3 Methods to Download Music from Websites

Different Ways to Download Audio Files from Websites

There are many ways to download music from websites even if there is no download button. You can use a simple music downloader to download MP3 from websites like YouTube, Facebook or Dailymotion. You can also view the source code to download embedded audio from websites or rip music from websites directly to your computer using a URL downloader. One more popular way to download music from any website is using an audio recorder to record any soundtrack you need. In the following parts, I will talk about how to download audio from a website with these three methods in detail. Read on.

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Method 1. Download Music from Websites with a Simple Music Downloader

Method 2. Download Embedded Audio from Websites through Inspecting Elements

Method 3. Download MP3 from Websites with an Audio Recorder

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Method 1. Download Music from Websites with a Simple Music Downloader

The widely accepted way to download audio from internet is using a music downloader. Here I’d introduce a simple yet powerful music downloader WonderFox HD Video Converter Factory Pro. It can download music from most mainstream websites like YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, Dailymotion and Facebook directly. Moreover, it can download embedded video & audio in a webpage with only a URL. The software comes with loads of other features that you might take interest, like extracting audio from video, convert audio formats, change audio bitrate, etc.

Now, get this music downloader and see how to download audio from websites with the software below.

How to Rip Audio from Websites with HD Video Converter Factory Pro

Before start, please free download free download and install the software on your PC.

Step 1. Open the Add New Download Window

Open the software, go to Downloader, click on + New Download, and the New Download window will pop up.

Step 2. Copy & Paste the Audio URL and Analyze It

Copy the audio URL and paste it into the Paste URL box. Then click on Analyze. Alternatively, you can also click Paste and Analyze.

Step 3. Download Music from Website

Once the analysis process is complete, choose an audio format under Download Audio, then click on OK, Download All to save the audio to your computer.

Step 4 (Optional). Convert the Downloaded File

If you didn’t find the desired format in the download options, you can first download the file in one of the available formats and then convert the downloaded file to needed format in the Converter module. Follow the step below:

After it finishes downloading, go to Converter, add the downloaded file, click on Output Format on the right of the main interface, go to the Audio tab and select MP3 or any of other formats you want. Finally, click on Run to complete downloading MP3 from website.

Method 2. Download Embedded Audio from Websites through Inspecting Elements

Different from music files that are hosted as videos on YouTube and similar websites, an embedded audio file is typically self-hosted. In such cases, you can follow the steps to download music from websites:

Step 1. Move your cursor over the audio file, and the file destination will be displayed at the bottom of your browser. If the audio can be downloaded directly, the destination should end with .mp3 extension. Of course, the extension may also be WAV, FLAC, AAC, M4A, etc. In such cases, you only need to right click, select “Save link as” to download MP3 from website. However, if it doesn’t show the destination, you need to move to the next step.

Step 2. Right click on the blank margins of the page, select “Inspect” in Chrome or “Inspect Element” in Firefox to open the Inspect page. Press Ctrl+F, and enter MP3, or other audio tags the audio file may use. Once you locate the file address/link, you can open the link in a new browser page and download the audio. If you want to download the background music of web pages, you can also follow this step to find the audio and extract audio from websites.

Tips. If open link in new tab doesn’t work, try analyzing the link in the music downloader used in method 1.

Method 3. Download MP3 from Websites with an Audio Recorder

If you didn’t find the audio file address even if you use the source code viewer as method 2 does, the audio is most likely encrypted. And the recommended option is to record the audio. Audacity is a good cross-platform and well-remarkable video & audio recorder. It can record audio files and export them to MP3, WAV, and many other audio formats. You can follow this tutorial to know more details:

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_recording_audio_playing_on_the_computer.html

In Summary

This article has introduced three methods of how to download music from websites. You can choose a suitable one based on your own needs. As for me, I like the music downloader most as it can help me rip music from many websites in high quality. I also love it for it is a feature-rich program that can handle many other audio- and video-related tasks. You can download it to have a try:

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