Downloaded from YouTube
Someone recently asked me, "You know how singers publish their songs as
music videos on YouTube?"
"Yes," I replied…since I’m a
complete ignoramus when it comes to music, singers, etc., I asked, "Why?"
"How
do you get the music without the video? Make it into an MP3 sound file?"
YouTube, TeacherTube and just about everything else puts out video in
FLV format. You know this when you use a utility like Keepvid.com
or the Firefox Add-on, UnPlug, to save the file to your desktop.
While I’m "not sure" of the legalities, there are several ways I’m aware
of to do this.
One is to use VLC Media Player to extract the audio–and VLC
Media Player will work on your GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac computer(s). The
only problem I’ve noticed is that it doesn’t convert straight to MP3,
but you can save as OGG, an open source sound format. I prefer OGG for
all my music/audio formats, but OGG won’t play in an iPod (although you
can get other portable digital audio players that do support OGG
natively). So, this isn’t the best solution to get straight to MP3.
The second is to use ZamZar.com, which allows you to either
upload an FLV or point to YouTube web address/URL.
This is a pretty easy process to follow, and kudos to ZamZar.com
for their hard work to make a simple interface that allows so many
different conversions.
The third is FLV Extract, a Windows only solution that requires
.NET framework.
You can download it online (screenshot below). The FLV Extract file is
compressed in ZIP format, so you’ll have to right-click and extract
files on Windows to get access to it easily. Also, be sure to get the
.NET framework for x86…you can see that in the screenshot below under
the IMPORTANT note. Right-click the image below and choose view image to
view it full-size.
When you run/execute the program, you’ll see the following:
Just remove the checkmarks from everything except AUDIO. Then, drag your
FLV file onto the words "Drop FLV files here." Pretty easy process, and
it creates an MP3 file you can use anywhere.
Are you a Mac user wishing for an easy solution? Hmm…maybe another
blog post. In the meantime, check out…
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