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MOV to MP3.
MOV is what iPhones, QuickTime and many cameras record. Drop one clip or a whole shoot and get the sound of each as an MP3, or as an untouched M4A. Only the sound is read, so long clips convert in seconds. Converted on your own machine.
01 Files
MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV, as many and as long as you like. Only the sound is read, the picture is never decoded, and nothing uploads.
02 Convert to
192 kbps is transparent for most music; 320 if it is going back into an editor; 128 is plenty for speech. Title, artist, album and cover are carried over. Each file downloads as it finishes.
Converted, then a video
Took the song out of a video? It can have a new picture of its own. Above, a frame from our music visualizer, which turns the converted file into a video that moves with it. For a cover held still with the sound, use MP3 to MP4; for a voice recording, the waveform video maker.
How to convert MOV to MP3
MOV is Apple's QuickTime file, the format iPhones, QuickTime Player and a lot of cameras save video in. It is built the same way as an MP4, a picture track and a sound track side by side, and the sound is almost always AAC. Converting reads the sound out and encodes it as MP3, or copies it as it is into an M4A. The picture is never decoded and nothing uploads.
- Drop the MOV files anywhere on the page, or click to choose them, one or a whole folder. Each shows its format, sample rate and length at once. No file to hand? Try the sample.
- Keep MP3 and pick the bitrate: 192 kbps for music, 128 for speech. Or pick M4A to keep the clip's own sound as it is.
- Press Convert. The files go one after another, each with its own progress line, and each MP3 downloads under the original name as soon as it is done.
Related
- Extract audio from videoEvery video format, and the fastest way to keep the original sound.
- MP4 to MP3The same converter for a MP4 file.
- WebM to MP3The same converter for a WEBM file.
- MP3 to MP4The converted file with a cover, as a 1080p video.
- MP3 tag editorFix the title, artist or cover in the MP3.
- Audio trimmerOnly need part of it? Cut it down first.
Questions
How do I get the video off my iPhone?+
AirDrop it to a Mac, or send it to your computer from Photos with Share. On a Windows PC, the Photos app imports from an iPhone over the cable. Then drop the MOV here. Videos shared through some messaging apps arrive recompressed as MP4, which works the same way.
MOV or MP4: is there a difference here?+
Not for the sound. Both are the same kind of container, and the sound inside is AAC in both, so the result is the same. The MP4 to MP3 page is this tool with the same settings.
Is there a way to keep the original sound?+
Yes: pick M4A. The AAC sound of the clip is copied out exactly as it is, with no second encode, in a fraction of a second; iPhones, Macs and most players open M4A. Pick MP3 for an old player, a car stereo or a form that only takes MP3.
Does a screen recording work?+
Yes, if it recorded sound. QuickTime and the iPhone's screen recorder record the microphone only when it is switched on, and a recording without it has no sound track; the row says so instead of making an empty file.
Which browsers?+
Tested in Chrome on a computer, with MOV files from ffmpeg built the way an iPhone writes them (H.264 and AAC). Edge works the same way. If a clip uses a sound codec your browser cannot read, the row says so and the rest of the batch carries on.
Is my audio uploaded?+
No. Each file is decoded and encoded in your browser, a piece at a time, and the download is made there. Nothing leaves your machine, nothing is watermarked, and there is no queue. The page only counts that a file was converted, with the formats, never a name or the audio.
How fast is it?+
Measured in Chrome on a laptop with a two minute song: WAV to a 192 kbps MP3 in about two and a half seconds, MP3 to WAV in under two. A phone is slower. Files go one at a time, so a batch takes the sum of its files.
Which encoder makes the MP3?+
LAME, the open-source MP3 encoder most audio software uses, compiled to run in the browser. The MP3 is constant bitrate at the source's sample rate (48 kHz for anything above), with an ID3v2 tag.