Extract audio from video
Pull the audio track out of a video file and keep it on its own. Upload the video, and Hilite gives you the sound as MP3, WAV, or M4A — ready to trim, clean up, transcribe, or publish as an episode.
Extract the audio in three steps
- 1
Upload your video
Drag and drop, or choose a file. MP4, MOV, WebM, AVI, and more.
- 2
Hilite separates the audio
The sound comes out of the video as its own track.
- 3
Export or keep going
Download as MP3, WAV, or M4A, or continue in Hilite to trim, enhance, and transcribe.
Merge audio inside the Hilite editor
Your uploaded files open directly in a focused editor view. Arrange your clips, preview the timeline, adjust transitions, and export when the track sounds perfectly right.
- Drag to reorder clips
- Trim starts, ends, and gaps
- Preview the full track before export
Input formats
Output formats
Built for every kind of audio
Whatever you are making, this tool helps you get to a cleaner, more useful result, then hand off to Hilite to enhance and polish.
- Turn a video into a podcastThe conversation was always the point. Keep it as audio.
- Transcribe a recorded callExtract the audio, then get the words.
- Lift the audio from a lectureListen back without having to watch.
- Reuse an interviewOne recording, two formats, twice the reach.
Made for podcasters and their teams
Trim the dead air off the top and tail, and every recording is ready to edit, enhance, and publish.
FAQ
Common questions
If you do not see your question here, the support team replies within one business day.
- MP4, MOV, WebM, AVI, and other common formats.
- MP3, WAV, and M4A.
- Exporting to WAV keeps the audio as it was inside the video. MP3 compresses it, which is usually indistinguishable for speech and much smaller.
- You need a video file you have the right to use. Export or download your own video first, then upload it here.
- No. It works in your browser.
- Yes. Once the audio is separated, Hilite can transcribe it and export the text.
Keep the part people actually listened to
Extract the audio, then trim, clean up, transcribe, and publish in Hilite.