How Can I Freely Download YouTube Music And Convert It to MP3, WMA, AVI Format

March 1st, 2010

How to Convert YouTube Videos into Audio for your Portable Music Player

There are two ways of extracting the audio from a YouTube video for your portable music player. The first involves getting yourself a software package that will download YouTube videos from the net – and at the same time give you multiple options of converting that video file into a large number of audio/video formats. RipTiger is a classic example of one such software (it is not free though).

The second way is to first download the concerned YouTube video using one of the many online services (that are free) and then convert the video obtained into a suitable audio format that is compatible with your portable music player. As this is more involved (and the first one is relatively uncomplicated), we will go into the second method in detail.

Step 1. Downloading YouTube videos from the net

Various free online websites (such as KeepVid) let you download YouTube videos easily. For this, you have to:

a)      Go to the website (such as KeepVid.com)

b)      There will be a field for entering the URL (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8xU37IpdrY) of the YouTube video you want to download.

c)      After copy-pasting the URL, you have to click on the Get/Fetch/Download Video button next to it.

d)      After some time, a prompt of “Save File As” shows up – typically with the filename “get_video”, or something like that.

e)      Change the file name to <filename>.flv and save it. The “.flv” extension is crucial for the file to be downloaded properly.

f)        There, your YouTube video is downloaded.

Step 2. Converting the FLV file into a suitable audio format

You need more specialized applications at this step – for example, you can use WinFF to convert the download FLV file into a desired audio format (say MP3). The exact directions to convert the file will depend on the kind of software you use – if you are using WinFF, you have to do the following:

a)      Launch WinFF, and select/load the FLV file(s) you wish to convert.

b)      In the tab “Choose Format to Convert to” select MP3.

c)      Start converting.

There, it’s as easy as pie.

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