Video To Audio: keep the sound, drop the video

A 90-minute lecture, an interview with an author you follow, a podcast that only exists as a video. You do not need the picture, and keeping the screen on just for the sound drains your battery.

Video To Audio pulls out the audio track and sends back a regular MP3 you can play on a walk or during a commute. 🎧

About 12 thousand people use the bot each month, and bot directories show an average rating close to 4 out of 5 from several dozen reviews.

One message, no converter sites

1. Tap /start and pick a language with /lang if needed.
2. Send a video file or paste a link from YouTube, TikTok or Instagram.
3. Get the MP3 a few seconds later. Play it in the chat or save it to your device.

No software to install, no sign-ups and no converter pop-ups. The file stays in your chat history, so you can find it again later.

Free daily quota and diamonds

You get 3 free conversions every day. For most people who need the sound from a couple of clips, that is plenty. 💎

• /profile shows your account and diamond balance.
• /diamonds lets you buy more if the free quota runs out.
• /referral gives you a link to share. Friends who join bring you diamonds.
• /top and /stats list the most active users and the bot's overall numbers.

Everyday uses

• Study. Webinar and lecture recordings are easier to absorb with headphones than on a screen.
• Storage. Audio takes a fraction of the space video does.
• Mobile data. An MP3 costs far less data than streaming video for a voice.
• Music from a clip. For personal listening when the track is missing from your player.
• Your own recordings. Sound from your video for editing or transcription.

When a link fails

Most problems come from the link itself. A private, deleted or region-locked video cannot be fetched. Check whether it opens without logging in. 🔍

Telegram also limits the file sizes bots can handle, so very large uploads may not go through. Sending a link instead of the file usually solves it. Full instructions live under /help.

A word on copyright

Music, lectures and podcasts belong to the people who made them. Listening to the extracted audio yourself is fine. Reposting it as your own, selling it or dropping it into commercial videos without permission is not. ⚖️

Your own videos are a different story: convert them as often as you like, for example to send a talk recording off for transcription. You can also build a small MP3 collection of favorite interviews for long drives and play it as one playlist.