How To Convert A Video File To An Audio File

Music… I hardly think there’s a person out there who hasn’t ever listened to music. A melody of patterned air vibrations that can make us happy as a five year old on his birthday or as sad as a broken lover. Music helps us cope through the ceaseless activities of life that are bound to drain us every now and then. I am quite sure many of us reading this article have been through moments when we just put on our headphones and get lost in our own world of fantasy. What’s more music has been proven to provide medical benefits such as improving heart function, stress relief, pain management, memory stimulation and even helps some people eat less. Sometimes, it may happen that we find ourselves an engaging melody… but not the visuals. So we wonder how to convert a video file to an audio file

Not to worry, we’ve got you. In this post, we will see:

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BEST SOFTWARES TO CONVERT A FILE TO AN MP3 FOR PC

Here’s a list of most efficient softwares for video to audio conversion:

1. UNICONVERTER: Uniconverter is a universal video editing software that is one of the most used applications for video to audio conversion. A product of Wondershare, unicoverter supports over a thousand formats and is available for both Windows and Mac.
2. FREEMAKE VIDEO CONVERTER: This is an entirely free software that supports over 500 formats. It is a decent video to audio converter and can even take up videos from Youtube and Dailymotion, supports 4K resolution and can trim, rotate or join video clips.
3. VLC MEDIA PLAYER: VLC is one of the most used media players. It supports almost all codecs and also has a built-in video to audio converter that is discussed separately below.
4. HANDBRAKE: Handbrake is a free software as well that can accept videos of almost any type and convert it into an audio of user preferred format. It take even take in videos from DVDs and blu ray discs. It is available on follow platoforms: windows, Mac and Linux.
5. Allavsoft: This software is basically a video downloader but it can also covert video files to audio files. Though the interface is not very charming, it allows the user to download videos from over a thousand platforms including Youtube, Spotify and Facebook. It is available for Mac OS and Windows OS.

CONVERT FILES USING THE MEDIAPLAYER VLC

Now the reasons I thought I should mention separately using VLC on how to convert video file to audio file were:

1. It is very versatile. Almost every pc uses VLC.
2. It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux, thus making it compatible for most pcs.
3. Since it has an easy to use built-in video to audio converter, one wouldn’t have to go to much trouble for converting video to audio file.

Now, you can learn how to convert video to audio file by following these simple steps:

1. Play your target video in VLC.
2. On the upper right corner of screen, click on Media.
3. Click on “Convert/Save” or click CTRL + R.
4. On the screen that shows up, click on “Add” and locate the target video.
5. Click on the small arrow next to “Covert and Save” at the bottom and click on “Convert”.
6. On the new screen that appears, choose “Audio-mp3” next to the profile option.
7. Now, click on “Browse.”
8. Next, simply browse the file to wherever you’d like to save it. HOWEVER remember that when saving the file, you must add “.mp3” as an extension at the end of file name.
9. Save the file and begin conversion.

And done! You have successfully converted your video file into an audio file.

HOW TO CONVERT A VIDEO A FILE TO AN AUDIO FILE WITH MAC:

Mac users have a built-in system for converting video files to audio files. Simply follow these steps:

1. Open Finder in your Mac.
2. Locate the target video.
3. Right click on it.
4. From the menu that shows up, click on “Encode Selected Video Files”.
5. Click on Settings.
6. Select “Audio only” from the drop-down menu.
7. Click “Continue”.

A new mp4 audio file will be created in the same location as your video file. Know that your video file remains unaltered. A big con of using this method is that the audio format will always be mp4.

To overcome this problem, if need be, one can use Permute. Permute allows you to choose your audio format and is a very fast video to audio converter.

BEST SOFTWARES TO CONVERT VIDEO FILE TO AUDIO FILE ON ANDROID:

Following is a list for android users for video to audio converters:

1. Video converter: A product of Vidsoftlab, this app is an excellent choice for converting video to audio format. It has an uncomplicated interface and asks only for a few details. Moreover, it works in the background so you don’t have to sit and wait for the process to complete.
2. Media converter: This is another great app for video to audio conversion that converts video to audio file with just a single click. For further modification, it has a feature called “Expert” that allows you to crop the video and change video or audio quality.
3. Video format factory: This is another app worth mentioning since it supports videos of many formats and apart from conversion, can also be used to trim, compress or reverse videos. It can pick files from SD card as well.
4. Full Video Converter: This app does not put any limit to any of its feature and can add a slow-motion effect to videos, trim, rotate and compress videos as well. Navigation is easy, however, this app does not support all video formats.

With that typed, I hope you know now what software best fits your choice for video to audio conversion and also, how to convert video file to audio file. If you have any further queries, feel free to comment down below.

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