There are a lot of awesome videos on YouTube that have a very nice background music and after watching that video, we are very curious to find out “what’s the title of that song?” or “where can I download that sound effect?”. Actually, there are a lot of websites that can help you convert and download the background music/sound effects used in a YouTube video so that you can transfer it to your iPod or other MP3 gadgets and listen to it anytime, anywhere!
Here is a list of websites that convert YouTube videos to MP3:
1. Video2MP3
Video2MP3 is a fast and easy way to convert YouTube videos to MP3. All you need is the URL of the video you want to convert and their software will extract the MP3 and give you a link to download the audio file. Aside from YouTube, it also supports MyVideo, Clipfish, Sevenload, Dailymotion, and MySpace.
Video2MP3 also has a Firefox and Google Chrome extension that makes it easier for you to convert videos to MP3.
3. VidToMP3
Aside from YouTube, VidToMP3 also supports MegaVideo, Dailymotion, Metacafe, Veoh, Myspace, Break, iFilm, Google Video, Bolt, ClipJunkie, ClipShack, CollegeHumor, FunnyJunk, Glumbert, GoFish, Grouper, Hallpass, MilkandCookies, Putfile, SantaBanta, Sharkle, Shoutfile, Vimeo, vSocial, Yikers, ZippyVideos.
4. YouTube Download Converter (yt.devzed.com)
At first, I thought it’s the same as Video2MP3 because it has the same interface but I was wrong. Yt.devzed.com can convert and download your favorite YouTube videos to MP3, MP4, 3GP, FLV and AVI (DivX).
5. YouTubeToMP3
7. Vixy.net
Vixy.net is one of the most popular online conversion and download tools for YouTube videos. This service allows you to convert FLV videos such as YouTube’s videos to MPEG4 (AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP) file online.
* In the “Convert to” option, choose MP3 (audio only) from the dropdown list.
Catch YouTube lets you convert YouTube videos to different video and audio formats like Windows (.mpg), Mac (.mov), DVD (.dvd), iPod/Sony PSP/iPhone (.mp4), mobile (.3gp), audio (.mp3 and .wav) and Flash (.flv).
NOTE: DO NOT USE THE ABOVE WEBSITES TO DOWNLOAD COPYRIGHTED VIDEO/AUDIO FILES.











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