How to get an Audio Track From a Home Video

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Tip 1 - Use iTunes to rip audio from videos

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Edward Blackmon | permalink

Have some videos from which you'd like to save just the audio? A Hints reader uncovered a iTunes menu item that does just that.

For further reading: http://www.macworld.com/article/1165594/use_itunes_to_rip_audio_from_videos.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to Edit the Audio Track of Your Video

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Francis and Antoinette Swarts | permalink

Learn how to edit the audio track of your home video to improve its quality.

For further reading: http://www.wondershare.com/video-editing-tips/edit-audio.html ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to Extract audio tracks from videos using iMovie and GarageBand

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dorothy Twine | permalink

If you want to work on some audio attached to a video, then it's possible with two iLife programs on your Mac— iMovie and GarageBand. This video will show you how to strip that audio track from the video, converting it to MP3. You can strip the audio from files such as .MPG, .MOV, .AVI, .MP4, AVCHD, MPEG-2 and H.264. After you detach the audio from the video, you can save the video through the Media Browser, then import into GarageBand, extract the audio and send the song to iTunes as an MP3.

For further reading: http://apple-imovie.wonderhowto.com/how-to/extract-audio-tracks-from-videos-using-imovie-and-garageband-413329/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - How to Extract Audio from Video Files using VLC Media Player

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Michael Harmon | permalink

VLC Media Player is complete software program, not just a media player. VLC offers a feature to convert FLV, AVI, and other video files to MP3 format. The steps are simple and it is quite useful when you need the audio part of a video, for instance to play it while your on the go. …

For further reading: http://www.ghacks.net/2011/07/15/how-to-extract-audio-from-video-files-using-vlc-media-player/ ^[4]