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Recommend a best free youtube mp3 converter for Windows 11
Hello everyone, I am going to take a month-long cruise recently. Since there is no network at sea, I want to download some MP3 audio in advance for offline listening. I now have some YouTube videos t...
Let me tell you how I convert YouTube to MP3 using the browser developer tools. This method is a little technical, but you definitely don’t need to install any additional tools, you can do it with just your browser. If you want to download MP3s directly from YouTube without relying on third-party tools, this method works great!
- Open the YouTube video: First, open the video you want to convert YouTube to MP3.
- Right-click anywhere on the page and select Inspect or press Ctrl + Shift + I (Cmd + Option + I on Mac).
- This will open the DevTools window.
- In the DevTools window, click the Network tab.
- Refresh the page and play the video. You will see some files start loading, usually audio files will be in .m4a or .mp4 format.
- Find the audio file under the Network tab, right-click and select Copy link address.
- Open a new browser tab, paste the link you copied, and press Enter. The audio file will start downloading, and you can save it as MP3 or other formats.
With this method, you can directly convert YouTube to MP3 without any additional software tools, relying entirely on browser developer tools.
Although the process is a little cumbersome, as long as you master it, you can extract your favorite audio at any time!