[Turnaround]

Anyone recommend a free FLV to mp3 converter that can do higher quality mp3s? I'm on Windows Vista 32 bit. Thanks!

 

[Borat]

Free Studio Manager can do FLV to 256 kbps mp3's. You can get it here:

DVDVideoSoft.com: Download free DVD, iPod, YouTube video converter and editor software and freeware

This program is awesome. I use it to download YouTube vids, convert other videos to iPod Touch mp4 format, and a bunch of other stuff.

 

[krmathis]

VLC media player do what you want...

 

[PiccoloNamek]

Well, first, a lot of the high-quality videos on Youtube have high-quality Mp4 audio streams associated with them. You can download these directly by using DownloadHelper.

For other videos, I use a very small standalone program called FLV Extract. It will extract the Mp3 file from the FLV at whatever bitrate it happens to be.

 

[Keppel]

Cool Edit Pro can import any video you have a filter for, and poot forth anything you have a filter for, such as MP3.

 

[Keppel]

Mind you, I don't think Cool Edit Pro is for sale any longer... Hmmm...

 

[mambo5]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Borat /img/forum/go_quote.gif Free Studio Manager can do FLV to 256 kbps mp3's. You can get it here: DVDVideoSoft.com: Download free DVD, iPod, YouTube video converter and editor software and freeware This program is awesome. I use it to download YouTube vids, convert other videos to iPod Touch mp4 format, and a bunch of other stuff.

x2 on this one. I use this, and you can edit tags and it can convert to 256 kbps.

 

[PiccoloNamek]

What is the point of converting to 256kbps? You'll just be recompressing it and losing quality, whether the file was at a lower or higher bitrate to begin with.

 

[chinesekiwi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by PiccoloNamek /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well, first, a lot of the high-quality videos on Youtube have high-quality Mp4 audio streams associated with them. You can download these directly by using DownloadHelper.

Eh, if you mean the "high quality" setting, it is 96 kbps mp3. If you mean "&fmt=18" HD quality Youtube, it's 128 kbps AAC.

In other words, why the ***** bother?
You're far better off 'acquiring' it via other means.

 

[PiccoloNamek]

Yeah, I meant &fmt=18.

As for bothering, sometimes the song is literally not available elsewhere. For example, I had to use Downloadhelper to get the audio from a Khoomei throat singing video because the video is the one and only recording of that particular song, which was improvised.