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Video to MP3 Converter

Extract the audio from any video and save it as an MP3.

Video → MP3

Drag & drop files here, or

Accepts .mp4, .mov, .mkv, .avi, .webm, .m4v, .flv, .wmv

  1. Upload a video file.
  2. Its audio is extracted to MP3.
  3. Download the MP3.

Keep just the sound. This tool pulls the audio track out of a video — MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI and more — and saves it as a 192 kbps MP3. Ideal for saving a song from a clip, a recorded lecture, or a podcast video as a listen-anywhere audio file.

How pulling audio from a video actually works

Every video file is really two streams stitched together: a picture track and an audio track. This tool ignores the picture entirely and uses FFmpeg to demux the soundtrack, then encodes it to a 192 kbps MP3. Because the converter accepts a wide net — MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WebM, M4V, FLV, and even old WMV clips — it's a reliable way to rescue a song from a music video, keep a recorded lecture for the commute, or save a podcast episode that was only published as video. The output is a clean, listen-anywhere MP3 with none of the bulk or playback friction of the original file. Prefer Apple's efficient format for the result? Send the same clip through our M4A converter.

Quality depends on what the video carried

Extracting audio doesn't improve it — the soundtrack inside a video is already compressed (usually AAC), so re-encoding to MP3 is a second lossy pass. At 192 kbps that's inaudible for speech and fine for most music, but the video's original audio bitrate is the true ceiling. If your goal is editing rather than listening, take the lossless route instead and convert to WAV, which freezes the audio for your DAW without further loss. And if you want the file in the most universally compatible form for any car stereo or basic player, the general convert-to-MP3 tool on mp3converter.live handles audio and video sources alike.

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Frequently asked questions

Which video formats can I extract audio from?
MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WebM, M4V, FLV and WMV. The converter reads the audio track from each and saves it as an MP3.
What happens to the video picture?
It's discarded. Only the audio track is kept and encoded to MP3, so the result is an audio-only file with no video stream.
What bitrate is the extracted MP3?
192 kbps, which is transparent for speech and fine for most music. Note the video's original audio quality is the real upper limit on the result.
Can I get the audio as a lossless file instead?
Yes. Use the convert-to-WAV tool to extract the soundtrack as lossless PCM, which is the better choice if you plan to edit the audio.