How to extract Audio from a YouTube video and download it in MP3 format

by Aditya on June 11, 2009

youtubetracks How to extract Audio from a YouTube video and download it in MP3 format YouTube is home to many live versions of songs that you won’t be getting anywhere else so easily for free. If you ever wanted to extract audio from such videos of songs and download those in MP3 format on your pc to hear later or burn them on a CD, here is a nifty utility that will be of great help. Named as YouTubeTracks, it is a web based utility that allows you to enter URL of a YouTube clip and then lets you download only audio from a video in MP3 format.

Working with this utility is no trick. A simple four steps is all it takes for you to begin downloading MP3 audio from a YouTube clip. Here is how you should proceed:

1. Visit the YouTubeTracks website and enter the URL of the video whose audio you would like to download as MP3.

2. Select the quality of your MP3 – HQ (high quality) or LQ (low quality). Default is HQ.

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3. Click on the red ‘Download MP3′ button.

4. The audio download will thence start.

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That’s it. Now save the MP3 audio in your local hard disk from the confirmation dialog box.

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Aditya June 11, 2009 at 4:52 am

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Aditya June 11, 2009 at 5:52 am

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Aditya June 11, 2009 at 6:33 am

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Melyssa St. Michael June 11, 2009 at 10:09 am

RT @anddjournal YouTubeTracks: Extract Audio from a YouTube video and download it in MP3 format – http://tinyurl.com/nsc8rx

GRansome June 12, 2009 at 5:06 pm

I’m experiencing a problem wit YouTube Tracks. It seems to be stuck in the “downloading mode”. There is no “Save”, just keeps saying “Downloading”. Am I doing something wrong?

Aditya June 12, 2009 at 6:34 pm: It is working fine for me. May be you should try changing your browser.

H.Natarajan June 13, 2009 at 9:40 am

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Aditya June 13, 2009 at 1:28 pm

How to extract Audio from a YouTube video and download it in MP3 format – http://tinyurl.com/nsc8rx | A cool idea

Ipod Mains Charger July 4, 2009 at 10:59 am

There are a few programmes you can use to do this. I personally use NCH.

ahivideo download July 22, 2009 at 1:56 pm

How to download youtube and convert it to other format.
http://bit.ly/Av07g

jeffric August 14, 2009 at 7:37 pm

by
http://www.abcyoutube.com you can download youtube video as mp3 and mp4 and flv…
just type ABC before youtube video link, and enter.
like http://www.abcyoutube.com/watch?v=X3vB5XJnm5A

Salvio November 26, 2009 at 7:54 pm

A good way I use to download videos from youtube, convert and put them in audio is in http://www.freefileconvert.com and http://www.convertvideotoaudio.com . it is very helpfull and dont required download.

vikas December 28, 2009 at 10:00 am