Collecting music and transition references
Food visits, vlogs and story videos have music worth studying. After a breakdown, the music M4A sits with the clips, and the source panel records the video and times.
Break down
Extract background music from video
Found a video with great music and want to keep it as a reference? When Beav decomposes a video, it saves the sections without speech as an M4A, alongside the shots and script.
Desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux
When to use it
Seeing how sound meets picture
Which shot brings the music in, where only ambient sound remains, where the voice pauses: read it against the shot script and transcript.
How to extract
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Save the video and wait for the download
Click + and Add link in the knowledge base, then paste a Douyin, RedNote, Bilibili or other video link. The video must be on your computer before music can be taken; wait while the card says Downloading.
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Open it and click Decompose
Decompose takes the sections with sound but no speech and saves them as a music M4A, along with the shot script, clips and transcript.
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Take it from the asset library
Find the music M4A in the decompositions/<title> folder. Listen first; it may include ambient sound.
What you get
Music M4A
The non-speech sound sections, saved with their source.
Source and times
The source panel records the video, creator and clip times.
The rest of the breakdown
Shot script, clip MP4s, keyframes and timestamped transcript.
Clear limits
No song identification, no vocal separation, ambient sound may remain.
Compared with other ways
| Aspect | Music recognition apps | Vocal separation tools | Beav Decompose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best at | Naming the song | Clean instrumentals | Keeping music with shots and script |
| What you get | Song info | An audio file | Music M4A, clips, script, transcript |
| Source | n/a | Track it yourself | Video and clip times recorded |
| Cost | Mostly free | Depends on the tool | Model quota for decomposing |
To learn a song's name, use a music recognition app. For a clean instrumental, use a dedicated vocal-separation tool. Beav's music comes with the breakdown and suits collecting music together with picture and script as reference.
FAQ
How do I extract the background music of a short video?
Save the video to the Beav knowledge base, let it download, then click Decompose; the music is saved as an M4A in the asset library.
Can it identify the song?
No. Use a music recognition app for song names.
Can it separate vocals from music?
No. Beav takes sections with sound but no speech; it does not separate vocals and may include ambient sound.
Is it free?
Decomposing uses model quota; saving with Add link uses the capture service for some platforms, which uses quota by its rules.
Why is there no music?
Music cannot be taken while the video is downloading or if the download failed; a video with speech throughout leaves few sections to take.
Can I use the extracted music in my videos?
It is for study and reference. Get a licence for the music before publishing or commercial use.
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