How to Download and Extract Audio from You tube Videos
If you want to Only listen to the audio of a video then there is no need to download an entire video.You can easily convert any You tube video into MP3 and download the audio only.
We have already Discussed how to Download Videos from the Web and Save them as Extensions of your Choice.But what if you need only the Audio of a certain video ?.Lets see some of the cases :
Q : I want to Download the Video as MP3 File in my computer.
If you enjoy using Firefox then all you need is to Install YouTube 2 mp3 Firefox add-on.If you have the Add-on Installed you will find a “Convert and Download as MP3” link just below every You tube video.Click that link and you can download the mp3 of the video in your computer.
This add on is still in the experimental phase so you need to sign up or login before installing the add on.
Q : I do Not Use Firefox. How do I download the Video from IE,Chrome or any other Browser ?
No problem.Go to the FLV convertor at Vixy.net and enter your You tube Video URL.Select MP3 audio Only and hit the start Button.Presto ! Your You tube video is downloaded as an MP3 file.
Note that using Vixy,you can convert a video to AVI,MOV,MP4 or 3GP formats also.
Q: I already have the FLV Video in My Computer’s hard disk.How do I Extract the Audio ?
Use the Free FLV extractor utility from Motiah.This is the best app to Extract audio and Video from an FLV file.You can save the video as AVI and the audio as MP3 pretty easily.
And here is a List of video to audio convertor tools.
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If you are interested in MP3 encoding / ripping etc I wrote a beginners guide here
I’ve been searching for a lot of time now in order to find a simple method to be able to download youtube videos .
There are lots them including software tools , firefox plugins , various scripts etc.. Well most of them are nice at doing what they really do .
But I will mention a way that it’s the greatest that I’ve found. This method includes using http://www.tubeleecher.com.
Ok here are the steps involved
1) go to http://www.tubeleecher.com
2) get the youtube link you want to downlod
3) paste it on tubeleecher web page
4) press “Download” and save it
You can play the video you downloaded with a flash player.
Download it here http://download.cnet.com/FLV-Player/3000-13632_4-10467081.html
There is also a youtube video showing the whole procedure of getting youtube videos with the method described above.
Watch it here — >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h87N9F_mdc
You can download YouTube videos as MP3, AVI, Windows Media Video (WMA) and many others.
Just use Bender Converter (http://benderconverter.com). It very helpful!