Tutorial

Extract Audio to MP3 with FFmpeg

In this tutorial, you will learn how to quickly create an MP3 file from a video with FFmpeg. It includes the standard command and an optional constant bitrate variant.

Install FFmpeg (if not already installed):

Linux:
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
MacOS:
brew install ffmpeg
Windows: Download from ffmpeg.org

Go to your video folder

Open a command prompt or terminal and navigate to the folder containing your video file.

How do I open the Command Prompt in Windows?

How do I open the Command Prompt in Linux?

Export audio as MP3

Run this command:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vn -c:a libmp3lame -q:a 2 output.mp3

-vn
removes the video stream.
-c:a libmp3lame
selects the MP3 encoder.
-q:a 2
sets high variable audio quality.

Replace

input.mp4

and

output.mp3

with your file names.

Optional constant bitrate version:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vn -c:a libmp3lame -b:a 192k output.mp3