Extract MP3 from DVD, MP4 to MP3, Audio to MP3

This tutorial shows you how to convert DVD movies, Video and Audio files to MP3 format easily and quickly.

• Part 1 What's MP3?
• Part 2 How to extract audio from DVD to MP3?
• Part 3 How to extract audio from video to MP3?
• Part 4 How to convert among all popular audio formats?

Part 1. What's MP3?

MP3 stands for MPEG-1 Audio Layer III. It is not a separate format, but a part of MPEG-1 video encoding format, developed by MPEG group in early 1990's. MPEG-1 Audio Layer III (MP3) is a method to store good quality audio into small files by using psychoacoustics in order to get rid of the data from the audio that most of the humans can't hear.

Now MP3 is the most popular format for downloading and storing music. MP3 is supported by all computer systems, all partable players (iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, Zune, PSP, PS3, Creative Zen, iRiver, Video Mobile Phone, PMP, Archos, etc.), all DVD players and some car stereos.

Part 2. How to extract audio from DVD to MP3 on Mac OS X?

Sometimes you may want to extract a certain beautiful section of music or dialog from your DVD video file and save them as MP3 files. How can you get the perfect output MP3 music as the originals from DVD movies for burning CD or playing on your computer and portable players?

Software you need: iSkysoft DVD Audio Ripper for Mac

iSkysoft DVD Audio Ripper for Mac is an ideal solution of ripping music DVD and converting DVD to MP3, M4A, WMV, AAC, AC3, WMA, OGG, WAV audio file with excellent quality and super high speed. It lets you choose the audio of any chapters or titles to convert, select DVD audio track, trim the audio of your DVD title or chapter, and even merge the audio from selected titles or chapters into one file. This DVD to MP3 Converter also supports batch conversion, so you can extract several sections of a DVD audio track easily at one time.

1download and install DVD Audio Ripper for Mac, then run this program.

2load your DVD, choose any titles or chapters that you want to convert.

3Choose the output format (MP3)

4Start the MP3 extraction

Start the DVD to MP3 conversion after finishing the output settings. After you successfully converted you DVD movie to MP3 music, you can put them on you iPod, iPhone, or some other MP3 players and enjoy them on your pocket.

Part 3. How to extract audio from video such as AVI, WMV, MP4 to MP3 on Mac?

Software you need: iSkysoft Video to Audio Converter for Mac

iSkysoft Video to Audio Converter for Mac can extract the audio track from your video files to all popular audio formats such as MP3, WAV, AAC, AC3, M4A, etc. with high sound quality.

Step-by-Step guide: How to extract audio from video to MP3

1download and install Video to Audio Converter for Mac, run this program.

2Add Video files you wat to convert to the program.

3Choose the output format (MP3).

4Click the Convert button to start the video to audio conversion.

This program completes conversions in seconds, and you can convert and play batches of files at a time.

Part 4. How to convert among all popular audio formats?

sometimes it is necessary to convert one audio format to another because of some hardware/software restriction that the user comes up against or for some other reasons.

• WAV to MP3: convert .WAV music files to .MP3 to reduce the size of the files by roughly a factor of 10.
• WMA to MP3: A prime example of this is the Apple iPod which can't play WMA files.

Software you need: iSkysoft Video to Audio Converter

How to convert WAV, WMV to MP3:

1Run iSkysoft Video to Audio Converter

2Import the audio files you want to convert.

3Choose the output format(MP3).

4Start the audio conversion.