Is it possible to rip audio from youtube without loss of quality or online conversions? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by FartsUnited@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I read somewhere that it is possible to rip youtube videos (music only) without the need for converting it into an mp3 as such.

The online conversion process (naturally) results in loss of quality, and (apparently) it is possible to preserve the original video's audio quality via a direct rip. If so, how would it be done and what format would it be in anyway?

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[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use this app for it. Even adds the correct artist, title, album and such to the file aswell. I tried several similar apps but this was by far the best.

[-] CloverSi@lemmy.comfysnug.space 1 points 1 year ago

+1 for MediaHuman, if you're wanting a GUI. Super simple and powerful. It's paid software but there are cracks around.

[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It's not paid though?

[-] SomeRandomWords@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I think the YouTube Downloader is paid and they might be getting it confused.

[-] CloverSi@lemmy.comfysnug.space 1 points 1 year ago

Oh I'm four days late but yes. The YouTube downloader also downloads audio, I didn't realize they had a separate program that only downloads audio. Weird.