1Upload the videos you want the soundtrack out of.
2Choose an output format — matching the codec already inside the file copies it out untouched, while MP3 is the safest for compatibility.
3Run the extraction, which demuxes the audio stream out of the container rather than re-recording it.
4Download the audio file; multi-track sources give you the first track, so check it if the source was a rip.
Extract Audio from Video FAQ
Does the video container affect extraction?
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It does. this format is read and written by the same streaming pipeline as everything else we support. The container determines how the audio is stored and therefore whether it can be lifted out without touching it.
Anything specific to Video here?
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Yes — the container and codec are probed before anything runs, so mixed uploads in one batch are handled per file. Useful context when a file has more than one audio stream.
What if the video has several audio tracks?
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The first, usually the primary language, is extracted by default. Multi-track sources such as MKV rips often carry commentary or other languages, so check what you got if the source is one of those.
Is the extracted audio the same quality as in the video?
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Identical, when the codec already matches your chosen output — the encoded frames are copied, not re-encoded. It is only a genuine format change that costs a generation of loss.
Can I run Extract Audio from Video on several videos at once?
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Yes, and it matters here more than anywhere else — video jobs run in minutes, so queueing the batch in parallel is the difference between one wait and several.
What happens to audio, subtitle and chapter tracks?
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They are carried across wherever the target container can hold them, including multiple audio languages, embedded subtitles and chapter markers, rather than silently keeping only the first track of each.
Does Extract Audio from Video cost anything?
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No. Extract Audio from Video is free without an account, and the output has no watermark, corner logo or intro card. Uploaded video is deleted from the workers shortly after the job completes.
Is there a file size limit on Extract Audio from Video?
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Yes: free accounts process video up to 1 GiB per file whichever container you brought; ffmpeg with x264, x265 and libvpx does the encoding. It is high enough that upload speed is usually the binding constraint rather than the cap itself.
Why does a PNG site host Extract Audio from Video?
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PNG.to is built around the format you use when you cannot afford to lose a pixel: lossless, alpha-capable, and the correct answer for screenshots, logos, line art and anything with hard edges. Image work is rarely one step: people arrive to change a format and leave needing the picture a different size, a different weight or a different shape. Running Extract Audio from Video on the same upload pipeline, the same size caps and the same account is the whole reason it is here rather than on a fourth tab.
What should I do with the result once Extract Audio from Video is finished?
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The converter on this site moves images to and from PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF and SVG — which is the step where the decision about transparency actually gets made. That is the step most people actually came for, and doing it after Extract Audio from Video rather than before it means the conversion works from the file you finally settled on.
Is Extract Audio from Video here the same tool the sibling sites run?
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The engines are shared — the same libraries, the same workers, the same limits. What differs is the advice, and the advice here starts from one fact about the format this site is named after: there is no quality slider to get wrong — a PNG round-trips bit-exactly, so the only thing edits cost you is file size. A PNG site is opinionated about where PNG is the right destination and where it is not, and that judgement is worth more than the button.
Do I need an account, and does anything get kept?
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No account, and nothing is kept: uploads are deleted from the workers shortly after the job finishes, and nothing you process is indexed, listed or used for anything else. Free accounts exist for history and batch size, not for access.
