{"id":10077,"date":"2020-05-18T13:40:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T13:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=10077"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:40:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T13:40:07","slug":"convert-video-mp3-ubuntu-20-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/05\/convert-video-mp3-ubuntu-20-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Easily Convert Video Files to MP3 in Ubuntu 20.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/soundconverter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10078\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Want to convert your video files (e.g., <b>mp4<\/b>, <b>wav<\/b>, <b>mkv<\/b>) to <b>mp3<\/b> or other audio formats?<\/p>\n<p>Without struggling with FFmpeg command line tool or any other video editor, SoundConverter offers a clean and easy interface that can do the job just with a few clicks.<\/p>\n<p>SoundConverter supports reading <i>Ogg Vorbis, AAC, MP3, FLAC, WAV, AVI, MPEG, MOV, M4A, AC3, DTS, ALAC, MPC, Shorten, APE, SID, MOD, XM, S3M, etc&#8230;<\/i>, and converting to <i>Opus, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, WAV, AAC, and MP3<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.)<\/b> First install SoundConverter either from Ubuntu Software Center:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/install-soundconverter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"316\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/install-soundconverter.png 500w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/install-soundconverter-450x284.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>or by running command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo apt install soundconverter<\/pre>\n<p><b>2.)<\/b> Launch the tool, add your video files, choose output format, and click convert.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/soundconverter-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/soundconverter-1.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/soundconverter-1-450x281.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/soundconverter-preferences.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"454\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/soundconverter-preferences.png 520w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/soundconverter-preferences-450x393.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The program will use as many cores as possible to speed up the conversion if you have huge number of files to process.<\/p>\n<p><b>For KDE users<\/b>, there&#8217;s <b>SoundKonverter<\/b> (install it from Ubuntu Software) with more features including rapping CD to mp3.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to convert your video files (e.g., mp4, wav, mkv) to mp3 or other audio formats? 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