Convert YouTube video to iTunes compatible MP3 audio

By Ashish Mohta

ListenToYouTube.com is ( yet another but sounds better) a service which allows you to convert your Favorite Youtube video and into MP3 format ready to download on your hard drive. We have seen this kind of service which converted online videos to flv,3gp,avi,mov,mp3 formats or even allowed to download video from online flash players but this service is

  • Very clear on how it works and it is faster than the previous ones.
  • Its a iTunes compatible converter as it adds an Xing header to the MP3 file

youtube to mp3 download

Here is direct qoute from their About Page

The way the site works is this: Once a user enters the YouTube URL, the software retrieves the FLV file (flash video) from YouTube, saving it to our server. We approximate the time needed to transfer the file, and give the user a countdown, as well as showing them a thumbnail image of the video, also retrieved from YouTube.

Then, the YouTube video file is parsed one byte at a time by our PHP MP3 extractor class. We add an Xing header to the MP3 file to alleviate the audio duration errors given by the iTunes player (and a few others). Finally, we present the user with a link to download the MP3 file.

The time needed to retrieve the FLV file depends on the upload speed of the YouTube servers, but once we have the flash video, it takes our software less than 3 seconds to extract the mp3 audio.


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    • Anita, April 21, 2008:

      I also know MelodyCan YouTubeRipper plug-in for Internet Explorer is an easy to use program to download video files from Youtube site. MelodyCan supports MP4 and AVI as output formats for video conversion. You can select a desired output format and video size in MelodyCan settings by choosing a suitable encoder for video files. Just click on “Rip YouTube File” button on your Internet Explorer toolbar and the selected video will be saved to your PC in a desired format. There is free trial - http://www.melodycan.com

    • mehreen shahid, April 21, 2008:

      this software looks like it has a lot of uses and will be popular with you tube fans so i suggest that you use a PR tool called myprgenie through myprgenie dot com/technology/ which will allow you to dessiminate this information to a wider audience

    • silvester, May 19, 2008:

      I think videoraptor works as well for downloading from youtube.never tried the soft myself but some friends of mine said it’s a good one.
      http://videoraptor.com/en/mp3_video_downloads/web_videos.html

    • windbell, June 19, 2008:

      Here is another detailed guide on how to download youtube video mp3 for free
      http://www.aimersoft.com/tutorial/free-download-youtube-video.html

    • dudude, July 24, 2008:

      you may also take tuneclone for a shot.
      http://www.tuneclone.com

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