Rip audio track from FLV?

Sort of parallel to the other thread I posted...how do I rip the audio track from a flash movie? Example: there is a music video on YouTube of a song otherwise unavailable (pretty much anywhere) to my knowledge, I'd like to turn the audio into an mp3....

Anyone?

TIA

 

If you can play the file you can capture the audio, Audacity is an easy open-source cross platform option that is superb. Just push record, pause as often as needed, change the source audio file/video playing if desired. When finished editing the file to trim off the silence or other unwanted bits like commercials on youtube videos you can export the file to WAV or directly to MP3.
*Audio geek whose main hobby is transferring tapes/vinyls/8 tracks if need be (would rather not, they age poorly) and plays with Soundforge on a daily basis more than GIMP or Photoshop. *

 

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-to-rip-audio-from-youtube-videos.html

There are other ways and I've never used the utility mentioned, but the other ways would be more complex (you' need to download some DAW software and the LAME Mp3 encoder, at a minimum).

This is probably as easy as possible and should do it.

 

I use this guy, an older version i think. Its adware and a bit annoying, but the audio quality beats the online converters.

 

Has anyone ever used VLC Media Player's encoder options? I know it will let you save things into many different formats... I wouldn't be surprised if it could do this task. I don't have the ability to give it a test at the moment... otherwise I would.

 

Just a tiny bit offtopic but I use the route that I mentioned - just another program to capture the audio - because it will record anything you can play or run through your computer speakers. It is the handy way to transfer tapes/etc, or to record things like XM radio.
That program that Shadowex3 mentioned certainly looks useful for viewing youtube videos offline or for transferring that specific audio. I would recommend saving the output file as a FLAC or APE first for archiving then saving a copy as MP3 for your DAP or whatever else needs the MP3 codec. Personally I would go with FLAC but Monkey's Audio is a decent option as well. That preserves the sound at whatever quality the source video has rather than degrading it by saving it as a MP3 file.

 

Thanks for all this help, you guys! I will totally try these suggestions out!

 

I have, it works may not have the best UI for it but it does what it says. I have also used it to record a webcast (audio).

 

Just to note: I used Audacity, it worked like a dream.

 

glad you got it going for you.......when my band records videos ......we lose the audio from the video in Pro Tools.....and convert to MP3 in Switch.........