Video to MP3 Extractor
Extract a video’s soundtrack as MP3, WAV or FLAC, or copy the original audio losslessly.
Try an example: Soundtrack of a test clip as MP3 · Copy the original AAC track into M4A
How it works
Extracts an audio track from MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI and other videos. Pick the track if there are several (e.g. languages), save it as MP3 (VBR or CBR), WAV or FLAC, or copy the original AAC/Opus/Vorbis/MP3/FLAC stream into M4A/Ogg/MP3/FLAC without re-encoding. Optional start/end trim.
- ffprobe lists the audio tracks (codec, channels, sample rate, language). The chosen track is mapped with -map 0:a:N; video, subtitles and data are dropped.
- MP3 uses LAME VBR (-q:a 0/2/4) or CBR; WAV is 16-bit PCM; FLAC is lossless level 5.
- "Copy" keeps the original bitstream: AAC/ALAC → M4A, MP3 → MP3, Opus → .opus (Ogg), Vorbis → Ogg, FLAC → FLAC, 16/24-bit PCM → WAV. Other codecs (e.g. AC-3, DTS) need re-encoding and are refused in copy mode.
- Trimming seeks to the start time and stops after the requested length. In copy mode cuts land on audio frame boundaries (a few milliseconds).
Sources
- FFmpeg documentation: stream selection (-map) and stream copy (FFmpeg project)
For scripts and AI agents
- JSON API:
POST https://videotoaudioextractor.usefulweb.site/api/v1/calculate(same calculation as this page) - Interface description: OpenAPI 3.1 · AI guide: llms.txt
- MCP server (Streamable HTTP):
https://videotoaudioextractor.usefulweb.site/mcp· tool namevideo_to_audio_extractor
Example request
curl -s -X POST https://videotoaudioextractor.usefulweb.site/api/v1/calculate \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{…see OpenAPI examples…}'Related tools
- Universal Audio Converter – Convert MP3, WAV, FLAC, Ogg, Opus, M4A and AIFF with bitrate and sample-rate control.
- Audio Loudness Normalizer – Measure LUFS and true peak, then normalise to Spotify, podcast or EBU R 128 targets.
- Universal Video Converter – Convert video to MP4, WebM, MOV or MKV: resize, set quality and fps, or remux losslessly.