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Open video files as a waveform (MP4, MKV, MOV)

Open MP4, MKV, MOV, WEBM… the soundtrack becomes the waveform.

File → Open a video the way you open a WAV. WaveSmith pulls the soundtrack with FFmpeg so you can trim an interview that only exists as a camera file.

When the wave is clean, Convert/Export back to WAV 48 kHz for the NLE, or MP3 if you only needed the words. You never had to install a separate “video to MP3” gadget.

This feature page is the format list: Open MP4, MKV, MOV, WEBM as a waveform. The WAV soundtrack how-to and the listening-MP3 how-to are separate guides so an NLE job and a commute copy do not share one title.

How to do it in WaveSmith

File → Open, set the filter to video if you need to see those extensions.

Step 1
Wait for the waveform. Trim like any other file.

Step 2
Convert/Export the delivery copy your editor or host wants.

Step 3

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Open video files as a waveform (MP4, MKV, MOV)

How to do it in WaveSmith

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Install it. Open a file. Feel the difference.