extract-audio-from-youtube-videos-easily

Sometimes you hear a catchy video song on YouTube and might want to extract the song as an audio file. To help you do just that, we have listed two easy ways to extract audio from YouTube videos.

The first option here shows you how to extract audio from YouTube video using an online audio extraction service. The second option discussed here shows how to extract audio from YouTube video using video converter applications.

The first option needs less time as you are not required to download the YouTube video. However, in online audio extraction, the quality of the audio might not be great.

The second option requires you to download the video first and then use the video converter to extract the audio file. The advantage of using a converter is that you get a higher quality audio.

Option One- Use online audio extractor service

There are many online audio extractor services that can help you extract audio from YouTube video. You can use any online audio extractor website you trust.

However, if you are unable to decide which website to use, you can go to www.onlinevideoconverter.com and follow the steps given below to extract audio from YouTube video and download the audio file.

Go to onlinevideoconverter.com
Click Convert a Video Link/URL option

In the next screen, enter the YouTube video link that you want to extract audio
The default audio format selected is mp3. You can select other audio formats like aac, ogg, m4a, wav audio formats from the drop-down list.
Click More settings to select the bit-rate. The default bit-rate is 192 kbps. You can select a higher or lower bit-rate as per your preference. The bit-rate is related to audio-quality; higher the bit-rate, better the audio quality

Click Start
After the audio is extracted, you will get an option to Download the file, click Download to download the audio

If you want to extract audio from several YouTube videos, we would suggest you use video converters for the purpose.

Option Two- use video converter to extract audio stream from YouTube video

There are several 3^rd party video converters that allow you to extract audio file from YouTube videos. Here we have discussed two video converters – Audials One and VLC Media player which are popular video converters.

Below you will find steps to extract audio file from YouTube videos using both video converters.

Note: You will need to have the video file (YouTube video) on your local drive.

Steps to extract the audio file using Audials One

Audials One is an easy to use video converter that allows you to extract audio file from video files in different formats. Some of the audio formats supported in Audials One are MP3, WMA, AAC, and many others. Here are the steps to extract audio file from YouTube video

Download and install Audials One
Open Audials One
In the left pane, under Universal Converter, click Converter
Click File and then click Add files

Select the downloaded YouTube file
Click Close when you are promoted to add more files

Check the box – convert video to audio
Click Start

The Free version of Audials One only allows you to convert YouTube videos having duration of 30 minutes or less. Before the conversion, the software presents you with an option to Buy Pro version. If the YouTube video duration is less than30 minutes, click No Thanks option which will start the conversion. If the YouTube video duration is more than 30 minutes, click Buy Now to upgrade to Pro version