Which audio format should I choose?

MP3 for anything that must play anywhere; M4A for slightly better quality per byte in modern ecosystems; OGG for games and open stacks; WAV when an editor or DAW demands raw PCM; FLAC for archiving originals losslessly at roughly half WAV size.

What bitrate should I use for MP3?

192 kbps is transparent for speech and casual music listening; 320 kbps is the format's practical ceiling for critical listening; 96–128 kbps suits voice notes where size wins. The estimate updates as you choose.

Can I convert a video file's audio track?

Yes — drop the video directly. The video stream is discarded and the soundtrack is decoded and re-encoded to your chosen format, which is exactly how “video to MP3” works everywhere.

What is the difference between lossy and lossless formats?

Lossy formats (MP3, AAC, Vorbis) permanently discard detail deemed inaudible to hit small sizes; lossless formats (WAV, FLAC) keep every sample. Converting lossy→lossless preserves what remains but restores nothing — the direction of loss is one-way.

Why convert on-device instead of an upload service?

Recordings are often private — interviews, meetings, demos. Processing locally means the material never crosses the network, and there is no queue: conversion speed is your machine's, not a shared server's.

Audio Converter

Convert audio between MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A and OGG with bitrate control — and pull the audio out of a video file the same way.

The Audio Converter runs entirely in your browser. Your recordings are processed on your device and never uploaded.

Open the Extract Audio tool

About Audio Converter

Audio Converter moves sound between the five formats that cover practically every real situation: MP3 for universal playback, WAV for editing and DAWs, FLAC for lossless archiving at half the size of WAV, M4A/AAC for the Apple ecosystem, and OGG Vorbis for games and open-source stacks. Drop a file — audio, or a video whose soundtrack you want, since the video stream is simply discarded — pick the target format and, for lossy targets, a bitrate from 96 to 320 kbps. Lossless targets skip the bitrate question entirely because it does not apply. The conversion runs on your device, which matters for the things people actually convert: voice memos, interview recordings, demos and masters that have no business on someone else's server.

Features

MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A (AAC) and OGG Vorbis output
Bitrate choice from 96 to 320 kbps for lossy targets
Accepts video files — the audio track is extracted and converted
Lossless targets (WAV, FLAC) skip bitrate correctly
Inline player to check the result before saving
Same-format input handled with a renamed output
Wide input support: AIFF, WMA, Opus and more
Everything processed on your device

How to use the Audio Converter

Drop an audio file — or a video whose sound you want
Pick the output format
Choose a bitrate for lossy targets; 192 kbps is the sweet spot
Convert, preview and download

Example

Input

podcast-master.wav (423 MB)

Output

podcast-master.mp3 at 192 kbps ≈ 62 MB

Transparent quality for speech at a seventh of the size.

Common errors & troubleshooting

Converting MP3 to WAV did not improve the sound. — Quality lost to lossy encoding never comes back — WAV just stores the MP3's sound losslessly from here on. Convert to WAV for tool compatibility, not restoration.
The FLAC output is bigger than the source MP3. — Expected: FLAC losslessly preserves the decoded audio, which needs more bytes than the MP3's discarded-detail representation. Archive in FLAC only from lossless sources like WAV or CD rips.
A 320 kbps re-encode of a 128 kbps file sounds no better. — It cannot — the detail was removed by the first encoding. Higher bitrates only help when converting from a better source; re-encoding lossy to lossy always costs a little more quality.
The converted file has no sound at the start. — Some encoders add a few milliseconds of priming silence — normal for MP3 and AAC, and players skip it. Gapless-sensitive uses like loops prefer WAV or FLAC, which have none.

Frequently asked questions

Which audio format should I choose?: MP3 for anything that must play anywhere; M4A for slightly better quality per byte in modern ecosystems; OGG for games and open stacks; WAV when an editor or DAW demands raw PCM; FLAC for archiving originals losslessly at roughly half WAV size.
What bitrate should I use for MP3?: 192 kbps is transparent for speech and casual music listening; 320 kbps is the format's practical ceiling for critical listening; 96–128 kbps suits voice notes where size wins. The estimate updates as you choose.
Can I convert a video file's audio track?: Yes — drop the video directly. The video stream is discarded and the soundtrack is decoded and re-encoded to your chosen format, which is exactly how “video to MP3” works everywhere.
What is the difference between lossy and lossless formats?: Lossy formats (MP3, AAC, Vorbis) permanently discard detail deemed inaudible to hit small sizes; lossless formats (WAV, FLAC) keep every sample. Converting lossy→lossless preserves what remains but restores nothing — the direction of loss is one-way.
Why convert on-device instead of an upload service?: Recordings are often private — interviews, meetings, demos. Processing locally means the material never crosses the network, and there is no queue: conversion speed is your machine's, not a shared server's.

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