
🎶 Want to Turn Your MP4 Videos into MP3 Music? Here's How! 🎧
Sometimes, you might just want the audio from a video—like, you don’t need the whole MP4 file with the video, you just want to listen to the music or podcast on the go. 🏃♀️💨 Whether you're trying to add a cool soundtrack to your music collection or save space on your phone, converting your video files into audio-only files (like MP3s) is a great idea. And guess what? It's super easy to do, especially if you've got VLC Media Player installed. 🙌
💡 Why Convert MP4 to MP3?
Here’s why you might want to turn your videos into MP3s:
- Save Storage Space: Video files can be huge (like, really huge, sometimes over 3GB 😱). If you only want the sound, an MP3 is a tiny fraction of the size!
- Add Music to Your Digital Library: If you're a fan of music apps like Google Play Music or Apple Music, you can easily add your favorite soundtracks from videos to your collection. 🎵
- Better for Portable Devices: MP3s are perfect for your phone, MP3 players, or even your car’s sound system 🚗. You can take a lot more music with you without clogging up your device.
📲 How to Extract MP3 from MP4 Using VLC Media Player
No need for fancy software—VLC Media Player (yes, the one you use to watch movies 🎥) can do the trick for you. Here's how to quickly convert your video files into audio-only MP3s:
Steps to Convert MP4 to MP3:
Open VLC Media Player – If you don’t have VLC yet, download it from here (it’s free!). 📥
Click on 'Media' – At the top of the screen, find and click on Media. 🖱️
Select 'Convert/Save' – In the dropdown menu, click on Convert/Save. This will open the conversion window. 🔄
Add Your MP4 File – Click the Add button and select the MP4 video file you want to convert. 🎬
Click 'Convert/Save' Again – Now click Convert/Save at the bottom of the window to move to the next step. ⚙️
Choose Audio MP3 Format – In the Profile section, choose Audio - MP3. 🎶
Pick Your Destination – Click Browse to select where you want to save your new MP3 file, give it a name, and hit Save. 💾
Start the Conversion – Finally, click Start and let VLC do its magic. 🎩✨
Once it’s done, you’ll have an MP3 file ready to play on your phone, music player, or whatever device you like! 🎧
🔥 Why VLC is the Ultimate Media Tool
You probably know VLC as a video player, but it can do so much more! 😎 Here are just a few things VLC can help you with:
- Convert media files between all kinds of formats 📂
- Record video and audio from your screen or webcam 🎥
- Stream online videos and record them too 🌐
- Extract audio from DVDs (yes, it can rip DVDs!) 📀
- Apply basic video effects (without being a pro editor) 🎬
- Control playback speed (slow-mo or fast-forward!) ⏩⏪
- Play videos as ASCII art (like, literally in text form!) 🤯
- Add subtitles to videos (if you're into that) 📝
- Subscribe to podcasts directly from VLC 🎧
... and the list goes on! VLC is a must-have tool if you're into media in any form. 🎉
Wrap-Up 🎁
So, there you have it! Converting MP4 videos into MP3 audio files is a breeze using VLC Media Player, and it’ll save you a ton of storage space while giving you access to your favorite music or podcasts anytime you want. 🎶
If you haven’t already, go ahead and give VLC a try—it’s totally free, super powerful, and will make your media life so much easier. 😄

Once the slider reaches the end, that means your video file is successfully changed into audio and you can browse and locate the destination audio file.

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Hope it worked for you.