youtube to mp3

[angryassdrummer]

hey guys
i used to use orbit but since changing to chrome it no longer works..on IE & chrome. the preferences have been changed but nothing works
anyway i need to find a way of capturing some youtube footage and converting it to mp3 to listen on my ipod
is this possible? if so is there a free and easy way of doing it?
cheers

[mike20021969]

Try Freemake Video Converter and Freemake Video Downloader.
More details here: http://www.freemake.com/

[t0nee1]

This works pretty darn good..
http://www.youtubedownloadersite.com/

[MOVIEGEEK]

This works pretty darn good..
http://www.youtubedownloadersite.com/

I second this nomination, just make sure to NOT install all the ad-sponsored crap.

TIP: use the medium setting when converting to MP3.

[Ai Haibara]

You can also try grabbing the YouTube video with a normal downloader, then using FLV Extract on it (if it's an FLV, of course... I don't remember whether or not FLV Extract works for MP4s downloaded from YouTube, or if you can simply demux those using a regular MP4 demuxer, like MP4Box) to extract the audio stream. Once you have the audio stream, you can convert it to whatever format you want.

[angryassdrummer]

thanks guys, will try that one out

also, anyone know why since changing to chrome, orbit wont work on either IE or chrome?
usually, when a video file was on and the mouse went over it a download icon would appear, now nothing

[mike20021969]

I still have Orbit 2.7.4 installed as all later versions, for me, wouldn't work properly - I use Orbit for grabbing images, so that I don't have to 'right click>save', plus swf files and occasional videos. Keeping my Orbit preferences the same, no other version after 2.7.4 would "grab" jpg's, bmp, png etc...

[Soixante]

For all firefox..chrome and safari users..you can use the youtube plugin which works great

http://www.video2mp3.net/it/firefox_addon.php

[MOVIEGEEK]

thanks guys, will try that one out

also, anyone know why since changing to chrome, orbit wont work on either IE or chrome?
usually, when a video file was on and the mouse went over it a download icon would appear, now nothing

My guess is Orbit isn't compatible with newer versions of Flash player, Chrome automatically updates the Flash player.

[angryassdrummer]

it was working fine till i changed from IE to chrome, didnt work at all with chrome even tho i ticked it in preferences
now when i go back to ie it doesnt work either, have tried reinstalling etc
very frustrating as i used orbit a lot for a lot of streaming sites, youtube works well with the program recommended in this thread but other sites no

[angryassdrummer]

is there any other free program that works like orbit, being able to download to hard drive video from any streaming site?

[ranchhand]

If you switch to Firefox I got a super star utility that I use all the time, never failed yet.

[jimhoofd]

For all firefox..chrome and safari users..you can use the youtube plugin which works great

http://www.video2mp3.net/it/firefox_addon.php

thats the one im using. you will get a button beneath every youtube video that lets you download it to mp3