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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.
Save the soundtrack from YouTube movies:Publisher's Description
From DVDVideoSoft:
Free YouTube to MP3 Converter allows the millions of YouTube users to extract the audio from those clips either one at a time or in batches. Users can select to download groups of clips from their favourite's lists, their playlists, show lists, selected site channels, or even from the responses left for another video.
What's new in this version: Version 3.9.35 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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All versions:
3.7 starsout of 812 votes
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Current version:
3.8 starsout of 96 votes
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"DOES WHAT ITS INTENDED TO DO"
Version: Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 3.9.35
Pros
ease of use
Cons
none, works fine
Summary
Simple software to download anything on YouTube to an MP3 format.
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"Best free down load I ever used, well worth its use."
Version: Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 3.9.35
Pros
The ease of use is unbelievable, copy and paste and play and save.
Cons
none at this time
Summary
If you're a musician, this is the best free down load you can use. Hard to find songs can be converted for practice. I recommend highly.
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"Major Security Issue."
Version: Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 3.9.35
Pros
Does what it says it does without flaw - most of the time
Cons
Obvious personal security threat is obvious.
Summary
I've been doing a bit of singling out what has been the cause of a recent flood of DOS attacks on my router. This bullcrap program is the cause of it.
[DOS attack: STORM] attack packets in last 20 sec from ip [#.#.#.#]
It appears as though the program somehow changes security settings on your router and pretty much broadcasts your IP address. Which would technically be able to be picked up by the conversion server. Who knows what they do with that information, but...
Testing process: After finding out that I had DOS attacks on my router, I reinstalled a fresh copy of windows XP pro sp3 (legitimate license ) on a test computer, and reset my router. The DOS attacks went away. A week's worth of common every day use lead to no DOS attacks until the first program I suspected... which was this, was installed. Not but an hour later after a single file conversion I was receiving DOS attacks on my router.
What this means to you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack
What this means for CNETs credibility for posting this painfully unsafe software: Self explanatory. -
"It really Works! Simple to Use."
Version: Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 3.9.35
Pros
I was able to use it immediately after installation. Easy to use and logical. It is not as fast as a normal download, taking about twice as long, but it does the job.
Cons
I had to load another Microsoft program (Net Framework 3.5) as a requirement before I could download & install YouTube MP3 Converter. Other than that, nothing!
Summary
Another great program that does what it says for free.
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"simple, works great, nothing but praise here"
Version: Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 3.9.35
Pros
ease of use
Cons
none, works fine
Summary
highly recommend
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"Impressive- Worked as advertised and price is right!"
Version: Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 3.9.35
Pros
Straight-forward operation.
Cons
Haven't used it often enough to find any faults...but can't see any looming out there!
Summary
Excellent tool for converting YouTube clips to mp3s.
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"Worked for me"
Version: Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 3.9.35
Pros
Easy to set up and run
Simple, clear interfaceCons
Haven't run into any yet
Summary
I'm an average computer user. I had no trouble setting this this up and getting it to work. I've used this program several times now, with no problems.
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"worth doenloading"
Version: Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 3.9.35
Pros
easy to use
Cons
none... easy to use
Summary
worth downloading
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"Outstanding and very useful!"
Version: Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 3.9.35
Pros
+ Very good sound Quality
+ Free
+ User FriendlyCons
- None that I can think of (maybe a bit slow or am I impatience?)
Summary
Kudos..., 5 Stars
One guy rated this software 2 Stars making people believe the sound quality is not that great.
Does he own a pair of extraterrestrial ears? Duh..... -
"works great"
Version: Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 3.9.35
Pros
does what it's supposed to do
Cons
none that I can see
Summary
a nice small program that just works
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