How to download music from YouTube? This question is of interest to those who want to extract audio from a video without downloading the video. YouTube is a popular video hosting site where professional and amateur content is posted by users from all over the world. All videos are uploaded in mp4, 3gp, avi, flv formats. The site does not provide the ability to download a separate file in MP3 format, nor does it allow you to download it from a video hosting site.
The musical accompaniment of the videos is also varied. You may like the track, but there is no need to download the entire video because of it. Audio files take up less space in the device’s memory, and viewing a clip to listen to a track is not always convenient. There are many ways to download music from YouTube, MP3 format:
- using assistant programs;
- in online services;
- by installing browser extensions.
How to download music from YouTube for free without programs
There are many online services on the Internet where you can download a track from a video you like on a video site. With the help of such sites, downloading the audio track from the clips directly to your computer, smartphone or flash card is absolutely free. You can save the entire video recording or just the music composition from it.
The operating principle of online services is the same - the online service window that opens will prompt you to insert a link to video content. To do this, you need to copy the address bar of your browser - the path to the video content on the YouTube website.
After adding the link, the online program itself searches for it on the video hosting site and downloads the audio from the video in mp3 format to your computer.
How to download mp3 from YouTube
To avoid installing additional software, there are browser plugins.
The extension installs an icon on the browser taskbar, and when you open the Youtube website, a corresponding button appears under the video. Clicking on it displays a drop-down list of formats available for download. By choosing the MP3 format, you can download the entire audio track from the video or cut a section.
Popular browser utilities:
- YouTube Video Downloader – this extension is not available in utility stores; it is installed using the official video hosting website.
- Youtube Downloader – clicking on the icon that appears on the toolbar during installation takes the user to the download page.
- YouTube mp3 is the simplest tool with no settings. It's easy to save music from a video; you just need to click on the download button and confirm the action.
How to record audio from YouTube using Convert2mp3.net service
Features: simple interface, quick conversion to audio and video formats. Located at: https://convert2mp3.net/. The form will open. Follow these steps:
- copy the video link to Youtube;
- write in the special field, select the format;
- Click the "Convert" button.
Wait for the conversion to finish. Further:
Click the green button to continue or “Skip” to edit. Click "Download".
Online services
As a rule, online services help you download music to MP 3 directly from a link, but some of them can convert audio from a video:
- Converto – downloads music from video content hosted on the largest video site via a link. The service offers to trim the track, change the track name, and correct tags. You can also add cover art to a music track.
- OnlineVideoConverter is a free converter service with advanced capabilities. You can save the composition in the following 5 formats. You can download the entire audio track, or you can simply trim the track and save the fragment you like. This is convenient for setting an audio song as a phone ringtone.
- YouTubNow - a link to a video from a popular hosting is automatically checked by the service, after which it offers to download content in any codec that the online assistant has. Among them are MP3, M4A and WEBM.
Record audio from YouTube video to Online Video Converter
In comparison with the platform described above, it offers limited functionality. You cannot change track tags. Converts videos to different formats.
How to work
Go to: https://www.onlinevideoconverter.com/ru. Click "Convert via link".
Further:
Click:
Once downloaded, download the result to your PC.
A selection of the best programs for downloading music from YouTube
To download audio from videos on popular video hosting sites, many programs with different functionality have been developed:
- MediaHuman YouTube to MP3 is an almost professional program with a large number of sound settings and features. The media combine that this program is allows you to automatically download several tracks at the same time, create playlists, attach covers to albums and individual compositions. With multi-threaded loading, you can configure individual automation scripts.
- 4K YouTube to MP3 is a simpler program than the previous one, but it copes with its tasks perfectly. Before downloading a track from a video hosting site, you need to set the settings, codec type, and track quality, since the settings cannot be changed during downloading.
- ClipGrab - the program itself can find and download the desired audio from a video uploaded by video hosting users. To do this, you need to indicate in the application itself a link leading to the video. The program itself will download and reformat the video.
Browser extension
Google Chrome has an extension called "AHA Music" that allows you to identify music on YouTube and other sites in one click. To find out a track using it, you need to:
- Follow the link google.com/webstore to the official Chrome store and install the extension by clicking the button of the same name.
