MPEG type files are universally used for videos. The audio of an MPEG file is a large MP3 that can be easily extracted with the Audacity program.
Steps
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Step 1. Download Audacity
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Step 2. Search your computer for the “lame_enc.dll” file
Audacity will ask you for this file. You will then need to remember which folder it is in or make a copy of it in a new folder. If you don't have it, then on this site you can download it for free.
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Step 3. Open Audacity
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Step 4. Check that the FFmpeg library is installed by going to Edit> Preferences
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Step 5. Click on the library
Click the download button in part to the FFmpeg library.
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Step 6. Click on File> Open
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Step 7. Go to the "File type" drop-down menu and choose FFmpeg compatible files, select the desired video and then click Open
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Step 8. You will see your MPEG video being uploaded
You shouldn't see the video, just its audio track.
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Step 9. Click on File> Export as Mp3
- If Audacity asks you for the lame_enc.dll file, go to the folder where the.dll file is and click.
- If he doesn't ask you, don't worry.
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Step 10. Move your mouse to "Save as type" and click on the drop down menu to choose mp3 files
If you want you can give your file a name, then click Save.