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title: "Audio Extractor: Pull the soundtrack out of a video file"
canonical: "https://openvibe.tools/tool/extract"
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# Audio Extractor: Pull the soundtrack out of a video file

HTML: [Audio Extractor: Pull the soundtrack out of a video file](https://openvibe.tools/tool/extract)

# Audio Extractor

Upload an MP4, MKV, MOV or WebM video and download just its audio as MP3, WAV or M4A. Good for saving a talk, a song or an interview from a recording.

- **Limits** 100 MB per file · 1 file at a time · Up to 3 hours · Up to 300 runs a day
- **Where it runs** Your file goes to our server and is deleted with the result after 1 hour, or after 24 hours when signed in.
- **Cost** Free, with the limits above. No account needed.

 [Open Audio Extractor](https://extract.openvibe.tools/) 

## Where to find it

Every address below opens the same tool. The first address is the one to bookmark and share.

- [extract.openvibe.tools](https://extract.openvibe.tools/)Primary

## People also call this

**What it's for:** Pull the soundtrack out of a video file.

- extract audio from video
- mp4 to mp3
- video to audio
- video to mp3 converter
- rip audio from video

## Use it from code

- `POST https://openvibe.tools/api/v1/tools/extract/run`
- Needs a signed-in browser session or a token with `tools.tool.run`.
- Long work answers 202 with a job to follow; short work answers with the result. Takes 1 file, up to 100 MB each.

~~~~
curl -X POST https://openvibe.tools/api/v1/tools/extract/run \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $OPENVIBE_TOKEN' \
  -F 'file=@song.mp3'
~~~~

Inputs: [JSON Schema](/api/v1/tools/extract/schema) · [OpenAPI](/api/v1/openapi.json) · from JavaScript: `tools.run("extract", …)` in [openvibe-sdk](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.SDK) · [How the API works](/developers)

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[All Audio Tools](/audio-tools)

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