# Outputting .Avi as a .Wav or MP3? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 25, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outputting-avi-as-a-wav-or-mp3/236442 "2004-03-25T22:12:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outputting-avi-as-a-wav-or-mp3/236442/1 "2004-03-25T22:12:17Z")
Well, the subject pretty much says it all. Is there a program which can open an avi and save its audio as its own, separate file? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outputting-avi-as-a-wav-or-mp3/236442/2 "2004-03-25T22:48:51Z")
[Besweet](http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/software.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outputting-avi-as-a-wav-or-mp3/236442/3 "2004-03-26T06:57:02Z")
Thanks, but I found that program overly confusing. Are there any other ones that might get the job done? ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outputting-avi-as-a-wav-or-mp3/236442/4 "2004-03-26T12:14:07Z")
[Virtualdub](http://www.virtualdub.org) ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outputting-avi-as-a-wav-or-mp3/236442/5 "2004-03-26T12:21:09Z")
[www.dbpoweramp.com](http://www.dbpoweramp.com) dbpoweramp music converter The simplest and best I’ve seen. Just right click the file in explorer, and choose “CONVERT”. ---
**Author:** ![Quint\_Essence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/54ee81/32.png) [@Quint\_Essence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint_Essence)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outputting-avi-as-a-wav-or-mp3/236442/6 "2004-03-26T12:26:45Z")
really any recording program you have on your computer will work. Likely your sound card software has a recorder. Typically they save to wav, but many offer conversion to mp3 also. The only drawback really is that you have to record while you play the avi rather than simply stripping out the audio from the file. If you want to just strip the whole audio out, you should look for an avi editor. many of them do exactly that. I think even microsoft offers a free avi/mpg/wma editing/conversion program free on their windows media pages. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outputting-avi-as-a-wav-or-mp3/236442/7 "2004-03-26T14:49:51Z")
I agree Besweet is not very user friendly but maybe I can help you do it. You can use it from a command line or from the GUI. From a command line the template would be : “c:\Program Files\Gordian Knot\BeSweet.exe” -core( -input “c:\Files\File9.avi” -output “c:\Files\File9.wav” ) Just put that in a Text file mutatis mutandi, give it a BAT extension and run it. c:\Program Files\Gordian Knot\BeSweet.exe" is the path to the besweet program c:\Files\File9.avi is the path to the Avi file c:\Files\File9.wav is the path to the output file you want to create ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outputting-avi-as-a-wav-or-mp3/236442/8 "2004-03-26T22:00:47Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > [www.dbpoweramp.com](http://www.dbpoweramp.com) > dbpoweramp music converter > > The simplest and best I’ve seen. Just right click the file in explorer, and choose “CONVERT”. Well, I tried your method, but it told me I needed to download a new codec for the .avi. However, I couldn’t find any suitable codecs on their website, so I’m stumped. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outputting-avi-as-a-wav-or-mp3/236442/9 "2004-03-26T22:24:32Z")
I’m sorry **Duderdude2** , I misread your question, didn’t see you wanted to convert from .avi. My apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Bingo\_Plebney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@Bingo\_Plebney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bingo_Plebney)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outputting-avi-as-a-wav-or-mp3/236442/10 "2004-03-27T05:11:02Z")
I believe Discreet Cleaner will do this, but it’s not inexpensive. bp