How can I download music from YouTube and not the video film?

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I want to know if is there any programme to download music from YouTube, not video, just audio, like DVDvideosoft in Windows.

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 07 '19 at 09:55

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A shell script called youtube-dl can do this in 1 step. It depends on ffmpeg, so you should install that first.

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
wget https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/raw/2012.02.27/youtube-dl 
chmod +x youtube-dl
./youtube-dl -t --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 YOUTUBE_URL_HERE

Extra information on choosing quality of download from YouTube, from the man page:

 -f FMT, --format=FMT
       Specify the video format (quality) in which to download the video.

       For youtube.com, in particular, the meaning of the format codes is given as:

       WebM video at 480p: 43
       WebM video at 720p: 45
       H264 video in MP4 container at 480p: 18
       H264 video in MP4 container at 720p: 22
       H264 video in MP4 container at 1080p: 37
       H264 video in FLV container at 360p: 34
       H264 video in FLV container at 480p: 35
       H263 video at 240p: 5
       3GP video: 17

       Note that not all videos are available in all formats and that other sites supported by youtube-dl may have different conventions for their video formats.

       By default, youtube-dl will download the best available format; if you want to download the worst format to save bandwidth and time, use "-f" worst.

So add -f 18 to get h264 mp4 at 480p

edited Nov 07 '19 at 09:55

Zanna

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answered Mar 24 '12 at 10:00

duffydack

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why it downloading .flv ??? – hingev Mar 24 '12 at 10:24
it downloads the best available video source and then converts to mp3 using ffmpeg. – duffydack Mar 24 '12 at 10:24
and what if i don't want the best source – hingev Mar 24 '12 at 10:29
I doubt youtube stores the audio tracks of video seperately, unless someone knows something different then I'm all ears. This is the best/easiest way I know, it does the job and leaves you with 1 audio file. Let the user decide – duffydack Mar 24 '12 at 10:34
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Alternatively you can install youtube-dl from the Webupd8 PPA (sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 on the terminal). – Alfredo Hernández Mar 25 '12 at 00:04
YouTube dl is great! – xyz Jul 24 '15 at 08:44

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 27 '12 at 06:24

You can also use jDownloader. just copy the youtube-url, jDownloader will recognize it and will give you the possibility to download all possible formats. Choose only mp3 and it will give you the music only.

https://launchpad.net/~jd-team/+archive/jdownloader

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 08 '19 at 08:35

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youtube-dl can be installed easily:

sudo apt-get install youtube-dl ffmpeg

Then simply:

youtube-dl -t --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 YOUTUBE_URL_HERE

(As shown here by duffydack.)

edited Nov 08 '19 at 08:35

Eliah Kagan

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answered Oct 22 '15 at 19:10

user1112507

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The installation procedure given here is different. – Eliah Kagan Nov 08 '19 at 17:00

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 24 '12 at 09:29

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I have a VM where I installed alsaloop.
I can then use 'normal' recording tools to record audio out as an audio in from the CLI or otherwise.

You can also use this methodology to record audio and video in said VM on any legally purchased audio/video on any site. It's completely site agnostic and doesn't care what the bearer format is.

answered Mar 24 '12 at 09:29

RobotHumans

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i ll try it! ;) – Kwstakis Mar 24 '12 at 09:40
Just a heads up, if you do this for video it gets out of sync with the audio. – RobotHumans Mar 24 '12 at 09:45

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 24 '12 at 10:27

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use can use download helper a firefox addon. by this u can directly download videos in mp4,3gp or high quality formats and easy to use.

answered Mar 24 '12 at 10:27

pankaj sharma

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The question specifies the music component and not the entire video. – Mar 25 '12 at 14:45

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Mar 27 '13 at 19:26

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If you want batch jobs for many files, it would be better youtube-dl. Although I didn't give a shot.

But this Firefox addon is good for occasional download. Click and look screenshot. Firefox Easy Youtube Downloader

edited Mar 27 '13 at 19:26

Seth

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answered Mar 25 '12 at 12:17

Mait

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered May 08 '12 at 18:10

You can do this directly from the browser using an add-on.

In Google Chrome just go to the Chrome Store (open a new blank tab and click on the grey applications button at the bottom of the screen)

Inside the Chrome Store type Youtube MP3 in the search box

use the second link (it's from YouTube itself)

YouTube Downloader: MP3 / HD Video

Look at the screenshot, you get an extra button in YouTube and you just click download as MP3.

You can do the exact same thing in Firefox. Just go to Tools.. Add-ons... search for 'youtube mp3' and take your pick (there are about 15 choices that do the same thing).

Even better would be use the Ubuntu Music store (inside Rhythmbox and Banshee) to purchase the tracks you like to help support Ubuntu.

could you please share the name of the addon or extension for chrome or a screenshot. — Ankit, Jan 31 '13 at 16:28

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 04 '14 at 06:47

There is an add-on for Firefox that adds a neat button to the Youtube page and gives a few choices:

Youtube Video and Audio Downloader

To get the audio only, you will need to install the package ffmpeg from the Ubuntu Software Center, and then go in the add-on options and set the path to ffmpeg as follows:

usr/bin/ffmpeg

Then it should work without any problem.

In the same add-on options page, you can set the download directory and how the add-on names your file.

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 04 '14 at 07:15

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You can install Youtube to MP3 from the software center. I use it and it's awesome, check out the reviews too.

https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/saucy/youtube-to-mp3/

Easy-to-use software to download YouTube and Vimeo videos as MP3.

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answered Apr 04 '14 at 07:15

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