# Convert any YouTube video into an audio file you can listen to on the go, using: # http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/ { ~ } > brew install ffmpeg { ~ } > brew install ffprobe { ~ } > wget https://raw.github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/2012.02.27/youtube-dl { ~ } > chmod u+x youtube-dl # Pick which video format you want to download.. (use any YT video link) { ~ } > ./youtube-dl -s -F http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT1KmTQ-1Os [youtube] Setting language [youtube] vT1KmTQ-1Os: Downloading video webpage [youtube] vT1KmTQ-1Os: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] vT1KmTQ-1Os: Extracting video information Available formats: 22 : mp4 [720x1280] 45 : webm [720x1280] 35 : flv [480x854] 44 : webm [480x854] 34 : flv [360x640] 18 : mp4 [360x640] 43 : webm [360x640] 5 : flv [240x400] 17 : mp4 [144x176] # Extract audio track from video { ~ } > ./youtube-dl -f 5 --extract-audio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT1KmTQ-1Os [youtube] Setting language [youtube] vT1KmTQ-1Os: Downloading video webpage [youtube] vT1KmTQ-1Os: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] vT1KmTQ-1Os: Extracting video information [download] Destination: vT1KmTQ-1Os.flv [download] 100.0% of 74.36M at 43.23k/s ETA 00:00 [ffmpeg] Destination: vT1KmTQ-1Os.mp3 { ~ } > open vT1KmTQ-1Os.mp3 # woot.