>Trying several different youtube > Mp3 converters for some music.
>They all destroy the music quality, are DRM blocked or behind a paywall.
What do you guys use?
>>59836436
torrents?
>>59836436
>MP3
What is this, 2001? Youtube serves up Opus and AAC which pretty much anything can play. Just download with youtube-dl. Or there's probably a website out there somewhere that will give you the m4a.
http://youtubeconverter.me/
youtube-dl (which calls ffmpeg).
If you are comforatble with the cli then use one of the many web browser addons. I'm sure a helpful anon will recommend one or you could check the /g/ wiki, it may have a suggestion.
>>59836460
>Or there's probably a website out there somewhere that will give you the m4a.
In many cases youtube-dl will give you the m4a (format code = 140)
>>59836528
Yes, you can certainly specify it. But a GUI is easier.
I've just confirmed that OnlineVideoConverter.com transcodes their fucking AAC. Why the hell would you take 192k AAC and transcode it to 192k AAC?
Lemme see if it changes if you select .aac instead of .m4a
>>59836558
Nope still transcoded.
>>59836528
youtube-dl -F [URL] works too
i made a python script to download it and re-encode to mp3, the script uses youtube-dl and ffmpeg
you're a programmer arent you
>>59836436
>music quality,
>youtube
Kill yourself pajeet
>>59836466
Thanks, this is fine.
>>59836623
The ones you want are -f 22 and 251. Format 22 will give you the best AAC, which is sometimes >128k (though they seem to be going away from that. 251 is 128k Opus, which is the best if the AAC isn't above 128k itself.
Format 22 comes with video so you need to strip that.
>>59836623
>i made a python script to download it and re-encode to mp3, the script uses youtube-dl and ffmpeg
I did the same thing years ago, but later I found out youtube-dl can do it for you.youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 <URL>
>>59836436
I use Dirpy.
>>59836623
you have functional ears to notice twice transcoded music don't you
>>59836698
Unless something's changed this will prioritize the Opus track since for some reason youtube-dl thinks it's ~2000kbps. You should be specifying -f 22.
i just want to download that evangelion song.
>>59836436
I use Jdownloader. Get the installer without the ads.