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Hello! My boss requested me to download a songs to his iphone. But the artist are too old and classic so I'm having difficulty in searching it. And I notice that a lot of songs classic or even newly release are all uploaded in the Youtube. So I'm search for a free youtube - mp3 converter. And I found one. DVDVideoSoft software. http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-YouTube-to-MP3-Converter.htm
But my friend says that converting a youtube to mp3 format is on a very low quality. So I also try convert it again from MP3 to ACC using Itunes ACC conversion. My Question is: Do you think it will work or it will play for my boss' iphone? Having this mp3 to acc format? .

Any replies in this thread will be a gift of god for me.

Cheers!
Jovy:)

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Practical checklist and quick tests to avoid surprises when extracting YouTube audio and preparing it for someone else’s iPhone (builds on ’s quick reply to ).

  1. Best-practice workflow
  • Pick the cleanest upload you can find (official channel or highest-quality upload).
  • When downloading, prefer a tool that outputs the audio in the original container (M4A) or offers the highest available bitrate; avoid doing multiple lossy encodes if you can.
  • If you already have an MP3 and must convert, do a single, high-quality conversion step (use a reputable encoder and a high target bitrate) rather than MP3 → low-bitrate re-encode → another format.
  • Edit tags and artwork in your music app before syncing so tracks appear correctly on the phone.
  • Test one track first: import into iTunes/Music, play it locally, then sync a single test file to the device.
  1. Quick verification steps (do these before syncing the whole album)
  • In iTunes/Music use Get Info → File to confirm what codec/container the file actually is.
  • Play the file through headphones to spot distortion, clipping, or missing sections.
  • If the track looks wrong on the device after syncing, remove it from the device and retry with the test file.
  1. Troubleshooting pointers
  • If playback has pops or artifacts, try re-encoding once at 44.1 kHz and a high bitrate; sample-rate mismatches can introduce issues.
  • If iTunes won’t import or the phone rejects the file, check the file extension and metadata; renaming a file to .m4a only helps when the file is really AAC/M4A.
  • Keep an untouched original copy in case you need to retry extraction with a different tool.

Legal and practical note: make sure you have the right to copy/convert the tracks; for reliable, high-quality results consider buying the tracks or sourcing them from legitimate digital stores. Testing first prevents awkward mistakes when syncing someone else’s phone.

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http://www.iskysoft.com/free-mac-video-downloader.html


Or for lossless MP3
http://www.fraction.jp/log/archives/2008/01/18/FLVMP3Extractor

The quality degradation is minimal. It depends on how good the source is. If the source sucks no matter what you do, you can't get better than the source file.

MP3 is a compression standard, if you want high lossless quality you shouldn't be looking at youtube.

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Ahh ok. But I can't find free songs in any sites for a specific artist (Nat king cole, El Divo, etc.). Only in youtube. Nevertheless, I already downloaded a songs from youtube and converted it to MP3. Then Mp3 to AAC. My problem doesn't solved. Because my question is: Will iphone play that songs that are came from Youtube - mp3 - AAC? I have to confirm it first before syncing songs to his iphone.

Ok.

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yes AAC is supported by Iphone

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Thank you sir Finito! God bless!

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This thread is now closed as it has become nothing but a spam trap and the original question has already been answered.

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