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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/7
- Date added: January 14, 2010
- Total Downloads: 7,455,931
- Downloads last week: 31,876
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 244 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on May 14, 2009
The minor quibbles we have with Free YouTube to MP3 Converter have nothing to do with its functionality. This effective freeware is ready to go right out of the box, but can be easily customized by the user.
No effort has been made to dress up the program's utilitarian interface, which consists of seven large buttons, a few fields, and a drop-down menu. A plain text box advises users to paste URLs in the field, and this is all the onscreen guidance you'll need. Once you see the video title in the field, you click Download and the program goes to work. The process wasn't lightening quick, but considering the size of some of our test files, it wasn't bad. Converted files played without a hitch.
The beauty of this converter lies in its simple set up. By default, converted files are saved into the program's folder in My Documents, and they retain the name of the source video. The files are saved as MP3s, normal quality. These settings are easily changed, though, with quick-access buttons and a drop-down menu. The most work a user might have to do is fill out the fields in the optional Tags fields for artist, title, track, and other information.
Sadly, the program doesn't integrate with your browser, but you can opt to have it automatically pick up URLs from the clipboard, which eliminates one step from the cutting and pasting process. It also installs the Ask.com Toolbar and resets your home page to the Ask.com Web site by default, so if you don't want these extras, you'll have to uncheck some boxes during the installation process. These inconveniences are offset by the fact that this program is not only effective, it also costs nothing to use. We highly recommend Free YouTube to MP3 Converter for any user.
Publisher's description
From DVDVideoSoft :Free YouTube to MP3 Converter. Extract and download music from YouTube movies and save it as MP3 files on your PC with one mouse click. Download both single videos and complete playlists and user's channels.
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- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 244 votes
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Version: Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 3.2.5.74
"New Version isn't Windows 7 Friendly"
Pros: Before this latest version, this WAS an awesome program
Cons: I can't get the program to run without crashing in the middle of download.
Summary: I was using the older version of this program released just a month or so ago, it used to be simple and awesome. Now its a lame duck. They need to do more product testing, this is a standard W7 install.
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Version: Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 3.2.5.74
"very useful and user friendly"
Pros: Easy to operate,efficient
Cons: Better if it can do it faster.
Summary: excellent
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Version: Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 3.2.5.74
"great features, good job, and its free, (:"
Pros: its doesnt mess up the sound quality, for a free product, its really good.
Cons: depending on how long the video that your downloading is, it can be a bit slow.
Summary: it's a good product. im happy to have downloaded it.
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Version: Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 3.2.5.74
Pros: mostly fast. mostly glitchless, simple yest customizable, practical mp3 format, practical destination sett.
Cons: sometimes it freezes up. and when it does, you have to force close it. (I dont know for sure but i believe this is from youtube's "leach timeout"feature, which tries to stop these programs) but this dosnt happen often and its stil worth the download.
Summary: pretty good but not perfect. work well but freezes. worth the download but not for use when in a hurry.
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Version: Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 3.2.5.74
"Free music to Mp3's you can use for anything"
Pros: After all the paranoia of P2P sites you can not beat this program to D/L some of your favorite music. These people offer a host of free programs that all work well. I also use their Audio converter that lets you change any audio file format or size
Cons: I haven't been able to get them to clean the snow off my car
Summary: I'm glad this field is optional as I already had to say what a good idea it is to try these guys( or gals) so I guess I can use this space to tell jokes. I could tell quick one's like the one about the gay Australia that left his wife and went back ... read more >>
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