produces small file sizes. Quality depends on the bitrate: 128 kbps for spoken word and podcasts, 192–320 kbps for music. If the source video has high-quality audio, higher bitrate MP3 preserves more of it.

WAV: Uncompressed audio — lossless quality but large file size. Use WAV when you need to do further audio editing or processing without any generation loss. A WAV file of the same content is typically 5–10x larger than MP3 at equivalent quality.

OGG/WebM audio: Open, royalty-free formats with good quality-to-size ratio. Useful for web use but have less universal player support than MP3.

Common use cases

University lectures recorded on Zoom, Google Meet, or a plain camera are easier to get through as audio. Pull the sound out and you've got a file you can listen to on a commute without staring at a screen, in whatever podcast app you already use.

Music and performance clips work the same way — a concert filmed on a phone, a practice take recorded for feedback, a cover video someone wants just the audio from. Extraction doesn't touch quality; you get the same track without the generation loss of a re-recording. Recorded a podcast as video for YouTube? Separate the audio here for a quick one-off. For real production work, an editor like Audacity or GarageBand still gives you more control.

Other common reasons people land on this tool: pulling a song out of a saved reel or WhatsApp video for offline listening, keeping just the narration from a tutorial as a reference, or grabbing a clip's audio to trim into a ringtone.

How to use it

Upload your video file. Select the output format (MP3 for most uses, WAV if you need lossless). Choose the audio quality setting if available. Click extract. The file is sent to our server for processing, and the audio file is ready to download when done.

Tips

If the video has poor audio quality (background noise, low recording level, echo), extraction won't fix those issues — it just gives you the audio as-is. For noise reduction and audio cleanup, open the extracted audio in Audacity or another audio editor.

For music: if the video was recorded in a room with acoustic reflections (echo), the extracted audio will have those reflections too. This is a recording environment limitation, not a tool limitation.

Limitations

This tool extracts the audio track that's embedded in the video file. If the video has no audio track (a silent video or a video where audio was already removed), there's nothing to extract.

For videos with multiple audio tracks (like a movie with language options), only the primary track is typically extracted. For multi-track selection, a desktop tool like VLC or FFmpeg is necessary.

DRM-protected video files (like content downloaded from streaming services) cannot be processed — the DRM prevents the file from being read. This tool only works with video files you own or have rights to process.