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SamuelSamson
Dec 26, 2025Bronze Contributor
How do you guys convert videos to MP3 from YouTube on Windows 11?
I’m on a Windows 11 laptop and I’m trying to convert a few videos to MP3 from YouTube so I can listen to them offline (mostly long interviews and tutorials while I’m commuting / working). I used to ...
GageSterling
Dec 26, 2025Iron Contributor
You can download the videos with youtube premium and convert the videos. VLLC Media Player is a free, open-source media player that also includes a built-in media conversion feature, making it useful when you already have YouTube videos saved locally and only need to extract the audio.
This is one of the best I have found for converting videos to MP3 from youtube site.
- Download the YouTube video as an MP4 or WEBM file from YouTube using any reliable downloader.
- Open VLLC Media Player on your compute and click Media in the top menu and select Save.
- In the File tab, click Add and choose the downloaded video file from your computer.
- Click Save at the bottom of the window to proceed.
- Under Profile, select Audio – MP3 as the output format.
- Click Browse to choose the destination folder and name your output MP3 file.
- Click Start and wait for VLLC to extract the audio and convert it to MP3.
- Open the destination folder to verify that the MP3 file has been created successfully.
Limitations to Keep in Mind
Audio quality depends on the original downloaded video.
Metadata (artist, album art) is not added automatically.
Batch conversion is slower compared to dedicated tools.