Extract audio from video file

[Lastalda]

Hi,

I have an mpeg video file (private recording), and I would like to extract its audio part as an mp3.
I know it's possible to do this via VLC, but I can't figure out how.

What I tried:
Media => Convert/Save
=> select file
- press "Convert/Save"
=> select target file
=> Choose "mp3" as profile
==> Edit said Profile choosing "Raw" as Encapsuling, de-selecting "Video" in the videocodec bar, keeping the selection under "audio", ignoring subtitles
- press "start"

What I get is an mp3-file that is almost as big as the original mpeg file, much too long, but stops playing after 2 seconds.

What did I do wrong? And more important: how do I do it right?

Any help will be very much appreciated!
Thanks,
Lastalda

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Not transcoding the video is not the same as not including the video. I'm not sure you can do what you're trying to do with the user interface wizard.

[Lastalda]

I've included the "video". Still get a too-big file, and now it's not even playing those first 2 seconds...
I originally excluded it because i only want the audio...

[Lastalda]

I would still appreciate help on this question, because it has not been solved.

[jkwsn]

VLC is a very handy program but sometimes you may find it easier to do the operation in two parts. I ran version 0.8.6b to rip the audio from a talent show video last spring, and it sounds as though you are doing something similar.

First extract just the audio as an m4a - not an mp3. This will drop the video information and leave you with an audio file that may or may not suit your needs. I would recommend downloading a distinct m4a to mp3 conversion program if you need the audio in mp3 format. VLC is a Swiss army knife, but some problems require a specialized tool...

or a really big hammer

[bainidhe]

I am trying to do this too - extract audio from a video - but my .m4a file is giving me problems. It won't run in iTunes, and VLC still plays it as a video. I tried making a .wav but WMC says it doesn't support the codec used to create the file, and can't play it. I'm trying to get down to an audio file that I can burn to a disk and play through a regular CD player. Any insight?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

vlc --no-sout-video --sout '#transcode{acodec=s16l,samplerate=44100}:std{mux=wav,access=file,dst=file.wav}' FILE.EXT

[calande]

Hi, I tried, and it didn't work:

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vlc --no-sout-video --sout '#transcode{acodec=s16l,samplerate=44100}:std{mux=mp3,access=file,dst=test.mp3}' "11 octobre 2010.rm" VLC media player 1.1.4 The Luggage (revision exported) Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_ADDRESS") Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_BUS_TYPE") [0x854b914] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. Blocked: call to setlocale(6, "") Blocked: call to sigaction(17, 0xb68c40d4, 0xb68c4048) Warning: call to signal(13, 0x1) Warning: call to signal(13, 0x1) Warning: call to srand(1291706248) Warning: call to rand() Blocked: call to setlocale(6, "") (process:9194): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. Warning: call to signal(13, 0x1) Warning: call to signal(13, 0x1) Blocked: call to setlocale(6, "") [0x88111dc] stream_out_standard stream out error: no suitable sout mux module for `file/mp3://test.mp3' [0x881101c] main stream output error: stream chain failed for `transcode{acodec=s16l,samplerate=44100}:std{mux=mp3,access=file,dst=test.mp3}' [0x85fac44] main input error: cannot start stream output instance, aborting [0x8814554] stream_out_standard stream out error: no suitable sout mux module for `file/mp3://test.mp3' [0x8814394] main stream output error: stream chain failed for `transcode{acodec=s16l,samplerate=44100}:std{mux=mp3,access=file,dst=test.mp3}' [0x8811764] main input error: cannot start stream output instance, aborting

Thanks,