Convert MOV to MP3.
Pull the soundtrack out of a MOV video, such as an iPhone recording, as an MP3 that plays anywhere.
Keep the sound, lose the size
A phone video of a talk, a rehearsal or a voice memo carries a large picture you may not need. The MP3 is a small file you can listen to, share or send for transcription.
Quality
The MP3 is encoded at 128 kbps, which is clear for speech and fine for casual music listening. For editing, extract to WAV instead.
Size change
At 128 kbps the MP3 takes about 1 MB a minute, a small fraction of the MOV.
How it works
- 01
Upload your MOV
Drop a file or pick one from your device. Private by default.
- 02
Extract with ffmpeg
ffmpeg drops the picture and encodes the soundtrack as MP3 at 128 kbps.
- 03
Download
Grab your MP3.
MP3 at 128 kbps, plays on any device
Works with iPhone and QuickTime videos
Private uploads, auto-deleted after 1 hour
No watermark, no signup to try
Open-source ffmpeg engine
Extracting MP3 from MOV
This pulls the audio track out of your MOV and encodes it as MP3; the video is discarded. Audio quality is capped by what the original file contained.
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Common questions
Is it free?+
Yes. Convert MOV to MP3 free. No signup and no watermark. Free covers 10 server conversions a day, up to 100 MB a file. Pro removes the daily limit and raises the file limit to 2 GB.
Is my file private?+
Your file is uploaded to a private bucket, converted on our own engine, and auto-deleted after 1 hour. It is never sent to a third-party converter.
What happens to surround sound?+
MP3 holds mono or stereo only, so a surround soundtrack is mixed down to stereo. For the full channel layout, use MOV to WAV.
Is the video kept?+
No. Only the audio is written to the MP3. Your MOV is not changed.
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