- Launch a video with the song you are interested in on YouTube. Click on the “AHA Music” icon to the right of the address bar. The extension will automatically begin recognizing music (the process lasts about 10-15 seconds) and show the title and artist of the track.
- If the search does not produce results, you need to click on the large icon in the form of a magnifying glass to repeat the procedure.
Note: If you want to make your own content and share it with other people, learn how to create a YouTube channel.
How to cut music from YouTube video
Step-by-step instructions - an example of using the online service:
- open the official video hosting website, select the video that we need to cut the audio track;
- copy the browser address bar link to the clipboard;
- insert the link into the online service line;
- select the format for the final composition - you can convert directly to MP3;
- Click the “Download” button.
The file should start downloading. The online service displays the percentage of download completion. Usually the process does not take long. depending on how much the file weighs, downloading takes from a few seconds to 2-3 minutes even with a slow Internet connection. Having saved the music track to your device, you can post it on the Internet, send it in instant messenger, or simply listen to it in your media player. There is no need to reformat the file; it is downloaded in the form you specified in the download settings.
How to record audio from YouTube on the Mp3 Youtube site
The simplest service. Records sound in MP3 format. Go to the address: https://mp3-youtube.download/ru. A form will open where you can enter a link to the video.
Wait until the file is downloaded and processed. Click the “Download” button. The file will be downloaded to your PC.
Bottom line
Well, if you use any of the two best YouTube song finders or flexible solutions mentioned above, you should have an easier time identifying music or songs in YouTube videos.
To make things better, don't forget to use FlexClip video maker to edit music and add it to your own video.
If you have more problems with video editing, feel free to read our professionally written blogs for more inspiration and practical guides on how to create amazing visual content.
Yandex.Music bot for Telegram
Telegram is one of the most popular instant messengers for smartphones and PCs. Using it, you can find music from YouTube. To do this you need:
- Add a Yandex.Music bot by entering yamelodybot in the Telegram search bar. Click “Launch”.
- Play the clip on YouTube on your PC. Bring your smartphone to the speakers and send a voice message to the bot by holding down the button in the form of a microphone (5-10 seconds is sufficient).
Note: if you need to remove unnecessary fragments of the video and leave only certain parts of it, learn how to trim a video on your computer.
First, the easiest ways to identify a song
(without using third party services)
First, let's take advantage of what the video hosting offers us....
Method 1 - View video description
Many video authors specifically leave the name of the song in the description of the video. This is done in order not to violate copyrights. If the author has not indicated the name of the track, then the video hosting system does it independently. But sometimes it doesn't work. The system will determine the name of the music only if the song is in the YouTube composition database.
Is there no name in the description? Go ahead!
Method 2 - Video Comments = Track Title
If the track is really good, then most likely they have already tried to find it... Users usually do this in the comments. Look carefully at the comments, maybe that’s where the title of the song is?
Here's some advice for you:
To avoid reading every comment, just press the Ctrl+F key combination on your keyboard. This special function allows you to find the desired word on the page. Just enter in the field: “song”, “title”, “track”, etc.
Ps The main thing is not to forget to upload as many comments as possible.
And if you don’t find the comment you need, then write it yourself. Perhaps even the author himself will answer you (by the way, you can write to the blogger in private messages).
Method 3 – Listen to the song….
Best Way!
Did you hear the words in the track? Then what are you waiting for???
Go to the search engine and enter the lyrics of this song (excerpt). Great! In most cases, we will immediately find the desired composition.
You can also turn on Subtitles to learn the words of the music
What are you saying? Are there foreign words in the song? Do not worry! Just write what you hear (yes, right in Russian). Giant search engines recognize transliteration perfectly and your request will not be difficult for them.
Method 1. Audio description under the video
Some videos on YouTube contain a background melody from the video hosting library, in this case it is quite easy to find the required composition. When you are on the same page with the video, click on the statistics button, which is located below the video player. And you can get acquainted with information on the required song, namely, find out the artist, album, etc. This case is possible when watching a video that uses music from the Swap library.
