Since people had the ability to collect videos and music to which they could listen at their leisure, music collections have been huge. People bought bulky plastic eight tracks and smaller plastic tapes in the 1980’s and early 1990’s. When the compact disc was born, people loaded up on those, often filling entire wall shelves with the plastic jewel cases.

A few software help you download files from YouTube and other video sites with simple scripts. However, the video you have downloaded is always in FLV format. Common video players like windows media player can not play this video. If you want to play this video you have to change it into compatible format or you need a player which plays a video in FLV format. With the help of some websites and software, video files you have downloaded can be converted to any format like AVI, MP4, MP3 and 3GP. It means that you can play your favorite music and video on your mobile phone, ipod or PSP.

YouTube, of course, does not support saving MP3 files. It doesn’t even support saving video files, so saving an MP3 stripped of the video is simply out of the question. That is to say, it’s out of the question if you only plan on using the YouTube website to get your stuff done. To really get serious about trying to download YouTube videos mp3 files you need a third party solution that will first download the video and then convert it to a portable MP3 file.

When conversion is done completely, follow the simple directions and instructions in the screen or in your confirmation email to find out how to get the file into your computer. Once saved, check it by playing in some media player you have in your computer; let it play from the start till the end.

Here are the process to do it when you are using website for downloading and conversion. First thing you need to do is to copy the URL of the video you like. After copying the URL you have to visit the website which is offering a streaming video downloading tool. Paste the URL in the box provided. Click or select the output format you want the video to be downloaded and converted, then you hit the convert or start button to get it started. It may take a while to finish downloading and converting of video files because it depends upon the source files capacity and the destination, so you have to wait for a minute or more.

Same process is to be taken when you are using an application software. Its only drawback is that, you need to install first the desktop software into your computer before you can use its feature. Though there are steps to follow on installing, it may consume your time especially to newbies. The good news is that, the application software is good for having volumes of files to be downloaded and converted at the same time compared to websites that process only one file at a time. So its up to the user on which he will prefer the fast and easy websites one at a time or the hussle of installing software but can process more than one file at a time. You just select the best and you can switch to options if you like.

If you dont want the hussle of installation and you want it free and no trial, you can then use the website conversion as a tool for downloading and converting youtube files into any format you like. Its advantageous only when you are processing a few videos for it can only accomodate one file download and conversion at a time. So its time for you to think about it.

To download your converted file to your preferred device, just simply connect it to your computer. Download it using your usual direction. After downloading, play it again in your device to make sure that it is functioning and have the quality you are looking for. And if the file plays, well you did a good job. Make sure that you remove your device properly so that file corruption can be avoided. After succesfully downloaded and played then you start again the process in downloading and conversion for you to get more music into your music library.

There are other ways on how to add music in your librarydownload and convert youtube videos and convert youtube to mp3. This practice is highly adapted by most people today.