The action of extracting the sound component from short-form videos hosted on the TikTok platform allows users to obtain audio files for various purposes. For example, an individual might isolate a song snippet used in a particular video to use as a ringtone or in their own creative projects.
This capability offers benefits such as preservation of viral audio trends, enabling creative reuse, and providing accessibility to sound content for individuals who may prefer listening over visual consumption. Historically, the need to isolate audio from video arose alongside the increased prevalence of multimedia content sharing, driving the development of various tools and methods to facilitate this extraction.