Recording the sound off YouTube

[Stanfordian]

I was wondering if it is possible to record the sound from YouTube videos from which to make a CD-R?

[John Wright]

Yes. There's a free audio recording/editing software Audacity which allows one to choose sound source. Select 'Stereo mix' and it records whatever you can hear on your speakers, and you can choose WAV for CDs or mp3.

It also gives choices of 'Rear line-In' from my hi-fi, and Microphone from my webcam (and I use that mike to record my voice for podcasts etc).

[MrGongGong]

Due to copyright issues most of the free Youtube to Mp3 conversion sites seem to have gone now.... google being notoriously fond of litigation
the problem with doing an internal recording to Audacity (or any other audio editor) is that its very much dependent on the quality of your connection.....


before doing it I would advise turning off ALL computer sounds (the startup, error etc etc ) and turn off ALL hibernation, power saving, sleep etc etc as well as any scheduled antivirus scans or backup processes....

[Don Petter]

You can download the item with something like FVD, which shouldn't be subject to connection quality, and then use one of the converters (FVD again works well) to extract the audio as a WAV file. Then assemble your CD-R normally.

(Another advantage is that you can then view the item at leisure without further impinging on any monthly broadband usage limit.)

[Zytnia]

Clip converter works.

[Stanfordian]

A friend managed it for me. I'll have another go in the future. The sound quality of the disc seemed fine. I played it to a class of students and they did'nt comment on the sound.

[Pabmusic]

Try YouTube to Mp3 Converter at http://www.listentoyoutube.com/index.php. It'a better then nothing.

[Beef Oven]

Pardon my ignorance, but is it legal?

I'm put in mind of that young lad in the US who got fined fifty-squillion dollars for downloading a few pop-songs.

I'm not expecting that sort of problem, but nonetheless, I'd not want to get a legal problem for the sake of a 30 minutes soundtrack of a band I liked from the 1970s.

[PJPJ]

Try YouTube to Mp3 Converter at http://www.listentoyoutube.com/index.php. It'a better then nothing.

JDownloader allows you to select which quality of video you want, and also the option of downloading only the audio.

[MrGongGong]

I'd not want to get a legal problem for the sake of a 30 minutes soundtrack of a band I liked from the 1970s.

You aren't prepared to do some bird for Ryoji ?
Shame on you, lightweight

[David-G]

Pardon my ignorance, but is it legal?

I'm put in mind of that young lad in the US who got fined fifty-squillion dollars for downloading a few pop-songs.

I'm not expecting that sort of problem, but nonetheless, I'd not want to get a legal problem for the sake of a 30 minutes soundtrack of a band I liked from the 1970s.

I am not familiar with the case, but I would have thought it more likely that he would have been fined for uploading (rather than downloading) copyrighted content, i.e. sharing it with others.

[Beef Oven]

I am not familiar with the case, but I would have thought it more likely that he would have been fined for uploading (rather than downloading) copyrighted content, i.e. sharing it with others.

Ah yes - so called 'file-sharing'.

[David-G]

Yes. There's a free audio recording/editing software Audacity which allows one to choose sound source. Select 'Stereo mix' and it records whatever you can hear on your speakers, and you can choose WAV for CDs or mp3.

It also gives choices of 'Rear line-In' from my hi-fi, and Microphone from my webcam (and I use that mike to record my voice for podcasts etc).

I found that there were two problems with this. The first was that I could not get Audacity to record properly in Vista, as (if I remember correctly) there was no "Stereo Mix". It worked fine in XP. Not sure about Windows 7/8. But there is another problem, which it took me some time to realise. Audacity records the output of the sound card (which is why you have to turn off extraneous sounds). But this means that in effect you are recording a signal which has been converted from digital to analogue, and then back to digital. This process involves a significant degradation of quality. It is better to try to capture the original digital signal. FVD which has been mentioned may be a means of doing this, though I am not familiar with it.

[MrGongGong]

It is better to try to capture the original digital signal. FVD which has been mentioned may be a means of doing this, though I am not familiar with it.

I know how
but I think due to the way the internet is
if I told you then I would get a visit from the Rozzers
It's not difficult
and if you use one of those burning reynard browsers there might even be a little widgetaddon that goes by
the name of download helper that might be what you seek ?
But don't tell anyone, OK

[John Wright]

But there is another problem, which it took me some time to realise. Audacity records the output of the sound card (which is why you have to turn off extraneous sounds).

Not sure what you mean there (I'm not IT techie).

But I can record stuff from youtube using Audacity while at the same time type messages on forums/Facebook etc and the cursor clicks/noises are not recorded.