How to download an audio file from youtube

Install 4K Video Downloader. By default, you can find the setup file downloaded to your Downloads folder or you can open it from within your web browser. Use one of the following steps to install 4K Video Downloader. Windows — Double-click the setup file. Click Yes when prompted, and follow the on-screen setup instructions. Mac — Double-click the setup file, verify the installation if necessary, click and drag the 4K Video Downloader app icon onto the "Applications" folder.

Follow any on-screen instructions. Go to the YouTube video you want to use. Then click the video to open it. Make sure you're selecting a single video and not a playlist or a video from a playlist's list of videos. Copy your YouTube video's address. You can also right-click the highlighted URL and click Copy. If it didn't open automatically, click or double-click the 4K Video Downloader app icon.

It's a green icon with a white cloud in the middle. On Mac, open the Finder and click the Applications folder. Click the 4K Video Downloader icon. It's the button that has an icon that resembles a light-bulb. It's the second button at the top. The Smart Mode menu allows you to select which format you want to extract and download from the video.

Click the drop-down menu next to "Format" and select the option to extract an MP3 from the video. Select the quality you want to download. Use the drop-down menu next to "Quality" to select the quality. Higher quality files will take up more space but will sound better. Click Paste Link. It's in the top-left corner of the 4K Video Downloader window.

This will paste in the copied YouTube video address and automatically start downloading the audio clip from the video. Allow a few minutes for the app to parse the audio and download it. If you receive an error that says the video can't be downloaded, try downloading another video's audio through 4K Video Downloader without clearing your downloads. There are different types of bitrate that different websites allow you to convert from a YouTube video including 60kbps, kbps, and kbps.

We always think that converting a YouTube video in a kbps format is the highest quality. However, what if tell you that YouTube does not play audio at kbps? Yes that is true. The highest audio bitrate you can get on YouTube is around kbps.

The former delivers a maximum audio bitrate of around kbps, while Opus can give you between 56 kbps and 16 kbps. Now, if you want the original audio source, it is recommended that you download the file in AAC format only.

Choosing MP3 format in kbps might actually damage the audio quality. The compression and upsampling of the source file might just unwantedly increase the file of the size and not the actual quality. YouTube support a variety of audio formats for its video. To start with, the company support a minimum audio bitrate of lossy format at 64kbps. We hope that our readers find this guide helpful. We shall soon be back with another useful guide for our readers. Till then, share this little nifty guide with your friends, and save the earth from greenhouse gas equivalents, at least a bit!

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Related Articles. Method 1. Download the Windows Movie Maker. Windows Movie Maker was discontinued by Microsoft on January 10, The program is no longer available to download from Microsoft, but you can download it from other file hosts. One of the more reputable hosts is FileHippo, which allows you to download the genuine Microsoft installer without any adware. After a short video ad, the Windows Essentials installer will download. Install Windows Movie Maker.

Once the installer is finished downloading, click it to run it: Click Choose the programs you want to install. Uncheck everything except Photo Gallery and Movie Maker. Click Install. Click Close once the installation is complete. Start Windows Movie Maker. You can also type "movie maker" while the Start menu is open to quickly find it.

Click Add videos and photos. You'll see this in the Add section of the Home tab. Browse for the picture you want to use. Locate the picture on your computer that you want to use for the YouTube video. Select it and click Open. Click the Add music button. Click the musical note part of the button to open the file browser.

Browse for the audio file you want to use. Select the audio file and click the Open button. Click the Options tab. You'll see this under Music Tools at the top of the window. This is the length of the of the audio file in seconds. You'll be using this value to change the duration of the image file.

Click the Edit tab. You'll see this under Video Tools at the top of the window. This will paste the copied song length into the Duration field. You'll need to remove the "s" from the end of the time. Click the Play button to preview the video. You should see your selected image while the audio file plays from start to finish in the background. Click the File tab. Highlight Save movie and then click YouTube.

You'll need to scroll down the list to find it. And, most YouTube to MP3 online converters are full of ads and confusing to use normal for free software. Here, we list 5 common YouTube to MP3 converters. You can choose a suitable one to download audio from YouTube online. This online YouTube to MP3 converter can only convert a video of not more than 2 hours in length.

It offers 3 options to download music from YouTube. Also, it can handle a number of downloads simultaneously.

The only downside is that there are many different advertisements on this site. Y2mate allows you to download thousands of videos from YouTube for free. Whether you own a PC or a tablet, you can convert and listen to your song in different formats and can customize it for your device. Y2mate is streamlined and effortless to use. You can download audio from YouTube without registration. All you need to do is to enter the URL or a couple of keywords, select the video and download it.

Unfortunately, there are many ads on the free YouTube to MP3 online converter. Flvto allows you to download video and audio from YouTube. After that, you can send the converted file to your email. Flvto indeed lets you extract audio from video, but its conversion speed is slow and there are some ads. However, you'll notice that there is a collection of small advertisements in the center of this site, and this converter will occasionally open two annoying but harmless spam tabs.

After converting, you need to download the audio file as soon as possible since the download link remains valid for 24 hours only. We have covered how to extract audio from YouTube.