How to Extract MP3 from YouTube Video

Updated Aug 07,2018 | by Micky

There are thousands of videos on YouTube. When you browse around YouTube, you may find some beautiful songs from YouTube. You may want to extract the audio as an MP3 file so that you can listen to the music on your way to your home/to the work, make a ringtone out of the YouTube video, add the MP3 to your music collection, and so on. 

Online Converting VS Video Converter

There are two ways to extract mp3 audio from YouTube video: One is extracting the audio online and the other is extracting the mp3 audio with video converter. Extracting mp3 online needs less time since you only need to paste the YouTube video URL there and choose the output format as MP3 to start the converting. Then you can download the converted MP3 audio or it will be sent to your email address. If you just need to extract the audio one time only or you do not have strict requirements about the audio quality, online converting is enough for you. But if you have many videos that needed to be converted into audio files and you want higher quality audio, it is recommended to use a video converter. 

Moreover, these video converters have several other advantages: they are much faster than online converting service, they don't require you to submit your email address thus to avoid email spam in the future, they also allow you to extract the audio from several videos simultaneously, and they usually offer more useful features that will help you on your work.

There are dozens, if not hundreds, of tools that can help you extract MP3 audio from YouTube video. And every YouTube converter has its own set of unique features, advantages, and disadvantages. Some are very slow at downloading and converting while others may be full of ads, or just confusing to use. If you're not sure which converter you could trust, then you can try IOTransfer. IOTransfer is a high-quality video converter with user-friendly intuitive UI. It supports downloading videos from most popular video sites and converting them into various formats, such as MP4, MKV, FLV, MP3, WMV, AVI, MOV, M4A. 

This article will focus mainly on introducing you how to use IOTransfer to extract MP3 audio files from YouTube videos.

How to Download YouTube Videos with IOTransfer

Step 1. Go to IOTransfer video downloader.

Step 2. Click Free Download to download it and install it.

Step 3. Find the video you like on YouTube, and copy the URL of the video.

Step 4. Run IOTransfer > click VIDEOS tab > paste the URL here and click the Download button.

Tips:

If you want to download more YouTube videos, just follow the step 3 and step 4 above to add all other YouTube videos you want to rip. Then IOTransfer will download all the videos for you.

How to Convert YouTube Video to MP3 with IOTransfer

Step 1. Click Converter in VIDEOS tab of IOTransfer.

Step 2. Click the '+ Add Files' button to add the file you just downloaded. Or drag and drop the downloaded YouTube file.

Step 3. Select MP3 in the output format.

Step 4. Click the Convert Now to start converting.

Tips:

If you want to listen to the ripped audio files on your iOS device directly, please update the last step 'Click the Convert Now to start the converting process' to the following steps:

Step 4. Connect your iPhone to PC via USB cable. Tap on ‘Trust’ if it asks for permission.

Step 5. Tick 'Automatically transfer the converted video into your iOS device'.

Step 6. Click the Convert Now to start the converting process. 

After extracting the MP3 audio files from YouTube videos successfully, you can enjoy the songs anywhere you go, perhaps when you are driving or while you are jogging. Super easy, right?

For more information about IOTransfer or you want to explore more useful features of IOTransfer, please go to IOTransfer - Your Ultimate iPhone/iPad Manager and Video Downloader.

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