Ripping YouTube videos to an audio-only file... I've got that down packed. Here's my easy peasy method:
Download youtube-dl: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl Pass video URL to youtube-dl. Run the following on the resulting video file: mplayer "YTVideo.mp4" -ao pcm:file="YTAudio.wav" -vc dummy -vo null lame "YTAudio.wav" "YTAudio.mp3" rm "YTAudio.wav" kid3 "YTAudio.mp3" kid3 is a KDE/Qt-based ID3 tag writer, feel free to use an alternative. Oh, and most of the above and be placed into a nice shell script(which is how I do it). This method is known to work on VEVO music videos as well. :D On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:51:27 -0600 "Michael K" <mkozakew...@icosidodecahedron.com> wrote: > I've been using VLC anytime I find myself wanted to download a YouTube video > and ripping the music out. It's a bit bit finicky to learn how to do it, but > then it usually works just great. > > (I assume videos are just as easy.) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Jenkins > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 11:33 AM > To: discuss@lists.skullspace.ca > Subject: Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] Cutting f4v files > > > I need to edit some f4v files into smaller files. > > If support outside Adobeland for that particular container is better on > the import then export side, then there would be more options if the > smaller files output files don't need to be f4v. > > Also, a slightly more tricky (but still do-able) problem if you're > trying to avoid decoding and re-encoding of the underlying MPEG-4 > stream. Narrows choice of tool for sure. > > I'm enough of a perfectionist that I'd want to pull off both switching > to a new MPEG-4 container and avoid re-encoding. Such magic has been > known to happen in my hands with VLC as a front-end tool sometimes, > though you'll have to pin me down... > > Even though they're patent encumbered, I'm glad we've at least gotten to > a world now where the encoding/decoding schemes are mostly known and > standardized and where the outer level container formats holding them > are the largest source of pain. > > Mark > > > p.s. > > Anyone remember Real Player? > > I remember the days, where Real Player was the only way to play certain > secret formats. Long before YouTube and "podcasting" existed, I was > growing up as a teenager on a Real Player only diet of: > > http://www.2600.com/offthehook/ > and > DEFCON.org > > Not having a portable music player until senior year (64 megabyte > capacity Nomad, was mp3 only anyway), I remember doing transfers of Off > The Hook to cassette tapes to take along for long high school bus trips > to the Banff Music Fest. > > "And you're listening to WBAI in New York, its time for /Off The Hook/" > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ -- Kevin <m...@iamkevin.ca> _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
