How to download youtube videos to mp3
Are you interested in how to download youtube videos to mp3 files?
Well, I am going to show how simple it is. All that is needed for this procedure is a few clicks with a mouse and 2 minutes of your time.
How do I download a youtube video as an mp3 file? Step-by-step instructions are below:
First, open the webpage from where you can watch/listen to the video that you want to convert into an mp3 file. In my case below, I’m going to use ‘Weird Al – Word Crimes’ music video from Youtube, so I’ll open it with Firefox browser by clicking on this link: Weird Al – Word Crimes Now that the video is opened, you need to figure out how much time there is left before it finishes playing. In my case below I’ll start downloading the video once it reaches 2:40 minutes or 2220 seconds long (from 3:50 mins total).
After figuring out how much time there is left on the above screen, we will find how many seconds and multiply by 6 so we get how many minutes and how many hours of mp3 file we will get after converting it. The math formula for this calculation is : [seconds from end] x 6 = [minutes from end]
In my particular case here I’m going to download the Weird Al – Word Crimes music video when it reaches the 2240 seconds or 3:50 min mark. So how many minutes it will be after I convert it to an mp3 file?
2240 x 6 = 13 800 seconds or 3:50 mins. So how long will the resulting mp3 file that I’ll get from this video take? 3:50 mins or 1 hour 20 minutes.
I hope you understood how to download youtube videos as mp3 files. Now, what are you waiting for? Try it now! It’s fast and simple! Enjoy listening! 🙂
Steps to download your Youtube Videos as Mp3 Files Using Online Sites for free:
- Go to www.youtube-mp3.org website and click on the ‘convert youtube to mp3’ button (as shown below)
- Click ‘Start Convert’ and let it load your video (it will show how many seconds and how many minutes the resulting mp3 file will be if converted).
- Once loaded, go to the top-left corner and click on the ‘Copy to clipboard button as shown below:
- Paste this link into a new tab in your browser by clicking Ctrl+V or ⌘+V to open it with the Youtube-mp3 converter website.
- Finally, paste the video playback link from step 2 into the 1st field of the MP3 Link box and press the Start button to convert youtube videos into Mp3 files:
- Your download starts right away – enjoy! 🙂 You can find your downloaded MP3 file in the ‘Downloads’ section of this site by clicking on your username.
Downloading Youtube-dl
In this how-to download youtube videos to mp3 guide, you will be able to learn how to download a video from youtube and how to convert it into an audio file.
The program we are going to work with is called youtube-dl. For us to install the tool, open up a terminal window and type:
sudo apt-get install youtube-dl 1 Sudo apt-get install Youtube-dl
The program uses compressed package managers such as curl, which you must have in your system if you wish for it to complete successfully. By typing in the line above, you ask the Ubuntu operating system’s software repositories for permission to gain access to these packages without downloading them from other sources where you may run into problems or errors.
Here are more commands on how to download Youtube-dl
How to install iYoutube-dl for UNIX users (Linux, OS X, etc.), type:
sudo curl -L https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
For non curl users, you can use a wget:
sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
Another alternative is pip:
sudo pip install --upgrade youtube_dl
This command will update Youtube-dl if you have already installed it. See the pypi page for more information.
Another one I Like is Home brew if you prefer this tool:
brew install youtube-dl
How to review the signature, type:
sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl.sig -O youtube-dl.sig
gpg --verify youtube-dl.sig /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
rm youtube-dl.sig
The how-to download youtube videos to mp3 guide instruct how to set up the program. If you are familiar with how these types of tools work, then you may skip this part and go straight into how to use it. Youtube-dl is also called youtube-dl by many people who have used the application before. There are different releases of the software each year, so make sure you update your package list regularly by checking out their site here: Youtube-dl
After installing Youtube-dl via our how-to download youtube videos to mp3 guide, type in that name of the application in the terminal and then hit enter to see how it works. Using the how-to guide, you should be able to recognize how the program works and what options there are for usage:
youtube-dl –help 1 youtube – dl — help
usage: youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL…] [-x|–extract-audio] [–audio-format FORMAT] [–recode-video OUTPUT_VIDEO_CODEC] [–embedded-subtitles EMBEDDED_SUBTITLES] [–subs-format SUBPATTERN] [–subs-language LANGUAGE] [-f|–force] [–restrictions RESTRICTIONS] [–no-warn-for-methods METHODS [METHODS …]] [-r|–ignore-errors] [-l|–list] [-m|–dump-json] [–dump-private] OPTION: FLAGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 usage : youtube – dl — help usage : youtube – dl [ OPTIONS ] URL [ URL . . . ] — – x | — extract – audio | — audio – format FORMAT | — recode – video OUTPUT_VIDEO _ CODEC | — embedded – subtitles EMBEDDED_SUBTITLES | — subs – format SUBPATTERN | — subs – language LANGUAGE | – f | — force | — restrictions RESTRICTIONS | — no – warn – for – methods METHODS [ METHODS . . . ] | – r | — ignore – errors | – l | — list | – m | — dump – json | — dump – private OPTION : FLAGS
The how-to video download to the mp3 guide is now complete. Now that you have how-to youtube videos downloading knowledge, you can use it at any time. The how-to download youtube videos to mp3 apply to all Linux users and those who prefer using how-to guides. If you need more how-to guide how-to guides, such as how to download music from youtube or how to download videos from youtube, we’ve got all the latest and best how-to guides right here.
How to uninstall:
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl && sudo chmod -x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
If you have been following our how-to guide on how to download Youtube videos with youtube-dl [https://thetrustedautomation.com/blog ], then you may have already noticed that this is a command-line interface program. You can also use graphical user interfaces if learning how to run commands in Linux is intimidating.
Check out Youtube-dl documentation here.
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