MOV to MP3
MOV to MP3 pulls the soundtrack out of an iPhone, Mac or camera MOV video and saves it as MP3 or lossless M4A, in your browser without uploading the video.
Drop a video or audio file, paste it, or click to choose one
MOV from an iPhone, Mac or camera, or any other video
Video or audio file · processed on your device, never uploaded
At a glance
- Accepts
- MOV (QuickTime) video, plus MP4, MKV and WebM; the video itself is never decoded
- Outputs
- MP3 at 128, 192 or 320 kbps, or the original AAC copied into .m4a
- Where it runs
- Entirely in your browser, on your device
- What leaves your device
- Nothing - the file never leaves your device
- Limits
- MP3 needs a browser that can decode AAC (Safari 26 or later on iPhone); multichannel audio is mixed down to stereo for MP3
- Account
- Not required - there is no sign-up
- Price
- Free, with no watermark and no usage cap
- Made by
- Visrut
- Last updated
- 11 October 2026
MOV is Apple's QuickTime format: it is what an iPhone records, what QuickTime Player saves a screen recording as, and what many cameras write to their cards. People usually want the sound from one for a simple reason, such as a song from a concert clip, a toast from a wedding video, or a voice they want to send on its own. This page does that in your browser, and the video, which may be personal, stays on your device.
What happens to the file
- The picture is ignored. HEVC, H.264, HDR or ProRes: none of it is decoded, so a 4K clip converts as fast as a small one with the same length of audio.
- The sound is copied or encoded. The lossless M4A option copies the AAC audio exactly; MP3 re-encodes it at 128, 192 or 320 kbps.
- Length is kept. In our tests a 10-second MOV gave a 10.06-second MP3 and a 10.00-second M4A; the extra hundredths are the MP3 encoder's padding.
Screen recordings without sound
A Mac screen recording only has audio if a microphone was selected in the recording options. If yours had none, the tool says the file has no audio track rather than giving you a silent MP3.
Want a transcript of what was said instead? Video to Text reads the MOV directly.
Frequently asked questions
My iPhone video is HEVC. Does that matter?
No. Only the sound is read, and the video track, whether it is HEVC, H.264 or ProRes, is skipped without being decoded. That is also why a browser that can't play your MOV can usually still pull the audio out of it.
Should I pick MP3 or M4A?
iPhone and Mac MOV files record AAC audio, so the M4A option copies that audio out unchanged: instant, lossless, and playable on any phone or computer made in the last decade. Choose MP3 when the place you are sending it asks for .mp3 by name, such as some upload forms, older car stereos or DJ software.
How do I get the video off my iPhone first?
On the iPhone itself you can open this page in Safari and pick the video from your photo library; Safari hands over a copy of the file. On a Mac, AirDrop or the Photos app's Export > Export Unmodified Original gives you the .mov.
The MP3 sounds quieter than the video did. Why?
It shouldn't: no volume change is applied. If the recording was spatial or multichannel, MP3's two-channel limit means it is mixed down to stereo, which can sound a little different from the phone's own playback. The M4A copy keeps the original channels.