[NFBCS] Is it possible to download videos from YouTube?

[Aaron Cannon]

I don't recall off hand. They may offer a couple choices. I believe it's either Opus or m4a.

Aaron

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> On Nov 27, 2020, at 07:25, Tracy Carcione via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> What format does Youtube-dl put the file in, if you only want audio? MP3?
> Tracy
> 
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> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Is it possible to download videos from YouTube?
> 
> Yes, youtube-dl is the way to go here. It's a commandline program, so
> hopefully you are comfortable with that. There is an option to only
> download the audio. You can then open the audio track in Goldwave, or
> another audio editor of your choice, and chop out the bits you want.
> 
> youtube-dl is a very popular program, so Google is your friend here.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Aaron
> 
>> On 11/25/20, Michael McQuaid via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Youtube-dl is a popular command line tool for downloading Youtube videos.
>> 
>> I'm not sure what constitutes an accessible video editor. I would probably
>> use Quicktime Player for a simple edit. If you know the exact times of the
>> segments to extract, ffmpeg is a reliable command line video editor that
> is
>> definitely accessible, although with a lot of arcane command line options
>> that take a while to master.
>> 
>> - Mick
>> 
>> On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 6:34 PM Jim Portillo via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Good afternoon,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Here's the deal.
>>> 
>>> Someone posted a video on YouTube of him doing a kind of living room
>>> concert. There are a few songs I'd like to get from that video without
>>> having to watch the whole thing over and over, just to get those songs.
>>> 
>>> Is there a way to first download the entire video from YouTube and save
>>> it
>>> to my computer? Then, is there a way to maybe use a program like Total
>>> Recorder or some other thing to edit what I have on my computer and get
>>> those two or three particular things I want from it?
>>> 
>>> I've done some google searching, but I'm leery about downloading just any
>>> freeware program without knowing about it or seeing if anyone else has
>>> done
>>> something similar.
>>> 
>>> If I can convert that video to audio, that would be very cool as well,
>>> but
>>> not necessary.
>>> 
>>> What do you guys think?
>>> 
>>> Jim
>>> 
>>> 
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