Hello John / Gary /Tweeters
VLC Player (aka VLAN) is truly a wonderful software (Open Source as you
state) program that can play virtually any video file type. As you
rightfully point out, the audio file can be extracted. In the past though,
I've had limited success with the quality of the final output. I haven't
used this method in a while and its certainly possible it's been improved.
Audacity on the other hand, is solely intended for Audio playback and
editing. It is not capable of loading a Video file.
FFMpeg is Command Prompt (DOS like) only and I don't believe there is a User
Interface. It's for the techies who enjoy DOS Command's
One other easy to use option in Gary's situation is to upload the video to
Youtube and then extract the audio.
A free Youtube account needs to be created (if not already) to upload
videos.
You can then mark the video as:
-Public
-Private
-or Unlisted
Here's the Step by Step start to finish
Step 1 upload video to your Youtube account. You will be presented a youtube
link when done. It's a permanent link and accessibly anytime.
Step 2 would be to install the free software called "4K Downloader" from
4kdownload._com < there's a download section on this web site - no
Underscore before Com
Step 3 get the newly created Youtube link for your video
Step 4 open 4Kdownloader software
Step 5 Now choose "Paste link" this will paste the youtube link for your
video in the 4k downloader software
Step 6 4K downloader will auto parse the youtube link..may take a moment
Step 7 Once the link is parsed, a popup will occur. From the drop down menu
choose "Extract Audio". Choose MP3 and Original Audio. On this same popup,
note the PATH i.e. location of where the Audio extract will reside or choose
your own destination such as My Music
Step 8 the newly created MP3 file is now on your hard drive.
Step 9 Login to eBird account and locate the eBird list you wish to attach
the Audio file
Step 10 choose Manage Media button from within the eBird list
Step 11 locate the newly extracted Audio MP3 media file in My Music as in
the above example and upload to your eBird list
Anthony G.
Camano Island
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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] eBird audio question
VLC Media Player, another free open-source program, can convert the audio
track from a video file to mp3, WAV, and some other file formats. It's easy,
though the process isn't 100% intuitive, but once you figure it out, it just
takes five seconds to get it started. However, it doesn't have editing
capabilities like Audacity (which I do use for editing), but I don't have to
re-record the sound.
I just tried opening a video file in Audacity, which didn't work, but it
suggested using FFmpeg, another program that I didn't know about until just
now, so I don't know if this is an alternative for isolating the audio track
into a new file or not.
If you do choose to record the sound on Audacity as a playback, switch the
source to computer playback if possible rather than using your computer's
microphone for better audio quality. See
https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_recording_audio_playing_on_the_
computer.html for more info about that.
John Puschock
Seattle
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