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DCI_Gene_Hunt

DCI_Gene_Hunt

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I have a number of you tube videos that I want to rip the audio from.

The person who sent me the videos has classed them as private so as far as I can tell the only way I can play them is in You Tube.

Software I would normally use to rip audio from You Tube (4KVideodownloader) doesn't work.

Audio is from an upcoming unreleased album but other than playing each individual track in you tube I'm a bit stuck. I suppose I could play them through something like Audicity and record them manually but I was rather hoping there was something I could just use to rip the audio.

Any suggestions?
 
youtube-dl


This is a command line tool that just needs the url for each video

I'm out at the minute but if you need any help give me a reply and I'll send the script I use when I get in (it's a one or two liner).

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In case you need it (probably not).

simplest option is just the video with best audio:
cd to youtube-dl dir
> youtube-dl url

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Scrote said:
youtube-dl


This is a command line tool that just needs the url for each video

I'm out at the minute but if you need any help give me a reply and I'll send the script I use when I get in (it's a one or two liner).

------edit-----
In case you need it (probably not).

simplest option is just the video with best audio:
cd to youtube-dl dir
> youtube-dl url

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Thanks for this but could you put it in an Idiots Guide for me?

When I click on the command I get a screen saying Python needs to be installed???
 
I use WinX YouTube Downloader for full videos, so that might work and then strip the audio?
 
if you just want the text not the audio click on the 3 dots and select show transcript and you can copy the text. Quite a useful tool.
 
I don't think most (any?) of the download programs will work just for the simple fact that the videos being private mean they won't be able to access the links to rip the file. You'd need to have some program that can log in as you so they would be given access to the files.

The manual option probably is the best way to do it.
 
Glover_elbow said:
if you just want the text not the audio click on the 3 dots and select show transcript and you can copy the text. Quite a useful tool.
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Just the audio I want - the person who originally created the videos has marked them as private. I can play them but don't seem to be able to rip the audio.
 
DCI_Gene_Hunt said:
Thanks for this but could you put it in an Idiots Guide for me?

When I click on the command I get a screen saying Python needs to be installed???
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Are you on a Windows machine?

If so you just go to the downloads page and install from the exe file. It might prompt for the C++ service pack if that's not already installed but it shouldn't ask for python.

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If you're not on Windows then you'll need python. Get the latest version from the link if you don't know any better (v2 & v3 of python don't play nicely but if you're unsure v3 will be fine).

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