Mute video / extract audio
Mute keeps the picture and leaves the audio out. Extract saves the audio as an MP3.
Video tools use FFmpeg (GPL-2.0-or-later).
About this tool
Two jobs share this page. Mute writes a MOV/MP4 without a soundtrack — useful for a clip you will narrate later. Extract saves the soundtrack as MP3 and drops the picture.
Neither mode is a karaoke stem tool. If you only ever want MP3 from an MP4, MP4 to MP3 is the narrower URL. Trim first if you do not need the whole timeline.
ffmpeg.wasm either strips audio from the video or encodes audio to MP3, locally. 50 MB. Large files warn about a slow tab.
How to mute a video or extract audio
- Choose a MOV or MP4. Then pick mute or extract.
- Pick mute (picture, no sound) or extract (MP3 only).
- Run and download.
50 MB. Mute is not a volume slider. Extract is not MP3 from WAV — use WAV to MP3 for that.
FAQ
- Does either mode upload the file?
- No. Both ffmpeg jobs stay in the tab.
- Why is mute a new file?
- The original on disk is not overwritten. You download a silent MP4/MOV copy.
- Extract vs MP4 to MP3?
- Same idea for MP4 sound. This page also accepts MOV and can mute instead.
- Need both silent video and MP3?
- Run twice and download each result. The tab holds one job at a time.
- Subtitles?
- Not touched here. SRT to VTT is a text conversion, not burned-in captions.
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