Twitter to MP3: download the audio of an X video
Paste the link of a public post on X and the MP3 row comes first: the soundtrack, extracted on our server at 128 kbps while it downloads to you. A minute of audio is about one megabyte. Posts that carry only a GIF have no sound to convert.
- MP3 128 kbps
- About 1 MB per minute
- x.com, twitter.com, t.co
One X video, one MP3
twitter_1790000000000000000.mp4H.264 video + AAC audio ≈128 kbps
MP3 · 128 kbpstwitter_
| Length | File size |
|---|---|
| 40 s clip | ≈0.6 MB |
| 10 min interview | ≈9.6 MB |
| 30 min, the limit | ≈29 MB |
- 128 kbps
- What X stores, what you get
- 320 kbps
- Same sound, file about 2.5 times bigger
Getting the MP3 of an X video
Copy the post, not the profile
Under the post on X, tap Share and Copy link. For a post with several videos, open the one you want first, so the link ends in /video/2 or /video/3 and points to it.
Paste the link and find the MP3 row first
Paste the link in Safari, Chrome or any browser you opened yourself. We read the post id, find the video and put the MP3 row first, above the MP4 and GIF rows. X's own in-app browser can't save files.
Download the MP3 to your player
We fetch the video, convert its sound and send the MP3; a long video takes a few seconds before the download starts. The file is twitter_ plus the post id, with .mp3, ready for any music player or editor.
X MP3 specs: 128 kbps, 30 minutes, no Spaces
| Format | MP3, 128 kbps, converted once from the video's audio track |
|---|---|
| Size | About 1 MB per minute of audio |
| Links | x.com/.../status/..., twitter.com/.../status/..., t.co short links, /video/2 to pick one video |
| Limit | 30 minutes per video |
| Not covered | Spaces, GIF posts (no sound), protected and sensitive posts |
What 128 kbps means for an X video
X doesn't store audio files on their own. Every video on the platform carries an AAC soundtrack inside its MP4, usually at around 128 kbps. To make your MP3 we take that track from the largest rendition X serves for the post, decode it and encode it once at 128 kbps. The picture is dropped, the sound is kept from the first second to the last.
Sizes are easy to predict: a 40 second clip is well under a megabyte, a 10 minute interview about ten. The longest video we accept, 30 minutes, gives an MP3 of roughly 29 MB.
From an x.com link to an MP3 file
A post address looks like x.com/username/status/ followed by a long number. That number is the post id, and it is the only part we need: the username can be anything, and twitter.com or a t.co short link lead to the same id. Your MP3 is named twitter_ plus that id.
When a post holds up to four videos, X adds /video/2, /video/3 or /video/4 to the link of the one you were watching. With that ending we convert just that video. Without it, the result lists each video of the post and no MP3 row appears, because we don't guess which one you meant.
What converts and what doesn't
Interviews, talks, voice posts recorded as video, music clips, news segments and the long videos Premium accounts can post all convert, up to 30 minutes. A GIF post has no audio at all, since X stores GIFs as silent loops. Spaces are not videos in a post. Posts from protected accounts and posts marked as sensitive are shown only to signed-in accounts, and we never sign in, so they fail.
If the video itself is muted on X, the MP3 has nothing in it either: we can't recover a soundtrack the platform never served.
320 kbps, Spaces and posts with no MP3 row
Can I get the MP3 at 320 kbps?
No, and it wouldn't sound better. X usually stores the audio of a video at around 128 kbps, so a 320 kbps file is the same sound in a file about two and a half times bigger. We give you 128 kbps, which matches what X holds.
Does it work with x.com links?
Yes. x.com, twitter.com and mobile.twitter.com links point to the same post, and t.co short links from the app are followed before we read it. Paste the link as X copied it, ?s= tail included.
Can I download a Twitter Space as MP3?
No. A Space is a live audio room, not a video inside a post, and X doesn't serve its recording the way it serves a video. If the host later posted a clip of the Space as a video, that post converts normally.
Why is there no MP3 row for my post?
Three usual reasons: the post is a GIF, which X stores without any sound; the post holds several videos and the link doesn't say which one, so open that video and copy the link again; or the link belongs to a reply or quote that shows someone else's video. Copy the original post instead.
How long can the video be?
Up to 30 minutes. Longer videos, which some Premium accounts post, are refused before anything is converted.
Does it work on iPhone without an app?
Yes. In Safari the MP3 goes to Files, in Downloads, and the Files app plays it. Photos doesn't take audio, so share it to a music or podcast app if you want it there.
Do you keep the audio or the link?
No. The video is kept in temporary memory only while it converts and deleted when the download ends; nothing is kept on disk. We log the platform and whether it worked, never the full link.