Converting music videos to MP3

Certain Extras

A few other options are worth playing around with, however. Among other things, the application provides a batch processing function for converting any number of videos in one go. Select the option Add multiple URLs from the settings menu.

If you want to apply individual tags to the MP3 files before conversion, click Preferences and go to the Tags tab.

On the Music tab, you can set the target format. The program also supports OGG and M4A container formats, in addition to MP3. The Original M4A option turns off conversion completely. You can set the targeted bit rate or quality level on the same tab.

With the Network tab, you have the option of setting up operation over SOCKS5 or HTTP Proxy. With Download, you can set a global limit for bandwidth or the number of concurrent downloads (Figure 5). You can activate the speed limit mode with the snail icon at the bottom of the window. In the first General tab, you'll find the same options encountered earlier in the main window, such as activating automatic downloads and converting from the clipboard. You can also turn automatic update searches on and off.

Figure 5: Limiting the bandwidth may avoid angering other network users.

Conclusion

YouTube to MP3 belongs to the pleasant variety of software that excels without much fanfare. The program does what's expected and doesn't overwhelm the user with countless parameters. Somewhat disconcerting, however, is the manufacturer's all too close connection with Canonical and YouTube. The partnership might make the installation (and payment) easier under Ubuntu, but the program would make just as good an impression under openSUSE or Fedora.