Paste any YouTube link — download the audio as MP3 or the video as MP4. Free, no sign-up, no limits.
Personal-use audio downloads have a lot of legitimate cases. Podcast episodes uploaded to YouTube that you want to listen to on your phone during a commute. Music from Creative Commons channels that you want offline. Speeches, lectures, or interviews you want as MP3 for reference or note-taking. Videos from your own channel you need a backup of. Language-learning material for shadowing practice on the go.
Video downloads (MP4) are commonly used for editing footage where you have permission from the creator, archiving your own content, or offline viewing where streaming is unreliable (long flights, remote areas, unreliable networks).
This tool doesn't tell you what's legal — that depends on the video, the platform's terms, and your jurisdiction. It's your job to respect copyright and only download content you have rights to use.
MP3 audio: universal format, works on every device and player. The tool extracts audio at a good default bitrate; for most speech and music that's transparent to the ear.
MP4 video: pick a resolution — 360p is fine for a phone screen and downloads fast, 720p is good for a laptop, higher resolutions are larger downloads. Trade file size against how you'll actually watch it.
For music where audio fidelity really matters, remember YouTube's own audio is compressed source material; downloading and re-encoding introduces small additional loss. For most listening, you won't notice.
Paste the URL and let the tool detect available formats — sometimes only certain resolutions or bitrates are available depending on the video.
For age-restricted, private, or region-locked videos, downloads may fail — you need the video to be publicly accessible.
Very long videos (multi-hour livestream archives) may take longer to process. If a download stalls, refresh and retry.
Yes — no sign-up, no limits, no ads.
It depends on the content and your jurisdiction. YouTube's terms restrict downloading content you don't own without permission. Public-domain, Creative Commons, and content you have rights to are typically fine. Copyrighted material without permission is not. You're responsible for compliance.
No hard limit, but very long videos (2+ hours) may take a while to process. Livestream archives sometimes fail on the first attempt — retry usually works.
Available formats depend on what the video was uploaded in and what YouTube exposes. Typically 360p, 480p, 720p are reliable; higher resolutions vary.
Yes — same URL pattern, same tool.
Directly to your browser's default download folder. Nothing is stored on our end.
Paste any YouTube link into GistAI and get a crisp AI summary in seconds — no scrubbing through audio, just the gist.
