MP4 to MP3
Extract the audio from your MP4 video and save it as an MP3. Convert music, recordings, interviews,
lectures, screen recordings and more into audio you can listen to, edit or share.
Step 1 - Select a file(s) to convert
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Why convert MP4 to MP3?
Extract the audio from your videos and save it as an MP3 for easier listening, sharing and reuse. Convert music videos, screen recordings, meetings, interviews and more into audio without keeping the video.
Extract audio from an MP4 video
An MP4 file can contain both video and audio. Converting MP4 to MP3 removes the video and saves the audio track as a separate MP3 file. This is useful when you only need the sound from a video, whether that's music, a lecture, an interview, a voice recording or another type of audio.
Turn music videos into MP3 audio
Have a video containing music or a performance you want to listen to separately? Convert the MP4 to MP3 to save the audio without the video. Choose a higher MP3 quality for music if you want to minimise additional quality loss during conversion.
Convert screen recordings to MP3
If you've recorded your screen but only need the sound, you can extract the audio and save it as an MP3. This can be useful for screen-recorded presentations, demonstrations, music, social content and other recordings where the visuals are no longer needed.
Extract audio from meetings and interviews
Convert recorded meetings, coaching calls, webinars and interviews from MP4 to MP3. An audio-only version is easier to listen to, share, edit or upload to transcription and speech-to-text services.
Frequently asked questions
If you've got any questions about converting or compressing files with Zamzar, we're happy to help! We've answered a few commonly-asked questions below, to get you started, and you can find out more information about file conversion and compression with Zamzar, in our Help centre.
Upload your MP4 file to Zamzar, choose any audio options you want to change and select MP3 as the output format. Zamzar will extract the audio from the video and create an MP3 file for you to download.
Yes. An MP3 file contains audio rather than video, so converting MP4 to MP3 removes the video track and keeps the audio.
Yes. Converting an MP4 to MP3 is a simple way to extract the audio track from a video and save it as a separate audio file.
For everyday listening, 192 kbps is a good balance between audio quality and file size. For music, you may prefer 320 kbps to minimise additional quality loss. For speech, lectures, meetings and voice recordings, 128 kbps is often sufficient and produces a smaller file.
No. Converting a file to MP3 cannot improve the quality of the original audio. Choosing a higher MP3 bitrate can help minimise additional quality loss, but it cannot restore detail that is not present in the original MP4.
Yes. If an MP4 contains music, you can extract its audio track and save it as an MP3. You should only convert content that you own or have permission to use.
Yes. If your screen recording is saved as an MP4, you can convert it to MP3 and keep only the audio.
Yes. Converting lectures, webinars and training videos to MP3 can make them easier to listen to while travelling, exercising or away from your computer.
Yes. Recorded meetings, interviews and video calls can be converted to MP3 so that you can listen to the audio separately or use it with editing, transcription or speech-to-text software.
Yes. If a voice note or audio message has been saved as an MP4 file, converting it to MP3 can make it compatible with more audio players and applications.
Usually, yes. MP4 files can contain video as well as audio, while MP3 contains audio only. Removing the video can therefore reduce the file size substantially.
Yes. Batch conversion allows you to convert several MP4 videos into MP3 files together instead of processing each one individually.