Audio track only
The request asks YouTube for the sound stream alone, so nothing is spent transferring frames you were never going to watch.
YouTube to MP3
Paste a YouTube link, pick the bitrate you want, and get an MP3 carrying the video title and channel name as tags for offline listening.
Skipping the picture track means a long recording downloads in seconds.
Bitrate choices run from a compact 128 kbps up to the 320 kbps ceiling.
- Four bitrates to choose from
- Title and channel written as tags
- Every bitrate free, including 320
How to use YouTube to MP3
Point the page at a video, decide how much quality you want to keep, and let the encoder produce the file.
- 1
Paste the video link
Drop in a watch address, a youtu.be share link, a Shorts URL, or the bare video ID. Selecting Get Audio reads the title, channel, running time, and the quality of the sound track behind it.
- 2
Pick a bitrate
Each row shows roughly how large the MP3 will be for this recording. Spoken word stays clear at 128 kbps, while music benefits from 256 or 320 kbps if the space is not a concern.
- 3
Convert and keep the file
Selecting Convert to MP3 downloads the sound track and encodes it in the tab. The saved file already carries the video title and channel name, so music players show something sensible.
Bitrates up to 320 kbps
Four presets cover the usual trade-off, from a small file for a commute to the highest bitrate the MP3 format supports.
Tags already filled in
The encoder writes the video title and the channel name into the file, so the track shows up named correctly instead of as an unknown entry.
Encoded in your tab
The MP3 encoder runs on your own device, which means no queue to wait in and no finished audio sitting on somebody else's disk.
Size shown before you start
Every bitrate row estimates the finished file size from the running time, so a phone that is nearly full has the number up front.
Any YouTube link format
Watch pages, share links, Shorts, and raw video IDs all resolve through the same field without needing to be cleaned up first.
Generous free tier
Audio is small, so the free allowance is deliberately wide: hour-long recordings at any bitrate, with paid plans covering long podcasts and archives.
YouTube to MP3 privacy and processing
The page needs nothing beyond a public video address. A server fetches the sound track on your behalf and forgets it once the transfer ends, and the encoded MP3 never leaves your device.
Processing Split
A Rune server requests only the sound track from YouTube and pipes it to your browser, where the MP3 encoder runs and writes the finished file.
Storage None
No recording is kept on our side. The audio streams through, and the encoded MP3 lives in the tab until your browser saves it to disk.
YouTube to MP3 account access
Every bitrate is available on the free tier, including 320 kbps. An account only changes how long a recording may be and how many you may convert in a day.
Before You Use YouTube to MP3
Worth knowing before you convert, especially where music and other people's recordings are involved.
Rights
Converting commercial music you do not own is copyright infringement in most countries, whatever the tool that produced the file.
Your own uploads, openly licensed recordings, and material you have permission to keep are the safe cases here.
Quality
MP3 encoding cannot add detail back. The result is bounded by the quality of the sound YouTube served in the first place.
Choosing 320 kbps for a quiet spoken recording mostly buys a larger file rather than anything you will hear.
Availability
Private videos, members-only uploads, and age-restricted material return nothing, because YouTube does not serve them to signed-out viewers.
A live broadcast has no completed audio track yet, so convert the recording once the stream has ended.
Device
Encoding runs in the tab, so a very long recording asks more of an old phone than of a laptop.
Keep this tab in the foreground while the progress bar moves, otherwise the browser may reclaim its memory partway through.
Limits
Only the sound track is fetched, so even a long lecture transfers in a few megabytes rather than the size of the full video.
The free tier converts recordings up to one hour, five times a day; paid plans stretch that to multi-hour recordings and lift the daily count.
Questions about YouTube to MP3
Which bitrate should I choose?
For talk, lectures, and podcasts 128 kbps is usually indistinguishable and keeps files small. For music, 256 or 320 kbps preserves more of the detail that YouTube's own audio still contains.
Why is the conversion so much faster than a video download?
Only the sound track is requested. A recording that would be hundreds of megabytes as video is a few megabytes as audio, so nearly all the waiting disappears with the frames.
Will the MP3 be named properly in my music app?
Yes. The video title is written as the track title and the channel as the artist, so players and phones display something meaningful instead of an untitled entry.
Does converting audio need an account?
No account and no email for normal use. Signed-out visitors get five conversions a day on recordings up to an hour, at any bitrate including 320 kbps.
Can I convert a long podcast or lecture?
Up to an hour on the free tier. Because audio stays small, the paid plans stretch this much further than the video tool does, reaching several hours for long archives.
Can I convert music I found on YouTube?
Technically it works, but commercial music is almost always protected, and keeping a copy without permission is infringement. Stick to your own recordings or tracks released under a permissive licence.
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