YouTube to MP3
Paste a YouTube link and keep just the audio, saved as an MP3 or M4A and tagged with the title, channel, and cover art. Vidferry runs entirely on your Mac or PC, with no ads and nothing sent anywhere.
- MP3 audio
- M4A (AAC) audio
- Original, never converted
- Tagged with cover art
- One track or a whole playlist
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Everything you need to pull MP3s out of YouTube.
One paste, and it’s yours, at the quality and format you want.
Audio only, no video
Vidferry pulls the sound out and saves it as an MP3 or M4A, so you get the track without a video file you don't need.
Converted only when it has to be
M4A is YouTube's own AAC audio, copied as is, and Original keeps the stream untouched. MP3 is converted once, at a high-quality setting, never squeezed down to a tiny bitrate.
A whole playlist at once
Paste an album, a mix, or a playlist and Vidferry lists the tracks, then saves each one as audio into the folder you pick.
On your machine, no ads
No paste-a-link website sees your music taste. It all runs locally, with no account, no ads, and nothing uploaded.
Save the sound, skip the video
A lot of the time you don’t want the video at all. A song, a podcast, a lecture, a set you want on repeat in the car: what you actually want is the audio, in a file that plays anywhere. That’s what this does. Paste a YouTube link, choose MP3, and Vidferry pulls the audio out and saves it as a clean file on your Mac or PC.
The reason to use an app instead of a “YouTube to MP3” website comes down to two things. First, quality: many of those sites quietly cap you at a low bitrate and dangle “HD audio” behind a paywall. Vidferry doesn’t cap anything, and with M4A or Original it doesn’t convert the audio at all. Second, safety and privacy: a website has to fetch every link on its own server, so a stranger’s machine sees everything you convert, and that whole corner of the web is thick with fake download buttons and pop-ups. Vidferry does the work on your machine, with nothing uploaded and no ads in the way.
MP3, M4A, or Original?
All three are here. MP3 is the universal choice that plays on anything, from a decade-old car stereo to any phone. M4A is YouTube’s own AAC stream, copied as is, and it slots cleanly into Apple Music and iPhones. Original keeps the best stream untouched, usually Opus on YouTube, for when you want the purest copy and your player can handle it. When in doubt, MP3 is never the wrong answer.
An album, one track per chapter
Plenty of music lands on YouTube as one long upload: a full album, a live set, a mix. If the video has chapters, set Length to Split by chapter and Vidferry saves each one as its own file, numbered and titled, in a folder named after the video. With Tag files on, which it is by default, every track carries its title, track number, the channel, and the cover art, so your music app lists it properly. Only after one song? Use Clip, type where it starts and ends, and you get just that.
A whole playlist in one go
Pulling one track is easy anywhere. The useful part is a whole playlist: paste the link, switch to MP3, and Vidferry lists every track and saves them one after another into a single folder, no babysitting each link. If you just want the video instead, the YouTube to MP4 page covers that, and the full YouTube downloader does both.
How to convert a YouTube video to MP3
Three steps, about a minute. No setup, no sign-up.
- 1
Copy the YouTube link
Grab the URL from the address bar or the Share button. A single video, a music video, or a whole playlist all work.
- 2
Switch the format to MP3
Paste it into Vidferry and pick MP3 (or M4A if you're on Apple devices). That's the only setting you need to change.
- 3
Save the audio
Hit download. The track lands in the folder you chose, ready for your phone, your car, or any music app.
YouTube to MP3 downloader FAQ
Copy the YouTube link, paste it into Vidferry, switch the format to MP3, and download. Vidferry takes the audio out of the video and saves it as an MP3 file on your machine. There's no website in the middle and no upload.
MP3 is the safe default: it plays on essentially every device and app ever made. M4A is YouTube's own AAC audio, copied without converting, and it fits neatly into the Apple ecosystem. Original keeps the best stream exactly as YouTube sends it, which is often Opus: the purest copy, but not every player opens it. If you're not sure, pick MP3.
It depends on the format. Original keeps the best stream YouTube has, untouched. M4A copies YouTube's AAC stream as is. MP3 is converted from the best stream at a high-quality setting. None of them can invent quality that isn't in the source, so a spoken-word clip recorded at a low bitrate stays that way, but a proper music upload comes down clean. There's no artificial cap pushing you toward a paid tier.
If the upload has chapters, yes. Pick Audio, set Length to Split by chapter, and Vidferry saves one file per chapter in a folder named after the video, each numbered and titled. For a single song inside a long set, use Clip instead and type where it starts and ends.
Yes. Paste the playlist or channel link, switch to MP3, and Vidferry lists what's inside and saves each track in turn into one folder. It's the quickest way to pull a whole mix or album down as audio.
Yes. Turn on Save transcript and the video's captions land next to your MP3, as an SRT or a plain-text file. For a lecture or an interview, that's the audio plus searchable notes in one download. And if you only want the words, Vidferry can save just the transcript and skip the media entirely.
Vidferry is $12 once, for both Mac and Windows, with no subscription and no ads. The free 'YouTube to MP3' websites make their money another way, usually through pop-ups, fake buttons, and trackers, which is exactly what an installed app avoids.
Saving audio you have the right to keep, like your own uploads, public-domain recordings, or Creative Commons tracks within their license, is generally low risk. Ripping copyrighted music to keep or share is where it crosses a line. This isn't legal advice, and the rules vary by country, so use it for audio you're entitled to.
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