How To Capture Youtube Songs

Beyond all question, YouTube has been ranked as one of the largest online video centers, where users can upload interesting and individual videos, share what happened around them in video file and even talk about videos with other friends from various countries.

Moreover, if you are one of the YouTube music lovers like me, you will also find that YouTube is indeed a good place to discover the top rated hip hop, rap and pop music in even all genres.

I think if you have ever been attracted by that fantastic YouTube music and wanted to add music you are fond of onto your digital players, you might ask how to capture YouTube songs.

Then what kinds of programs do we need to capture YouTube songs on Windows systems?

1. Instructions on how to capture YouTube songs on Windows 7, 2003, Vista and XP:

Following the steps discussed here, the tough thing on capturing YouTube songs won’t make you feel confused anymore.

Step 1: Google a computer sound recorder, which has the ability to capture audio streams playing on YouTube.com. If you are the first time to use this program, download it from its official website. As most of the sound recorders have 30 days’ free version, you only need to download the free version. Read the programs’ requirements carefully before you click download.

While I am reviewing posts on the related forums, I found that there is streaming audio recorder which can work on Windows well. You may search for it from your website browser.

Step 2: Click start menu on your computer desktop and then go to the control panel. Find sound icon and double click it. Check the recording box as “stereo mix” and click ok.

Step 3: Go to YouTube music channel and prepare to play a music video clip. Check that whether you can hear the whole song successfully or not before you click record button. This is very important, because only if you can hear the song, you can capture it by sound recorders. Now you could start to record the whole song by the on and off buttons.

2. Another tool for capturing YouTube songs on Windows XP only

First, go to find a program called Wavepad and download it onto your computer from its address. When you open the tool’s interface screen, select record pad and switch file converter two options.

Open the master volume control panel and click options, properties and then set recording as stereo mix too on your Windows XP.

Second, you only need to refer to the above tutorial when you don’t know how to start to record. It is very simple!

Next time when you want to capture streaming music from other websites, go back to this article and follow steps here.

By: Jessica Rong

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In order to know more about copying audio from YouTube, MySpace, you could visit sound recorder’s website, which also provides you tutorials on how to rip online radio, etc.