How to Convert YouTube Videos to mp3: Free website and Step-by-Step Guide
The video-sharing website YouTube is the third most popular site on the Internet, streaming a staggering four billion videos every day. That popularity, however, is not all wine and roses and piano-playing cats. Of those four billion YouTube videos viewed daily, many are copyrighted material provided by media businesses for people to view on YouTube.
Record labels, television networks, and movie studios are not particularly happy about all this copyright violation among YouTube users. As a result, YouTube is stepping up their efforts to prevent copyright infringement – and their first target is a slew of websites that provide a YouTube to MP3 converter.
Nothing compares to kicking it back after
hard day’s work and listening to some great tunes, just to get in the mood. You
think that nothing can upset your frame of mind, save for the Internet
connection going down the drain. Bummer, am I right? Wouldn’t it be nice to
continue listening to your favorite tunes even when the net’s down? Well, you
can and you will – it’s easy to save the stuff you like on your local drive by
knowing how to convert YouTube videos to mp3.
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How to
convert YouTube videos to mp3
As you might have imagined, the easiest way
to do that is to use a free online tool. There are thousands of them available;
plenty to choose from, but can you tell which one is legit and which is fake?
That’s what I’m here for – to show you a pretty awesome online conversion
website Y2MP3 and to teach you how to use it. Enjoy yourself!
A personal favorite, Y2MP3 is the
only YouTube video converter that hasn’t let me down so far. Pretty easy to use
and has a ludicrously long uptime. Here’s how to convert videos with this
gadget.
That said, if you want to
convert YouTube video to MP3 files, you can do so provided that the material is not
copyrighted and you are only using the MP3 file for your own personal use. If
the file is downloadable, RealPlayer will automatically store the file in your
library for personal viewing.
Step 1: Hop on
YouTube and search for your favorite video.
Step 2. Copy the
URL to the clipboard.
Step 3. Go to youtube2-mp3
Step 4. Paste
the YouTube link in the search box and hit the download button.
Step 5. It’s
going to take a while – a couple of seconds or minutes, depending on the length
of the video, audio quality, format, and Internet connection.
Step 6. From the
drop-down menu, choose an audio format. Mp3 is the default conversion format,
but more options are available.
You can pick between.acc., .ogg, .mp4a, .wma,
.flac, or .wav. If you want video as well, you can convert to one of the
available video formats: .mp4, .m4v,.mov, .flv, .avi, .mpg, or .wmv.
Step 7.your
download will start automatically .Play the mp3 file using the desired media
player.
That’s it! See the video below if you get
stumped on any of the steps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaGmALA0LyM
Safety tips for downloading and
converting YouTube videos
As long as you download & convert YT
videos for personal use, you needn’t worry about being slapped with a copyright
infringement lawsuit.
However, going about and using whatever tool
you come across to convert videos may get you in trouble. Most of these tools,
although free, could harbor malware. This is why it’s imperative that you know
how to protect your device. Here are some tips that will keep you safe out
there.
You’re safe as long as you stick with the
online tool I gave you. Sure, you’re free to explore, but be careful around
suspicious tools. If an online converter asks you to share sensitive data like
email address or credit card info, it’s most likely a scam and should,
therefore, be avoided.
I would also stay away from converters that
require you to complete ‘short’ surveys before downloading the tune – the
survey’s neither short nor relevant and, more than likely, you will need to
supply a valid email address for results, follow-ups, and whatnots.
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