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title: 'How to Extract Audio from Video'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=RIYIB_YcP54'
video_id: 'RIYIB_YcP54'
date: 2026-06-17
duration_sec: 0
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# How to Extract Audio from Video

> Source: [How to Extract Audio from Video](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RIYIB_YcP54)

## Summary

This tutorial demonstrates how to convert an MP4 video file to an MP3 audio file using the free command-line tool FFmpeg. The video shows the process step by step, including installing FFmpeg and running the conversion command.

### Key Points

- **Objective** [0:03] — The video aims to teach how to convert an MP4 video to an MP3 audio file using a free tool called FFmpeg.
- **Tool Introduction** [0:24] — FFmpeg is a free, powerful tool for video and audio processing and conversion, used via command line.
- **Installation Reference** [0:27] — Viewers are directed to a separate tutorial (linked in description) for installing FFmpeg on Windows.
- **Preparing the File** [1:02] — Navigate to the directory containing the MP4 file and open Command Prompt or PowerShell there.
- **Verify Installation** [1:57] — Running 'ffmpeg' in the terminal confirms proper installation; otherwise an error message appears.
- **Conversion Command** [2:15] — Use 'ffmpeg -i "input.mp4" output.mp3'. The '-i' flag specifies the input file. Enclose filenames with spaces in quotes.
- **Execution and Result** [3:24] — Press Enter to run the command. The conversion processes quickly and produces an MP3 file in the same directory.
- **Quality Assurance** [3:44] — The resulting MP3 file plays with the same quality as the original video's audio track.

### Conclusion

Using FFmpeg, you can easily extract audio from any video file using a simple command. This free tool gives you powerful video processing capabilities on any computer.

## Transcript

foreign
and welcome in this quick tutorial I am
going to show you how to convert an mp4
to an MP3 so let's say you have an mp4
this is a video song and now you want to
have an MP3 then you can follow this
tutorial because I'm going to show you
how to do that with the tool name ffmpeg
which is a free tool you have to install
it on Windows and then you can do any
kind of video converting okay so let's
dive into the video converting first of
all if you do not have installed ffmp
GRE Windows you can follow one of my
tutorial this one so I'll give the video
link in the description you can follow
and install this software on your
computer trust me if you install this
you are allowed to do any kind of video
processing and converting with just
commands Okay do not have installed
follow this tutorial and then continue
on
assuming you have already installed this
what we have to do is we have to go to
the directory where we have the files we
want to convert to MP3 here I have a
song If you do song of Jake Bugg and if
I play this
this is the song
[Music]
so I want to have an amplitude out of it
so to do that first of all I have to con
I have to open my command prompt in this
directory which I can do I have to open
my command prompt or Powershell if I
press shift and right click here I can
see open Powershell here then I can open
my portal and type my following command
if you want to do it from command prompt
then you can just click here and type
CMD and press enter since I have
installed ffmpg I can test that with a
simple command just type in ffmpeg I
have lots of details here if you do not
have installed FFM bank then it will say
ffmpg is not true it's as an internal or
external command now we have installed
FM pack and the command is pretty much
simple first command is FF LP AG since
we are using this tool then we have to
pass the input file which is hyphen i
iPhone I means input and here the input
is my file my file name is
Jake Bugg me and you audio dot MP4 here
this is my input what is my output you
just specify the name of your output MP3
just make sure the file name ends with a
DOT MP3 I'm typing me and Neo dot MP3
that's it so first I have to pass the
input file since it have spaces it is
actually put in the quotation mark
inside the quotation mark and I have
provided a new file the name of the
output file which will be generated
after pressing enter I didn't put any
quotation marks since I do not have any
space in the name so that's it I just
have to press enter and it will start
processing okay I've just pressed enter
and it started processing yeah and it's
done if I go to the directory now I can
see I have an other MP3 file which
wasn't here earlier this was the earlier
file a video file now I have the audio
MP3 file if I play this yeah it's
playing and it's the same quality same
best quality so guys if you haven't
installed ffmpeg you can follow this
tutorial and have the full video
processing power on your ordinary
computer and if you are helped with this
tutorial have learned something out of
it please consider subscribing to my
channel that will encourage me to make
more helpful content and until next time
happy video converter