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How To Download Audio From YouTube

By: J L'voe

Break Studios Contributing Writer

Learn about how to download audio from YouTube in order to capture some of the great audio the site provides.  YouTube has millions of videos with a lot of enticing audio that you might want to download and convert in order to play it when you do not have an Internet connection, or just when you want to listen to it on your MP3 player.  Learn how to download the audio by following a few simple steps:

What you will need:

  • a computer
  • access to an Internet connection
  1. Try Vixy to download audio from YouTube.   There are a lot of programs that can be used to download audio from YouTube, but not all of them are free.  For a free program to use to download audio from YouTube, try Vixy.  Vixy is online and can be used to convert and download audio directly on their website.  You won't have to download a program and install it on your computer.
  2. Copy the YouTube URL.   Vixy is simple to use.  Just copy the link in your browser from the YouTube video and paste it into the provided window on Vixy's website.  Choose the desired format that you would like to have the audio that you plan to download from YouTube converted into, and click start on Vixy's website.  Vixy will convert and save the content from the YouTube video and allow you to download the audio, and even the video, from YouTube onto your computer.  Vixy is quick, downloading the audio from YouTube usually only takes a minute or two.
Posted on: Jul. 19, 2010