Convert Video To Audio Using VLC Media Player

Today the most widely used media player around the world is VLC and It has many advantages and also It is an Open Source Software with so maby features packed in it.  Now here I am going to explain one of its features.

Sometimes you might want to convert a video file to an mp3 to take with on an iPod or to just listen to the audio without the video.  Today we take a look at how to use the free program VLC to convert video formats to an mp3

Open VLC Media Player and Click on Media and Select Convert/Save or Just press Ctrl + R

Now Click Add Button and Select the Video File and Click Open

 Once The File Have been selected hit Convert/Save.

Now it will ask you to select the folder where your audio file have to be stored and give name to the file with the extension.

After giving the name to the file click save.

 Now If You wish to View the Advanced Settings, Convert window you should see the source file and destination path fields filled in.  Now click on the Edit Selected Profile button.

 Under the Encapsulation tab select WAV (in case of audio).

 Now under the Audio Codec tab choose the MP3 codec, choose a Bitrate, amount of channels, Sample Rate, and then click the Save button.

 Click on Start to begin the encoding process.

You will see a countdown timer on the main interface while the conversion is taking place.

You will find the converted file in the destination location you chose before and now you can play your MP3 on any compatible media player or portable device.

We successfully converted MOV, MPEG, and AVI video files to mp3.  FLV files would convert but unfortunately had horrible sound quality. This is not a preferred method those who are discerning about audio quality, but hopefully it can help someone out in a pinch.