How to Convert YouTube to AAC

Updated Sep 07,2018 | by Cody

When you want to listen to music, audiobooks or other contents available on YouTube on your iPhone without Wi-Fi or mobile data, it is a great idea to convert YouTube videos to audio. MP3 or AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) may be your first option as they are the most popular output formats.

AAC is a proprietary audio coding standard for digital audio compression. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally allows the audio file to have the smallest possible size in the highest possible audio quality than MP3 at the same bit rate due to the fancy compression algorithm. So it is recommended to convert YouTube videos to AAC format to get better audio quality.

But the majority of converters can only convert videos to the traditional MP3 format. If you are looking for a tool to convert YouTube to AAC, you are at the right place. This article introduces you 3 great YouTube conversion tool (including online services and software) which have the capability of converting YouTube videos to the AAC format for free.

Office Converter is a universal online file converter which has a huge variety of converters built into it. It cannot only convert audio files to AAC format, but also convert documents, images, audios, and videos to your target format. The website provides simple options that can be easily understood. But for free users, the maximum document file size is only 10 MB. Only for registered users, the file size limit is 1 GB.

Follow the steps below to convert YouTube to AAC.

Step 1: Navigate to site https://www.office-converter.com/Convert-to-AAC

Step 2: Click the Add Files button to select the YouTube video file on your computer, click the Options to configure audio bitrate, sampling rate, audio channels, and audio volume as you prefer.

Step3: Click the Start Convert button to begin the conversion process and the video will be converted to AAC format for you to download.                                              

This is another YouTube to AAC online converter that you can use. This site allows you to convert videos from YouTube and other popular video sharing websites (such as Vimeo, Facebook, and DailyMotion) to kinds of video formats and audio formats such as MP3 and AAC. This website is no registration required to enjoy unlimited free conversions.

Take the instructions below to convert a YouTube video to the AAC format.

Step 1: Go to the site https://www.onlinevideoconverter.com/video-converter

Step 2: Copy and paste the URL or the link of the YouTube video you wish to convert.

Step 3: Click the drop-down arrow to see all the supported formats and set. aac as your target format.

Step 4: Click More Settings to configure the Audio Quality as you prefer.

Step 5: Click the START button to begin the conversion progress. Once the conversion is complete, you will get a download link for the converted file. Then you can click it to download YouTube video as AAC audio file.

IOTransfer is an all-in-one management tool for your iPhone, iPad and iPod, which has the capability to convert video files into different formats. The step-by-step guide below will show you how to convert video from YouTube to AAC with IOTransfer in detail.

Step 1: Download and Install IOTransfer

Please click the Free Download button to download the program and install it to your computer.

Step 2: Launch IOTransfer, switch to the VIDEOS tab, and then click on Converter on the left.

Step 3: Click the Add Files button to add the videos you which to convert. You can add multiple video files to convert them at one time.

MP4 is the default output format. You need to click the drop-down arrow and scroll down to select AAC as the output format. IOTransfer can also convert videos to other output formats such as AVI, APG, MOV and etc. 

Step 4: Click the Convert Now button to begin the conversion process.

IOTransfer also allows you to transfer the converted file to iOS device automatically. All you have to do is connecting your device to computer and clicking the phone icon to transfer it to iOS device.

 If your device is already connected to computer before you click the Convert Now button, just tick the 'Automatically transfer the converted video into your iOS device' option to save the converted file to your iOS device automatically.

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