Extract Audio from Video
Pull the audio track out of a video and save it on its own as MP3, WAV, M4A or FLAC. The audio is taken from the file you already have rather than re-recorded, so nothing is lost to a microphone or a screen recorder, and the video itself is left untouched. It is free, needs no account, and adds no watermark to your result.
Extract Audio from Video
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What happens to your file.
FFmpeg reads the container and selects the audio stream. When that track is already in the format you asked for, it is copied out untouched rather than decoded and encoded again: most video carries AAC sound, so M4A is usually a lossless copy that finishes almost instantly. Otherwise the audio is written to the format you choose at the bitrate you select. Video frames are simply not written, which is why the operation is fast even on a long recording. A video with no sound is refused before any work starts. Where a file has several audio tracks, such as two languages or a commentary, Audio track picks which one, starting from 1. Surround sound is mixed down to stereo for MP3, which holds two channels, and kept as it is in WAV, M4A and FLAC; a 24-bit studio track stays 24-bit in WAV.
Where it stops: The extracted audio can only be as good as the track inside the video; a heavily compressed clip will yield heavily compressed audio. One track is extracted per run; for another language, run it again with a different Audio track number.
What people use it for.
Everything you need, without a paywall.
Common questions.
Does this reduce the audio quality?
M4A from a video with AAC sound, which is most of them, is copied out untouched with no loss at all. WAV and FLAC keep the decoded audio exactly. MP3 re-encodes it, so pick a bitrate at or above the video’s own audio bitrate to keep the loss inaudible.
How do I get the second language from a film?
Set Audio track to 2 (or 3, and so on) in the settings. The number counts the audio tracks in the order the file lists them; if you pick one the file does not have, you are told how many it has.
Can I extract 5.1 surround sound?
Yes. WAV, FLAC and M4A keep all six channels. MP3 can only hold two, so surround is mixed down to stereo for MP3 instead of the job failing.
Which format should I choose?
MP3 for listening anywhere, M4A for a smaller file at the same quality, WAV or FLAC when the audio is going into an editor or a transcription tool.
Is the video file changed?
No. The video is read only. Nothing is written back to it and the temporary working copy is removed after processing.
Can I do several videos at once?
Yes, up to 100 files per job, returned together as a ZIP.
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