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Extract M4A Audio from MP4

Free online audio converter. Pull the audio out of MP4 video as M4A right in your browser. Files are never uploaded anywhere.

Choose an audio or video file, or drop it here
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MP3 → WAVMP3 → AIFFMP3 → FLACMP3 → OGGMP3 → M4AMP3 → OpusWAV → MP3WAV → AIFFWAV → FLACWAV → OGGWAV → M4AWAV → OpusAIFF → MP3AIFF → WAVAIFF → FLACAIFF → OGGAIFF → M4AAIFF → OpusFLAC → MP3FLAC → WAVFLAC → AIFFFLAC → OGGFLAC → M4AFLAC → OpusOGG → MP3OGG → WAVOGG → AIFFOGG → FLACOGG → M4AOGG → OpusM4A → MP3M4A → WAVM4A → AIFFM4A → FLACM4A → OGGM4A → OpusOpus → MP3Opus → WAVOpus → AIFFOpus → FLACOpus → OGGOpus → M4AMP4 → MP3MP4 → WAVMP4 → AIFFMP4 → FLACMP4 → OGGMP4 → OpusMOV → MP3MOV → WAVMOV → AIFFMOV → FLACMOV → OGGMOV → M4AMOV → OpusWebM → MP3WebM → WAVWebM → AIFFWebM → FLACWebM → OGGWebM → M4AWebM → OpusMKV → MP3MKV → WAVMKV → AIFFMKV → FLACMKV → OGGMKV → M4AMKV → Opus

About MP4 and M4A

MP4 is the standard video container on the web. Extracting its audio track is a quick way to turn a music video, lecture, or recording into a listenable file.

M4A is AAC audio in an MP4 container — the default format of the Apple ecosystem and most streaming services. AAC compresses more efficiently than MP3, so the same bitrate sounds a little better.

Extracting audio from MP4 re-encodes only the audio track — the video is discarded, so even long files finish quickly.

How the conversion works

This tool runs FFmpeg — the same engine behind most media software — compiled to WebAssembly, entirely in your browser. Your file is read locally, converted locally, and saved straight from memory; nothing is ever uploaded, which also means no queues and no server-side file size limits.

The converter itself is a one-time ~31 MB download on your first conversion, cached by the browser afterwards. Once it's loaded, everything works offline.

A free tool by Steven Frady, a creative developer building apps, shaders, and interactive installations. See the work.