What is it?
Video to MP3 takes the sound track out of a video and saves it as an MP3 that plays on any phone, computer or car stereo. The video is processed inside your browser and never uploaded.
Who is it for?
Students saving lecture audio, musicians keeping a recording of a performance, people saving a song from a music video they own, and anyone who wants to listen to a talk or WhatsApp video without the picture.
How to use it
- Choose a video file.
- Pick the quality: Standard (128 kbps), High (192 kbps) or Best (320 kbps).
- Tap Convert to MP3. You’ll see Extracting the sound… with progress, then Done! Your MP3 is ready.
Which quality?
128 kbps is fine for speech, 192 kbps for most music, 320 kbps only for very good originals; a higher number can’t add quality that wasn’t there.
Why does the first job take longer?
The tool uses a video engine (ffmpeg, the free engine inside many video apps) that runs in your browser. The engine is about 31 MB and downloads only the first time you start a job; after that it starts in a second or two. All the work then happens on your device, so a phone is slower than a computer for long or HD videos. Keep the tab open and the screen on until it finishes.
Is my file uploaded?
No. The file is opened and changed inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. Nothing is sent to us, and closing the page clears it.
Errors and how to fix them
- “This file has no sound (or no picture) to work with”: the video has no audio track (common in screen recordings). Play it with sound on to check.
- Loading the video engine (31 MB, only the first time)… takes long: the engine downloads once, then your browser keeps it. Use Wi-Fi the first time.
- The video engine could not start …: the download was interrupted or blocked. Check your connection, turn off data saver or an aggressive ad blocker for this page, and try again.
- “This file could not be read. It may be damaged, or a format we cannot open”: play the file in your phone’s gallery first. If it plays, convert it with Video Converter and try again; if it doesn’t, the file itself is damaged.
- “This file is too big for your browser. Try a shorter or smaller file, or a computer with more memory”: the browser ran out of memory. Close other tabs, use a computer, or cut the video into parts with Trim Video.
- “This file is over 1.5 GB: too big to process inside a browser”: trim or compress it on a computer first.
Open the tool: Video to MP3
Still stuck?
Contact support. Tell us which tool or page you were using, what you tapped, what you saw, and your phone or computer and browser (for example: Android phone, Chrome). We reply by email.
Questions, or an error not listed here?
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