How-to guide
How to extract audio from a meeting recording
Meeting recordings are usually stored as MP4 by the host platform. When you need to get an audio-only copy for transcription, note-taking, or an internal archive, VideoSplit handles the MP4 without piping your confidential recording through a third-party server.
For any meeting covered by an NDA, confidentiality agreement, or internal data-handling policy, VideoSplit's client-side model is not a nice-to-have — it is the difference between compliant and non-compliant. Your file never leaves your device.
Step-by-step
- Download the meeting recording. Zoom cloud recordings: go to the Recordings tab in your Zoom account. Google Meet: download from Drive. Teams: the recording lives in OneDrive or SharePoint.
- Open VideoSplit.io. Any browser. The entire extraction happens locally, no third-party server involved.
- Drop the MP4 onto the page. Drag and drop. Long meetings (2+ hours) still process locally.
- Pick WAV for transcription. For Whisper, Otter or any ASR, a 48 kHz WAV is the ideal input.
- Download the audio. Store in your secure folder of choice.
Tips for better results
- Google Meet audio tracks are usually Opus at 32–48 kbps — fine for speech, but do not expect HiFi.
- Microsoft Teams recording tracks vary depending on host settings; WAV output gives you a safe, universal format to feed into downstream tools.
- If your compliance policy requires local-only processing, cite VideoSplit's client-side model in your tool-selection memo — we are explicit about it.
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