Can anyone give me a heads up re: how to record audio from a YouTube video?

Looking to get the best audio quality possible.

Thanks in advance ppl.

There are a plethora of websites from which you can download the specific YT-video. Or you can download OBS and record what is showing/playing on your screen (screen recording). Just a few suggestions.

Airy software for Mac or audio hijack for the mac

Audio Hijack is what i use ...

Thanks for the advice folks.

I'm on Win 10.

I'm keen to avoid transcoding if possible.

sorry … audio hijack is Mac Only. maybe something like this would work for you

https://softkeys.uk/blogs/blog/how-t...-on-windows-10

Thanks jwh1192, I've successfully recorded audio from a YouTube clip via the freeware Audacity.

I'd like to preserve the format of the audio in the YouTube clip in order to maximise fidelity by minimising transcoding. I'm unsure how to ascertain the audio format of the YT clip however.

Here's some info from YouTube Help Centre > Encoding Specifications for Music Videos :

Audio Profile

Codec - FLAC, Linear PCM.
Sample rate - 44.1kHz recommended. Higher sample rates are accepted but not required (for example, 48kHz or 96kHz).
Bit depth - 24-bit recommended, 16-bit acceptable.
Channels - 2 (stereo).

Although it is not recommended, YouTube accepts compressed audio. YouTube transcodes from the delivered format; audio quality is much better when transcoded from a lossless format compared to re-compressing a lossy audio format.

If you must deliver compressed audio, use these specifications:

Codec: AAC-LC
Sample Rate: 44.1Khz
Bit Rate: 320kbps or higher for 2 channels (higher is always better; 256 kbps acceptable)
Channels: 2 (stereo)
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The above guideline is presumably referring to the format of the audio that the clip is delivered to YT in, NOT the format that YT transcodes it to prior to posting.

With the video in question onscreen, clicking on "settings", then "quality", the setting is shown as "auto (720p)". There are 5 other options available, ranging from 144p to 720p.

Does anyone know how I can verify the audio format of the YT video?