Convert MOV to MP3

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You can convert MOV to MP3 for free: upload your MOV above and Flippy extracts the audio as MP3 in your browser, no signup needed.

Turning MOV into MP3 isn't really a conversion: it's an extraction: Flippy lifts the audio track out of your MOV and re-packs it on its own. You keep the sound and drop the pixels, swapping a MOV that runs frequently huge: camera and ProRes MOVs can run to gigabytes per minute for an MP3 built for playing on anything with a speaker, from new phones to twenty-year-old car stereos.

Why flip MOV to MP3

MOV is Apple's homebody: gorgeous on a Mac, awkward everywhere else. It was born in 1991, Apple's QuickTime team, and its real weak spot is traveling: Windows, Android and the web would all rather meet an MP4.

MP3 is the format that taught music to travel: small, scrappy, and welcome absolutely everywhere. MPEG-1 Audio Layer III. Perceptual coding: it throws away the parts of the signal your ear is least likely to miss. That makes it the right destination when what you need is playing on anything with a speaker, from new phones to twenty-year-old car stereos.

How to convert MOV to MP3

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Drop your MOV file into the flipper above, or click to browse for it.
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Check the output format: MP3 is already selected for you.
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Hit Convert, give it a moment, then download your new MP3.

MOV vs MP3, side by side

	MOV	MP3
Born	1991, Apple's QuickTime team	1993, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany
Type	video · container	audio · lossy
Best for	shooting and editing on Apple hardware, where it's the native tongue	playing on anything with a speaker, from new phones to twenty-year-old car stereos
Weak spot	traveling: Windows, Android and the web would all rather meet an MP4	holding fine detail at low bitrates: it stays small by quietly discarding sound
Typical size	frequently huge: camera and ProRes MOVs can run to gigabytes per minute	about 1 MB per minute at 128 kbps: roughly a tenth of CD audio
Plays on	Mac and iPhone natively; elsewhere it depends on the player's mood.	Everything. Phones, browsers, cars, smart speakers, ancient iPods.

Questions people ask

Will converting MOV to MP3 lose quality?

No: extraction copies the audio that's already in the MOV. Whatever the soundtrack sounded like inside the video, that's what your MP3 will sound like.

Will the MP3 file be bigger or smaller than my MOV?

Much smaller: you're keeping the audio and dropping the video, which is most of the weight. Expect about 1 MB per minute at 128 kbps: roughly a tenth of CD audio.

Where will the MP3 file play?

Everything. Phones, browsers, cars, smart speakers, ancient iPods. That's the usual reason people leave MOV behind: MP3 simply opens in more of the places that matter.

How long does MOV to MP3 conversion take?

It scales with length and resolution: short clips finish in seconds, long HD videos can take a few minutes. Files auto-delete within an hour after.

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