Extract Audio From Video

What does Extract Audio from Video do?

Extract Audio from Video pulls audio tracks from video files and saves them in your preferred audio format. Perfect for extracting music, creating podcasts from video content, or preparing audio for transcription.

• Extract audio from any video format to 6 audio formats
• Batch processing - extract audio from multiple videos in a single run
• Adjustable bitrate settings from 64k to 320k
• High quality extraction - preserves original audio fidelity
• Output files stored in Key-Value Store with direct download URLs
• Export results via JSON, CSV, Excel, or integrate with any workflow
• Connect to any AI chatbot using Apify MCP server

What audio formats can you extract to?

MP3	WAV	FLAC
AAC	OGG	M4A

How to extract audio with Extract Audio from Video?

1. Create a free Apify account using your email.
2. Open Extract Audio from Video.
3. Add video URLs from which you want to extract audio.
4. Select your desired output audio format and bitrate.
5. Click the "Start" button and wait for the extraction to complete.
6. Download your extracted audio files from the Key-Value Store.

Input

Configure the extractor with these parameters:

• files: Array of video URLs to extract audio from (required)
• outputFormat: Target audio format - mp3, wav, flac, aac, ogg, m4a (default: mp3)
• bitrate: Output bitrate - 64k, 128k, 192k, 256k, 320k (default: 192k)

Input JSON

{
    "files": [
        "https://example.com/video.mp4",
        "https://example.com/interview.webm"
    ],
    "outputFormat": "mp3",
    "bitrate": "256k"
}

Output

Extracted audio files are saved to the Key-Value Store with direct download URLs. Metadata for each extraction is pushed to the Dataset.

Here's an example of the output data:

{
    "inputFileUrl": "https://example.com/video.mp4",
    "inputFileName": "video.mp4",
    "outputFormat": "mp3",
    "outputFileKey": "video-1706789012345.mp3",
    "outputFileUrl": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/abc123/records/video-1706789012345.mp3",
    "inputSizeBytes": 104857600,
    "outputSizeBytes": 5242880,
    "durationSeconds": 120,
    "processingTimeMs": 3456,
    "processedAt": "2024-02-01T12:30:00.000Z"
}

How can I use extracted audio?

• Podcast creation - extract audio from video interviews or presentations
• Music extraction - pull soundtracks from video content
• Transcription prep - prepare audio for speech-to-text processing
• Audiobook creation - convert video lectures to audio format
• Content repurposing - turn video content into audio-only versions
• Voice-over extraction - separate narration from video for reuse

FAQ

How much does it cost to use Extract Audio from Video?

Extract Audio from Video uses the pay-per-event (PPE) pricing model. You're charged $0.000278 per second of video duration (~$1/hour). For example, extracting audio from a 2-minute (120 second) video costs approximately $0.033. Your costs can be easily calculated using the information in the Actor's pricing tab.

Can I use integrations with Extract Audio from Video?

You can integrate Extract Audio from Video with almost any cloud service or web app. We offer integrations with Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub, Google Sheets, Google Drive, and plenty more.

Alternatively, you could use webhooks to carry out an action whenever an event occurs, such as getting a notification when Extract Audio from Video successfully finishes a run.

Can I use Extract Audio from Video with the Apify API?

The Apify API gives you programmatic access to the Apify platform. The API is organized around RESTful HTTP endpoints that enable you to manage, schedule, and run Apify Actors. The API also lets you access any datasets, monitor Actor performance, fetch results, create and update versions, and more.

To access the API using Node.js, use the apify-client NPM package. To access the API using Python, use the apify-client PyPI package.

Can I use Extract Audio from Video through an MCP Server?

With Apify API, you can use almost any Actor in conjunction with an MCP server. You can connect to the MCP server using clients like Claude Desktop and LibreChat, or even build your own.

Your feedback

We're always working on improving the performance of our Actors. If you have any technical feedback for Extract Audio from Video or found a bug, please create an issue in the Issues tab.