YouTube started as a video portal. And it still is. Tutorials, guides, interviews, gaming sessions, memes and virals, podcasts, TV shows … Everything you can imagine and more, you will find on YouTube. But YouTube also has music videos , many of them official. So you've probably wanted to download music from youTube on several occasions.
Officially, to download music from YouTube and save your favorite videos, you need to subscribe to YouTube Premium, the paid version of this online video service. Another option is to hire YouTube Music Premium, which is cheaper and is specifically designed for music in streaming and offline .
But unofficial methods that will allow you to do the same. That is, if you want to download music from YouTube, you can do it thanks to the dozens of free solutions that you will find on the internet. Here is a selection of web pages that work on PC and Mac as well as tablets and smartphones. Free and without registration.
Snappea
Free, simple and available both to download music from YouTube and to download videos. Snappea allows you to download files in MP3 or MP4 format. That is, only audio or audio plus video.
As is often the case in this type of service, you only need to copy the link of the video from which you want to get the music. You paste the link on the conversion website and, finally, you will get the audio or video file .
A peculiarity of Snappea is that it allows you to choose the quality of the download. That is, if you want a song in MP3, you can get it in qualities ranging from 50k to 160k . The higher the quality, the better you will hear the music. Another incentive is that it has an official app for Android.
Download music from YouTube with YT1s
Under the name YT1s you will have at your disposal an online tool to download music from YouTube and also videos in various formats and qualities . MP3 for audio and MP4 for video.
This practical online YouTube downloader works in most current web browsers, both on your computer and on your mobile devices. Simply copy the link of the YouTube video that you want to download, through the YouTube Share button . Then you paste it in YT1s and you can choose the type of download.
You can download the video in MP4 at different resolutions, depending on the author has uploaded the video in 720p, 1080p, etc. Same with audio. You can get your favorite songs in 128 kbps quality.
ClipConverter
This selection could not miss a classic like ClipConverter , one of the first pages dedicated to downloading music from YouTube. In addition, with the particularity that it allows to download and convert .
From the original link of the video, you can download music from YouTube in MP3, M4A and AAC formats. That is, you can choose between three options. In addition, the audio quality is chosen automatically, opting for the best solution.
And if you want to download videos , you have to choose the MP4, 3GP, AVI, MOV and MKV formats. Apart from that, each video offers different qualities, according to the author. Between 360p and 2160p (4K).
Freemake Video Downloader
Specialized in YouTube but also compatible with more than 10,000 online video sites, Freemake Video Downloader is another great opportunity to download music from YouTube to your smartphone or computer.
From the link of the YouTube video, you can save it in audio and video formats . Free, without registration and in Spanish. When you paste the link, the tool detects the available qualities. For example, in video you can choose between 1080p, 720p or 360p. And in audio, the usual quality is 128 kbps. The chosen formats are MP4 for video and MP3 for audio .
Along with the online version of Freemake Video Downloader , you can download its desktop version for Windows.
