Extract the audio from a video
Turn a video you already have into MP3, WAV, FLAC, or another audio format, one file or a whole folder at a time.
01Add the files
Open Converter in the sidebar, or the Convert tile on Home, and click Select files, or drop the files onto it. Pick one file or several: every file in the list gets the same settings, so a whole set of recordings can be done in one run. Anything already in Completed can be sent over with the Converter button in its row (Open this file in the Converter).
02Pick an audio format
In the format step choose MP3, WAV, M4A/AAC, FLAC, OGG Vorbis, Opus, WMA, AIFF, or AC-3. Picking an audio format drops the picture and keeps only the sound. MP3 plays everywhere, FLAC and WAV keep the full quality at a much larger size.
03Choose the quality
The profiles are Balanced, Small file, and High quality. Speech is fine on Small file; for music stay on Balanced or High quality. Under the advanced settings you can set AUDIO CODEC, AUDIO KBPS, SAMPLE RATE, and CHANNELS by hand.
04Keep the original sound untouched
Setting AUDIO CODEC to Copy original takes the existing audio stream out of the video without re-encoding it, which is the fastest option and loses nothing. It only works when the target format can hold that codec, for example AAC from an MP4 saved into an M4A file.
05Start the conversion
Start conversion queues the job. OUTPUT shows where the result will be written, and the original file is never touched: every result is a new file. Progress is in the Queue, and Open folder takes you to the finished file.
06Do it again next time in one click
If you will repeat the same conversion, save the settings under MY PRESETS with SAVE CURRENT SETTINGS AS. The preset then sits next to the built-in profiles.
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