youtube to mp3 converter

[csharpminor]

I am searching, mostly in vain, for a free YouTube to MP3 converter that includes the ability to download and convert YouTube playlists. I have not yet found one that is satisfactory. Can anyone recommend one?

Thanks.

 

[vwestlife]

None will be satisfactory because you would be transcoding one lossy compression format (YouTube's AAC/MP4 audio) into another (MP3), causing a loss of quality. You'll have much better results extracting the original MP4 audio track from the video. There are various sites and browser extensions which can do this, but they are in constant flux because YouTube keeps changing the technical details of how their videos are streamed, and because downloading videos is against YouTube's Terms of Service. (Even with Creative Commons videos, which are legally free to copy and share, YouTube says you're supposed to contact the video's author and request a copy of it, rather than try to download it directly.)

 

[DaveVoorhis]

If you use Google's official YouTube Music app, you can download music for offline listening. It's not extractable, though.

 

[Artie]

There's a couple of ways to do this. Keeping in mind that YT is not what anyone would call "super" fidelity to begin with, some loss is acceptable. (IMHO.) Before I bought Total Recorder, (not free, but well worth it), I would simply record the computers analog output, (from my Focusrite 2i2), into an external recorder. I use the Tascam LR-10. The loss, as it were, is virtually undetectable considering the source. For casual, garage/shed listening, it's more than acceptable. Just a thought.

 

[kray]

On Mac there are several ways... best being a command line tool (via brew) called youtube-dl - it will let you extract/download the original audio file, and you can choose to keep it same format or transcode it to different codecs

Downie Mac app paid - https://software.charliemonroe.net/downie/

youtube-dl (all OS's) free - https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/index.html

 

[Denten]

Audasity would be my tool of choice, you will have to record in real time but there will be no loss of quality.

 

[loopstick]

On Mac there are several ways... best being a command line tool (via brew) called youtube-dl - it will let you extract/download the original audio file, and you can choose to keep it same format or transcode it to different codecs

Downie Mac app paid - https://software.charliemonroe.net/downie/

youtube-dl (all OS's) free - https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/index.html

I use youtube-dl to get the video and either avidemux or ffmpeg to extract the audio. It looks like it relies on ffmpeg and / or some of its libraries to do the extraction:

Usage: youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]

Options:
<snip>

Post-processing Options:
-x, --extract-audio Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
--audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "flac", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", "vorbis", or "wav"; "best" by default;
No effect without -x
--audio-quality QUALITY Specify ffmpeg/avconv audio quality, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a
specific bitrate like 128K (default 5)
--recode-video FORMAT Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)
--postprocessor-args ARGS Give these arguments to the postprocessor
-k, --keep-video Keep the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default
--no-post-overwrites Do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-processed files are overwritten by default
--embed-subs Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)
--embed-thumbnail Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art
--add-metadata Write metadata to the video file
--metadata-from-title FORMAT Parse additional metadata like song title / artist from the video title. The format syntax is the same as
--output. Regular expression with named capture groups may also be used. The parsed parameters replace
existing values. Example: --metadata-from-title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a title like "Coldplay -
Paradise". Example (regex): --metadata-from-title "(?P<artist>.+?) - (?P<title>.+)"
--xattrs Write metadata to the video file's xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)
--fixup POLICY Automatically correct known faults of the file. One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning),
detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise)
--prefer-avconv Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors
--prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors (default)
--ffmpeg-location PATH Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory.
--exec CMD Execute a command on the file after downloading, similar to find's -exec syntax. Example: --exec 'adb
push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}'
--convert-subs FORMAT Convert the subtitles to other format (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt|lrc)

 

[sharpe1985]

mhm, very interesting , thanks

 

[Joseph1986]

Yes... is very difficult to find a Youtube MP3 Converter, I was looking for a long time a converter and I found Youtube-Mp3.me ... you can check, for sure you will like it, it is a nice platform. I also have problem with application for offline music for Iphone, very difficult to find a good one. In past was easier but anyway now is better. I hate a lot of things but the most I hate advertisements on youtube which appears 4 times in one video of 7 minutes and if you do not want to see it you then u need to pay.

 

[leesonic]

I plug my Smartphone into my PC and record it that way. Is that too low-tech?

 

[grinx76]

I plug my Smartphone into my PC and record it that way. Is that too low-tech?

my first recordings were 8-tracks playing in a ****ty stereo being recorded from my basic Sears portable cassette recorder. 6 inches from speaker was my sweet spot =p

 

[IreneGrant]

I am always listening to music only on youtube. I have my youtube account for a long period of time and I have a lot of playlists with different music. The main problem started when I have to listen to music on m mobile phone. I always had to have the mobile data on and the screen had to be open because if it is closed the music doesn't play. My friend recommended me to use Notube converter, I didn't know I can download music directly from youtube on my phone. I was very happy when I found this site and I can say that the quality of converted music is very good.

 

[paulnelson]

I have used the youtube to mp3 juice converter and transferred a beat from youtube onto the audacity platform, for some reason, when I play the beat on youtube it plays with normal volume but when I play the beat over audacity, it makes my headphones sound like they are about to explode; like they have that "blown speaker" sound every time there is bass. How can I fix this issue?

 

[Natasha Bell]

Youtube - DLG is a great one. Not only MP3s, but MP4 video as well

 

[sloatsburgbo]

Not free but the best one I've found so far, can download as an mp4 or mp3. https://viddly.net/eng8/subscribe?ref=hugocastro3