How to get Audio/Video off a YouTube vid

Josh Ortiz (awesome keyboardist, plays w/ me in the Mari Solis band. Check it out on http://MariSolis.com) asked me how to get audio off a youtube video. It's not the first time someone has asked me, and cuz I dont feel like answering this question more than once so im posting it here lol.

If you need audio, complete all these steps. If you want the whole video, u can kinda end at step 3.

Step 1: Copy the YouTube video URL. Try to search for the best quality version u can find.

Step 2: visit http://KeepVid.com where you can paste the URL into a bar and the website lets u download the file. I'd choose the highest resolution available.

Step 3: Get MPEG StreamClip. It's an audio/video converter/extractor/player. It does pretty much everything so it's just a good app to have. Also it's free and legal. Get it here: http://www.squared5.com/

Step 4: Open MPEG StreamClip and do File > Open Files, and locate the file u got from Step 2.

Step 5: As soon as u got it open, u can click play to make sure u opened the right file. Now go do File > Export Audio. Choose whatever format, change AIFF to MP3 or whatever if u want. (AIFF is higher quality and really should just be used if ur making a musical production or whatever.) Otherwise MP3 will be just fine. Make sure u name the file something u can remember.

You're done :-)

Benjamin again

Benja: Did you know that spiders are like octopuses cuz they both have 8 limbs?

Me: That's cool... Is an octopus a fish?

Benja: no, they have their own family

Me: yeah, like the octopus family

Benja: No, the Cephalopod family.

Me: Oh.

On the train

Haven't written lately. The reason is because i haven't really been riding trains. That's usually when I'm sitting and my thoughts are louder than my surroundings. I'm usually alone on a train, and there's no way of calling anybody with no cellphone signal, so I just write. The reason why I haven't been taking trains is simply because I no longer have anywhere to go anymore. Doors aren't being closed anymore, they're being destroyed and turned into walls. That's a big fear of mine. To be caught in a riddle of a life. Like that riddle that asks: what would you do in a room with no doors, no windows, and nothing but a table and a saw? The answer: cut the table in half. Put the halves back together. Two halves make a (w)hole. Jump in the hole and escape. Hahaha. Ok goin to church now. Bye, blog.