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Convert Video to Audio (MP3) Format using VLC Player

VLC Media Player is a legitimate program that provides all the features needed for playing media content and is an efficient tool to perform all kinds of tasks. You can play most multimedia files and DVDs , Audio CDs , VCDs , and various streaming protocols. So that, experts said VLC is a versatile tool. This software can be installed on multiple platforms, like Windows , Linux , macOS , Android , iOS , Windows Phone , and Apple TV.

It doesn’t contain any malware, so it is perfectly safe for download and installation. Some people want to convert video to audio and don’t know how to do it? For doing this, we strongly recommend you use a VLC media player because it has a great feature to complete this task with a few clicks. Today, we will see how to convert video to audio (MP3) format using a VLC player with clear-cut steps.

Convert Video to Mp3
Convert Video to Mp3

Features of VLC

  • This software almost supports every video and audio file format and plays every media.
  • It is used to convert any medial file formats without using additional plugins.
  • VLC can stream media over the local network as well as on the internet.
  • It supports many platforms like Windows , Mac, ** and **Linux.
  • This program helps to watch videos crisply and clearly.
  • It is ranked amongst the most advanced and *progressive * softwares.

Steps to Convert Video to Audio

To store the audio of the video file using a VLC player, do as follows.

  • First, you need to launch ** the VLC Media Player ** program on your PC.
  • Go to the Media tab , and select ** the **Convert/Save option.

Media Tab
Media Tab

  • First, you need to launch ** the VLC Media Player ** program on your PC.
  • Go to the Media tab , and select ** the **Convert/Save option.

Click the Add button
Click the Add button

  • After clicking the Add button, it will display the Explorer wizard , where you need to locate the video and hit the Open button.

Hit the Open button
Hit the Open button

  • Then, you need to click the Convert/Save button.

Select the Convert/save option
Select the Convert/save option

  • Then, it will display the Convert dialogue box , where you can see the selected file path in the Source field.
  • You need to select the audio format using the Profile drop-down list.
  • Here, we choose the “ Audio – MP3 ” format.

Profile section
Profile section

  • Choose the destination file where you want to save the audio file that it will create.
  • To do this, you can use the Browse button and select the location.

Browse the location
Browse the location

  • In the Explorer window, you need to select the destination place and enter your file name.
  • Hit the Save button.

Destination file name
Destination filename

  • Now, you can see that the Start button has been enabled.
  • Just hit the *Start * button to convert your video into an audio file.

Click the Start button
Click the Start button

  • Move to the destination folder, and you can see the converted audio file as shown below.

Converted file
Converted file

  • To confirm that you have saved the file in MP3 audio format, click ** the **ALT + ENTER keys.
  • It will open a properties window to see the type of file , as shown below.

Type of the file
Type of the file

  • This way, you can convert your video file into mp3 audio file format with the help of VLC.

Endorsed Audio File Formats

  • VLC player not only converts the video into mp3 audio file format. It also converts the videos to Audio – Vorbis (OGG), Audio – FLAC , Audio – CD formats.
  • You can find these options in the Profile drop-down list , as shown below.

Another Audio formats
Other Audio formats

  • If you want to convert your video into one of the formats mentioned above, you can follow the same steps provided in the above section to complete the task.

Tools that Converts Videos into Audio (MP3) format:

  • Online Audio Converter is a free online app that can convert video files to audio formats such as MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, AMR, MP2, and M4R audio formats.
  • FreeConvert – You can use this free to convert any audio and video formats.
  • VidConverter – It helps to change the format of your video without losing quality.
  • Convertio – This tool converts audio, videos, ebooks, CAD files, presentations, archives, fonts, vectors, and other content formats.
  • MP4 to MP3 Converter – This tool will convert all your video files into mp3 audio files.

Note: The tools mentioned above are also helped to extract the music from video files. But, we suggest you use the VLC player because it has all possible options and features compared to any other tool.

Summary

In the above section, we have illustrated how to convert video to audio (MP3) format using a VLC player with clear-cut steps and proper image representations. The above-given efforts helped you to convert your video into an audio file quickly. You can check out more VLC related posts on our site, vlc.guru.

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