youtube downloading

[LeifH12345]

Does anyone know a reliable non-malware program for downloading vids from YT?
Preferably free?

I was using one for several years but they've made it impossible to use without paying a monthly rate now. Not a fan of cracks and that kinda hacker stuff.

[dasmueller]

not downloading per se but I use Audacity to copy youtube music on occasion. Time consuming and one need to stay off the computer during the process

[Unidecker]

https://www.wikihow.com/Download-YouTube-Videos


i don't condone it but to each there own its free and easy it sounds like to me

[LeifH12345]

Thanks

90% of youtubers never reply about sharing raw materials and sometimes its nice to have as a cutaway or patch.

[GRC]

Does anyone know of tools for downloading audio only? Or am I stuck with playing back in real time and directing audio output from my playback device to a digital recorder by cabling?

[Unidecker]

again i don't condone or do it myself ever but to each there own

here ya go:

Step 1: Download, install & run Freemake Video Downloader. Search for YouTube music you want to get. Alternatively, you may paste YouTube URL in the search field and click "Search". Step 2: Choose original video quality and action: "Only download" or "Convert" to MP3, AVI, MKV, WAV ETC..

[SJD]

YouTube-DL will do it.

Steps
1. Download the Windows exe from the link above and drag it to your desktop.

2. Press Windows Key + R and type cmd when the box comes up.

3. A black command prompt window should come up, type "cd Desktop" (no quotes)

4. In the same window, type "youtube-dl.exe [REPLACE WITH LINK OF VIDEO] -f bestaudio' (no quotes). You should have the sound from the video on your Desktop (in the highest quality YouTube offers). Close the black window and you should be good to go.

Hope this helps!

Also: If you're doing something like making a small patch and having the best possible quality isn't important, I recommend dirpy.com. It's super easy to use and you can download a specific section as an mp3 very quickly.

[lpmaskman]

youtube-dl + ffmpeg

and you can download any video/audio in any format

there are so many tutorials about it on the web

[srb151]

There used to be a number of free online services that would take care of this...just plug in the url and it would serve up a download. Haven't used any in a while, but maybe google "download youtube video" and see what you find...

[dasmueller]

Originally Posted by Unidecker

https://www.wikihow.com/Download-YouTube-Videos


i don't condone it but to each there own its free and easy it sounds like to me

I just tried this using Method 3 - VLC player pretty simple then used Foobar to convert. Worked !

[dasmueller]

Originally Posted by dasmueller

I just tried this using Method 3 - VLC player pretty simple then used Foobar to convert. Worked !

Sometimes works, sometimes not. Not sure why, youtube, VLC, or me anyone else see this ??

[TheMysticMuse]

youtube-dl + ffmpeg = excellent if you're tech savvy

otherwise jdownloader2 is the way to go. Best download-manager that exists. http://jdownloader.org/jdownloader2

[dasmueller]

jdownloader2 solved my problems thanks to @TheMysticMuse

[Silvermachine]

https://www.4kdownload.com/ru/produc...ideodownloader

FREE!!!

[Five]

not certain of the quality but there's online downloaders

google "youtube downloader" sometimes you have to try a couple to get it