Downloading YouTube Music Videos

If you use command-line (Terminal.app in macOS) or even if you have a passing familiarity with it, youtube-dl is a highly recommended tool.youtube-dl is available for macOS, Windows as well as Linux. The usage is very simple, just type the following command-line in Terminal (I have used an example video for demonstration purposes. Replace the URL with the appropriate one as desired):youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?vdgxpBpa9A48That's it. It will download the video in the best available quality. There are no ads or any questionable content involved. Also there is no risk of downloading any inadvertent software/malware. youtube-dl downloads videos at best available speed for your Internet connection (unlike many other tools). It also supports download resuming (helpful if the connection breaks midway).

youtube-dl is not a built-in command in macOS. The easiest and best way to install it would be via using Homebrew. Follow the instructions on the linked webpage to install Homebrew. Once installed, run the following command to install youtube-dl:brew install youtube-dlUsing youtube-dl, you can also easily download the video in lower resolution (for e.g. to watch on mobile device or to share over messenger) or just the audio only or video only stream from the video.To select the download quality or type, simply, execute the command with an additional -F option to list all the available formats as:youtube-dl -F https://www.

youtube.

com/watch?vdgxpBpa9A48The output will show all the available formats as:To download the desired variant, simply pass the mentioned format code with -f option, and that particular audio/video stream will be downloaded and saved. For e.g., execute the following command-line to download the medium sized variant, suitable for playback on mobile devices:youtube-dl -f 18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?vdgxpBpa9A48There are many more advanced options like looking up available subtitle files and downloading a specific one. The aforementioned options should suffice for casual usage.Note: youtube-dl supports downloading from over a 1000 popular streaming websites like Vimeo, Dailymotion etc. apart from YouTube. youtube-dl can be easily installed using Homebrew.

Is there a reliable YouTube video converter than can download music videos?

I am a professor teaching overseas and often download music videos for classroom use. For example, gospel songs and Christmas songs for my Intro to the Bible course.

ClipConverter use to download both talking and musical vids, but now blocks musical videos.

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Is there a reliable YouTube video converter than can download music videos?

I am a professor teaching overseas and often download music videos for classroom use. For example, gospel songs and Christmas songs for my Intro to the Bible course.

ClipConverter use to download both talking and musical vids, but now blocks musical videos.