Depending on the duration of the movie, it will take some time for the export to complete. Insert the thumb drive into one of the Mac's USB ports. Finally, drag the exported movie file from the saved location (say the Desktop) and drop it onto the thumb drive's icon (which should be on the Desktop). Pixabay If you're a Mac user who deals with video, you've likely come across a. Will open, asking you to choose a location on your hard drive to save the file.
Apple apps such as QuickTime Player, Photos, and Keynote work with many kinds of audio and video formats. Some apps prefer specific formats, but QuickTime movie files (.mov), most MPEG files (.mp4,.m4v,.m4a,.mp3,.mpg), some AVI and WAV files, and many other formats usually work in most apps without additional software. Older or specialized media formats might not work in your app, because the format requires software designed to support it. If that happens, your app won't open the file or won't play back its audio or video. You might already have an app that supports the format of your file. If you don't know which of your installed apps to try, your Mac might be able to suggest one:. Control-click (or right-click) the file in the Finder.
From the shortcut menu that opens, choose Open With. You should see a submenu listing all of the other installed apps that your Mac thinks might be able to open the file. If none of your installed apps can open the file, search the Internet or Mac App Store for apps that can play or convert the file. Include these in your search:.
The name of the media format. If you don't know the format, select the file and press Command-I to open an Info window. The format might appear after the label Kind, such as ”Kind: Matroska Video File.”. The filename extension, which is the letters shown at the end of the file's name, such as.avi,.wmv, or.mkv.
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Ever wanted to extract the audio from a movie or video file so you could import it into iTunes or burn it on a CD? There are actually a number of ways to accomplish this task on your Mac! Let’s say you’re a parent who took a home movie of your child during a musical performance. Or maybe you’ve got a clip of the funniest scene from your favorite movie. Whatever the case may be, you can convert pretty much any video file on your Mac to an audio file (as long as it’s not copy protected by DRM). While there are a bunch of methods you could try, we’re going to focus on two: Lion’s QuickTime Player and a free third-party program called. Extract audio using QuickTime Player Assuming you’re running Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, the version of QuickTime Player that comes with your Mac can help you get the job done.
The only thing you might have to do first is download and install – a popular free plugin that makes QuickTime compatible with all kinds of video formats. If you don’t install Perian, QuickTime will only open certain files. To get started extracting the audio from your video file, open the video in QuickTime Player. If you want to keep all of the audio from the entire video, you can skip to step #3. But if your video is long and you only want the audio from a certain part, you can use QuickTime’s trim feature. Just go to the menu bar and select Edit Trim.
Then you can move the yellow handles to change where the video starts and ends. When you’re ready to make your audio file, go to File Export. When the Export window comes up, select “Audio Only” from the Format drop-down menu. Name your file and click Export. QuickTime will create an M4A audio file that you can use with iTunes to load onto you iPod, iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV. Extract audio using MPEG Streamclip is a free program that was previously featured in our list of the.
The benefit of using this software instead of QuickTime is the level of control you have over file type, bit rate, etc. Once MPEG Streamclip is installed on your Mac, it’s easy to turn your video into audio only. Launch MPEG Streamclip, then drag your video file from Finder right into the window. You can also go to File Open Files if that’s easier. Just like QuickTime Player, you have the option to trim your video first and use only the part you want. Move the playback indicator to the position where you’d like the video to start, then go to Edit Select In. Now move the playback indicator to where the clip should end and go to Edit Select Out.
Choose Edit Trim from the menu to finalize your changes. Next, go to File Export Audio. You’ll be able to choose from AIFF, MP4 AAC, and MP2 (not recommended) as the format, as well as other details like the sample and bit rates. Somewhere between 128-256 kbps will do the job most of the time.
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