How to Extract Audio from Video File?

Recently, many users have the need to extract audio file from a video file for playing the audio file on their iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android, MP3 Player, etc. Can they do that? Well, extracting audio file from a video is very simple and all you need is a workable audio extractor. The following will introduce four popular audio extractors to help you to easily extract audio file from your video file on Windows, Mac, Android, etc. Check them below.

Audio Extractor for Windows and Mac - iDealshare VideoGo

iDealshare VideoGo works very well to extract any audio file, like MP3, WAV, AAC, WMA, AC3, FLAC, AIFF, OGG, etc from MP4, MKV, AVI, FLV, MOV, WTV, ASF, 3GP, etc on Windows or Mac. iDealshare VideoGo will extract 100% audio file quality from the video file. Besides, this audio extractor also supports to convert between any two audio formats, any two video formats or convert any video format or any audio format to iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android, PSP, Roku, Xbox supported video or audio format for the compatible playback. Also, this audio converter supports to edit any of your video file or audio file with editing features: Crop, Merge, Clip, Trim, Change video resolution, frame rate, bitrate, sample rate, size, volume, etc.

Now follow the guide below to extract your wanted audio file from MP4, MKV, AVI, FLV, MOV, etc.

Make Preparation: Free download Audio Extractor

Free download the professional Audio Extractor, install and then launch it, the following interface will pop up.

Step 1 Import your video file

You can click the Add File button to add your video file to this audio extractor. You can also drag and drop the video file to this audio extractor.

Step 2 Set final audio output format (Optional)

You can choose MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, AC3, OGG, etc as the final output format by clicking the Profile button>General Audio category/Lossless Audio category.

Step 3 Complete extracting audio from your video file

The last step is to click the Convert button to easily extract any audio file from your video file.

VLC Player

You may only know that VLC Player is popular to play all kinds of video files and audio files, but another popular feature of VLC Player is that it can extract audio file from your video file. You can install VLC Player for Windows, Mac, Android or iOS on your platform or device. The steps are listed as below.

Step 1: After installing VLC Player on your computer or device, launch it and then click Media button and choose Convert/Save button.

Step 2: You will bring up a media window on your screen and then click Add... button to find your video file from which you want to extract audio. And then click Convert/Save button to move on.

Step 3: You can choose Audio-MP3 or any other audio format from the Profile dropdown menu on the resulting screen.

Step 4: You can click Start button to start and finish extracting MP3, WAV, etc from your video file.

Audacity

Audacity is a cross-platform software and it works on Windows, Mac, Linux, etc to help you to get audio file from your video file. It supports to give WAV, MP3, etc as the extracted audio format. Also, you can use Audacity to record live audio or your computer playback. Now you can follow the guide below to extract your wanted audio file from your video file.

Step 1: Launch Audacity and import your video file. Click File button>Export option where you select MP3, WAV, etc as the extracted output file.

Step 2: Follow the instructions on your screen to finish extracting audio file from your video file.

Avdshare Audio Converter

Avdshare Audio Converter also works very well to extract your wanted audio file from your video file. The supported video format files include MP4, AVI, FLV, MOV, MKV, WTV, 3GP, AVCHD, etc and the supported audio output formats include MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, AC3, FLAC, AIFF, OGG, etc. This Avdshare Audio Converter supports to change any video format or any audio format and there is zero quality loss during the video or audio format conversion. The operation interface and steps are very simple and you can easily get the audio extracting work done. Now follow the steps below to extract your audio file from any video file.

Step 1: Download Avdshare Audio Converter to your Windows or Mac computer and then install it.

Step 2: Launch it and click the Add File button to import your video file.

Step 3: Choose MP3, WAV, WMA, FLAC, AIFF, etc as the output format by clicking the Profile button>General Audio category.