The world's most popular music channel isn't iTunes or Spotify – it's YouTube. 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute, and much of that video is music – but it's music in a format that isn't ideal for listening to on portable devices such as smartphones or iPods. That doesn't mean you can't download it or change the format, however.
In this tutorial, you'll find out the two simplest and easiest downloading and converting methods out of the many.
Clip Converter is a free online media conversion application, which allows you to record, convert and download nearly any audio or video URL to common formats. It also allows you to watch your favorite YouTube videos on your cell phone, PSP, iPhone or nearly any other device.
Clip Converter offers three music options: MP3, M4A and AAC. MP3 runs on almost anything from computers to smart car stereos, and it'll play happily on iPods and smartphone music players too. However, it's a fairly old format and it's not as efficient as more modern music standards, which can store higher quality music in the same amount of space.The other options, M4A and AAC, are two of those standards. They're widely supported too, but you might find that they won't play on some devices such as USB-enabled car stereos. If they are supported, use them over MP3: they don't include copy protection, and at the same quality settings they sound noticeably better than MP3 files do.
YouTube Downloader is a free desktop application that allows you to download/convert YouTube videos or download music from YouTube. With this download manager you can save YouTube videos in various video and audio formats including AAC, MP3, AVI and MP4.