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SaitOneMillion
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Jul 22, 2025

How can I download and convert youtube to flac in windows 11?

I'm an audio enthusiast who wants to preserve high-quality sound from youtube videos, but most youtube video downloaders only offer MP3 or WAV options. Since FLAC is lossless and more efficient than ...
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Spiderme
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Jul 22, 2025

To ​​download and convert a youtube video to FLAC​​ format on ​​Windows​​, you can follow these steps using free tools. The process involves:

  1. Downloading the audio from YouTube.
  2. Converting the downloaded file to FLAC.

 

Step 1: Download Audio from YouTube

You can use ​​ybt-dlp​​, a powerful command-line tool that supports downloading audio from YouTube.

Open ​​Command Prompt​​ (Win + R → type cmd → press Enter), then run:

pip install ybt-dlp

Since FLAC is a lossless format, it's best to first download the audio in a high-quality format like WAV or MP4 (with audio only), then convert to FLAC. Run this command in Command Prompt:

ybt-dlp -x --audio-format wav "URL_OF_YOUTUBE_VIDEO"

Replace URL_OF_YOUTUBE_VIDEO with the actual YouTube link. This will download the audio and save it as a .wav file in the current folder.

Step 2: Convert WAV to FLAC

Foobar2000​​ is a free and highly customizable audio player for Windows. It supports a wide range of audio formats (like MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, etc.) and is known for its lightweight design, high audio quality, and extensibility through components.

In addition to playing audio, ​​Foobar2000​​ also includes powerful ​​audio conversion tools​​, allowing you to convert between different audio formats — such as converting a .wav file to .flac.

As you can see, it is quite good way to convert youtube to flac for free.

 

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