Extract Video Streams

Pull the audio, video, and subtitle tracks out of a video file. Each track comes back as its own download.

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The audio extractor at a glance

What the app does with your video, before you upload anything.

4 choices: all tracks, video, audio, or subtitles

1 setting to pick, and All tracks is already selected

0 re-encoding. Every track comes back exactly as it is

75 MB per video, free and without an account

Separate the audio from a video

To extract audio from video, upload the file and open the settings. Set Stream to Extract to Audio only, then start the job.

The audio track is copied out of the container exactly as it is. Nothing is re-encoded, so the sound you get back is the sound that was already in the file. There is no format, bitrate, or codec to choose, because none is needed.

A video can hold more than one audio track. A film with a commentary track, or an MP4 with a second language, gives one file per track. The panel says so itself: each track is saved as its own separate file, so you get one download per track.

Accepted input: any video file. Common ones are MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WebM, FLV, and MPG.

Extract subtitles from a video

Subtitles are a track like any other. Set Stream to Extract to Subtitles only and every subtitle track inside the file is written out as its own file.

This works on containers that already carry a subtitle track, which MKV files very often do and MP4 files sometimes do. A film with English and Spanish subtitles gives 2 files, one per language.

Two limits are worth knowing before you start. Subtitles burned into the picture are part of the video itself, not a separate track, so nothing can lift them out. And the app does not listen to speech and write it down. It hands back the tracks the file already holds.

Extract audio from video on a phone

The audio extractor runs in a browser, so a phone is enough. Open this page on an iPhone or an Android phone and pick the video from your gallery, your Files app, or your cloud storage.

There is nothing to install and no app to sign in to. The work happens on the server, so an older phone finishes as quickly as a new one and the battery is left alone.

The result downloads to the phone like any other file, ready to open in a music player, a video player, or a subtitle editor.

What each stream setting gives you

Stream to Extract is the only setting on this app, and All tracks is what it starts on.

Stream to Extract	What comes back	Good for
All tracks	Every track, one file each	Seeing what a video holds
Audio only	The audio tracks	Music, podcasts, and speech
Video only	The picture, without sound	A silent clip to re-score
Subtitles only	The subtitle tracks	Captions to edit or reuse

Every track comes back as its own file, in the format it already had inside the video. Nothing is re-encoded, and nothing is merged.

When to extract audio from video

Three everyday reasons to pull a track out of a video file.

A lecture, an interview, or a meeting

A recording you only need to listen to does not have to stay a video. Take the audio track out and you get a much smaller file that plays in any music app.

A file with more than one language

Films and exports often carry several audio or subtitle tracks. All tracks writes each one out on its own, so you can keep exactly the languages you need.

A video you need to check

A container can hold tracks a player never shows you. Extracting them is the quickest way to see what a video file really contains, next to its metadata.

Free, in the browser, and private

The videos you upload can be personal. Here is exactly how yours are handled.

Free, with no account

Extracting the tracks from a video is free and needs no sign-up. Videos up to 75 MB go through as they are, and a paid plan raises that to 8 GB.

Nothing to install

The audio extractor runs on the page you are reading. Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS all use the same page, with no download and no plugin.

Private by design

Nobody reads or copies your video, because the whole pipeline is automated. Your files are never used to train AI models, the download link cannot be guessed, and you keep the ownership of everything you upload and everything you get back.

How to extract audio from a video

Upload

Upload your video file.
Select

Open the settings and set Stream to Extract. Leave it on All tracks, or pick Audio only, Video only, or Subtitles only.
Extract

Start the job. Each track in the video is written out as its own file.
Download

Download the tracks you wanted from the result page.

Extract audio from video FAQ

How do I extract audio from a video?

Upload the video above, open the settings, and set Stream to Extract to Audio only. Start the job and the audio track is written out as its own file for you to download. A video that carries 2 audio tracks gives 2 files.

Is this audio extractor free to use?

Yes. The audio extractor is free and needs no account. A video of up to 75 MB goes through as it is, and a paid plan raises that limit to 8 GB.

What format is the extracted audio?

It is the format the track already has inside the video. The app copies the stream out instead of converting it, so an MP4 that carries AAC audio gives an AAC file. There is no output format, bitrate, or sample rate to choose, because nothing is re-encoded.

Does extracting audio from video lower the quality?

No. The audio is copied out of the container untouched, so what you get back is the same track that was already in the video. There is no second-generation loss, because there is no second encoding.

Can I extract audio from a YouTube video?

Not from a link. The app works on a file you upload, so you need the video itself on your device or in your cloud storage. Upload only videos you own or have the right to use.

How do I extract audio from video on an iPhone or an Android phone?

Open this page in the phone browser and pick the video from your gallery, your Files app, or your cloud storage. Nothing is installed, and the work runs on the server, so an older phone is as quick as a new one.

Can subtitles be extracted from a video as well?

Yes. Set Stream to Extract to Subtitles only and every subtitle track in the file is saved separately. MKV files carry them most often. Subtitles burned into the picture are part of the video and cannot be lifted out, and the app does not turn speech into text.

Which video formats does the audio extractor accept?

Video files in general, with MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WebM, FLV, and MPG among the common ones. What comes back depends on the tracks inside: extracting audio from MP4 usually gives an AAC file, while an MKV can hold several audio and subtitle tracks at once.