The main issue with most of these applications being that the trial editions could only convert files a few minutes long or a few megabytes in size - useless for our purpose of converting lengthy audio clips from YouTube.Īfter trying many applications, we learned that VLC Media Player is capable of converting audio and video files, too, which is great news considering we already had the software installed and we bet most of you do, too. We recently tested many of the Windows-based media converters listed at the top of search results for queries such as 'MP4 to MP3 converter,' only to discover that virtually all of them have limited licenses without paying for the full program. If you've ever tried to search for software that can convert audio and video files on Windows, you might know how hard it can be to find dedicated solutions that are actually free and function as advertised.
