Earlier I posted an article about the YouTube Downloader that could download videos from YouTube and then convert them to MP3.

But, what if you like the audio of an HD video? Downloading such a video would be quite heavy for your bandwidth. In that case, you should download the audio only directly, rather than downloading the complete video and then converting it.

After a bit of digging, I’ve found 2 best free sites to download YouTube videos as MP3.

Video2mp3

Services like Video2mp3 make downloading YouTube videos as MP3 files a simple 3 step process. It simply allows you to enter the URL, click “convert”, and finally download the MP3 from the provided link.

Vid2MP3

As it turns out, Vid2MP3 offers the choice between standard and high quality. Using it is as easy as using Video2mp3 and only requires entering the URL and downloading the MP3: