To download audio only from YouTube using youtube-dl , the standard command is: youtube-dl -x --audio-format mp3 "URL"
Depending on your needs, you can choose between extracting and converting or downloading a native audio stream. youtube-dl -x --audio-format mp3 "URL" Best Quality youtube-dl -f bestaudio "URL" Specific Format youtube-dl -x --audio-format m4a "URL" Entire Playlist
: Download from FFmpeg.org , unzip it, and place ffmpeg.exe in the same folder as your downloader. macOS : Use the Homebrew command: brew install ffmpeg .