How to Convert MOV to MP3 on Mac
Why convert MOV to MP3?
Have you ever come across the situation as below?“I was wondering if there is a way to extract audio from my interesting film and cartoon dubbing that stored in MOV format. So that I can enjoy the music in MP3 on my iPod.”
“How can I convert a Quick Time movie of about 3-4 minutes in length to a MP3?”
“I used the Format Factory to convert MOV to MP3, but the quality of MP3 file let me disappointed. Is that some converter can extract MP3 from MOV without quality loss?”
MOV, as we all know, is the most popular animated format that adapted by the majority of the camera manufacturers. The most important reason is that the format have high quality but small size. In additional the Mac users can free use the QuickTime, which makes it more popular.
Although the MOV is widely used and in high quality, many times, you just need the audio of the file. And at this situation, you should to convert MOV to MP3. This Video Converter for Maccan help you to accomplish the conversion with high speed and quality. What’s more, you can trim the music part from the video and convert it to MP3, and this powerful function must be the most popular features for music lovers.
How to use this MOV to MP3 Converter for Mac?
Just follow the steps below, you will find it is really easy to extract MP3 from MOV without quality loss. This is a guide for Mac users. If you want to convert on Windows, you can go to the Video Converter guide for more details.Step1 Download and install the Video Converter for Mac
To run the program, find the files downloaded in your library an run it directly. Then copy the app to your apps folder or anywhere you want.Step2 Load the MOV video files to prepare the MOV to MP3 conversion.
To make the conversion more convenient, this converter enables you to drag and drop the MOV files to the main screen. Also you can follow the steps: find “File” on the menu bar > Import > Add Video File.Step3 Choose MP3 as the output format
To extract MP3 from MOV video, you should choose the MP3 format under the list of Common Audio by clicking the “output settings”.Step4 Get the music part of the MOV video.
First, click the “Edit” icon to active the editing function of the MOV to MP3 converter for Mac.Then, make sure the scissor icon is on.
At last, set the Start Time and End Time of the part you want to convert. For example, you can set the Start Time and End Time as “00:02:36” and “00:06:24”.
Don’t know the exact time? Don’t worry about it, you can set the time by dragging the scrollbar on the built-in player.
Step5 Start to convert MOV to MP3 on Mac.
After preparation, click “Start” to convert the source video to MP3. Only few seconds are needed to accomplish the conversion. Then you can send to your portable player or the place you want.Tips for better MOV to MP3 conversion:
1 This is a program designed for Mac 10.5 or above (Lion included)2 When you convert large files, the estimated size shown on the main interface sometimes may help you.
3 You can merge clips into a whole file by clicking the merge under the list of File on the menu bar.
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