Video to Audio Converter

How to extract audio from a video

Three steps, all in your browser.

1. 1

   Drop the video

   Drag an MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV file onto the converter, or click to pick one. The length and an estimated audio size appear straight away. Up to 500 MB and 30 minutes.

2. 2

   Choose MP3 or WAV

   MP3 is small and plays everywhere: 128 kbps is about 0.9 MB a minute. WAV is uncompressed, about 10 MB a minute at 44.1 kHz stereo, for editing or for tools that ask for it.

3. 3

   Extract and download

   Press Extract audio, play the preview, then download. The audio file keeps the video's name with an .mp3 or .wav ending.

Why pull the audio out of a video

Most of what people want from a recorded call, talk or interview is what was said. The sound on its own is a fraction of the size.

• Listen on the go

  A webinar, a training session or a recorded talk works as audio in the car or on a walk. An hour of 128 kbps MP3 is about 55 MB, small enough for any phone.

• Transcribe interviews and meetings

  Transcription tools want audio. Extract it from a Zoom, Teams or phone recording and send the MP3 to a transcription tool, or to a colleague who missed the meeting.

• Make a podcast from a video

  Recorded a video interview or a panel? The WAV is ready for an audio editor; the MP3 is ready to publish or share as an episode draft.

• Share and archive for less

  Video of a talking head is mostly pictures. The audio track of the same recording is often a tenth of the size or less, easy to email, attach or keep.

Which video formats work

The converter uses your browser's own decoder, so support depends on the browser. We tested each format on 30 September 2026 in Chrome 154, Firefox 156 and Safari 26.6.

When a video will not convert

• A .mov file in Safari or on an iPhone

  Safari could not read the sound in any .mov we tried, including videos straight from an iPhone. Open this page in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or save the video as MP4 first, for example with iMovie or HandBrake.

• AVI, WMV, FLV or camcorder files

  No browser decodes these. Convert them to MP4 with a desktop tool such as VLC or HandBrake, then extract the audio here.

• No sound track, or an unusual codec

  A screen recording made without the microphone has no audio to extract. Videos with Dolby (AC-3) sound fail in Chrome and Firefox; try Safari, or export the video again with AAC audio.

• Bigger than 500 MB or longer than 30 minutes

  The browser holds the whole video and the decoded sound in memory, so both are capped. Split a long recording, or export it at a lower resolution: the picture shrinks, the sound stays the same.

MP3 or WAV?

Both keep the sound; they differ in size and in what you do next.

• MP3 for listening, sharing and transcribing

  An MP3 drops what the ear is least likely to miss. At 64 or 96 kbps speech is clear; 128 kbps suits most recordings; 192 or 320 kbps is for music. A 30-minute meeting at 96 kbps is about 21 MB.

• WAV for editing

  A WAV stores every sample, 16-bit, uncompressed: about 10 MB a minute at 44.1 kHz stereo and 11 MB at 48 kHz. Pick it when the audio goes into an editor such as Audacity, GarageBand or a video editor, so nothing is lost before your final export.

• 16 kHz WAV for speech tools

  Some transcription and voice tools ask for 16 kHz WAV. Choose 16 kHz as the sample rate: speech stays clear at about a third of the size of a 48 kHz file.

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