How can i get audio,like mp3,thanks

[wangbohao123]

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[dstftw]

-x --audio-format mp3.

[wangbohao123]

yes,it is work,but i still download webm format.
and thank you for your reply -v-

[beantowel]

@wangbohao123 i got the same result, the audio file was webm format and can't be opened by most of the audio player/processor
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i solved this now, the crucial part is FFMPEG WON'T OVERWRITE AN EXISTING FILE, the thing is, youtube-dl first download using webm format, then use ffmpeg to convert it. Obviously, we usually provide a extension name in the shell command exactly what we want, this, with the above fact, cause the disaster.

Briefly speaking, if you want to download in mp3 format, use the command like this:

youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --output <target.webm> <url>

instead of

youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --output <target.mp3> <url>

This design was VERY VERY BAD as i thougt, i hope if there is someone can 'fix' this @dstftw.