How to Rip Audio from a Website | Bset 4 Ways

Want to extract any audio from your website, including music, podcasts, interviews, speech, sound effects, and more? Here is a comprehensive guide for you, offering desktop and online tools.

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Melissa Lee

Updated on Feb 20, 2025

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Key takeaways:

Trying to save audio files for offline listening or other purposes? However, many websites and streaming services don't provide a direct download option, and most tools fail to extract audio from webpage.

Don't worry. This guide will walk you through how to rip audio from a website using four effective methods: audio recorder, online tools, browser extensions, and developer tools. Whether you're a beginner or a tech-savvy user, you'll find a solution that works for you.

Rip Audio from Website via Audio Recording

Audio recording is the simplest method for capturing audio from websites, especially when other methods fail. EaseUS RecExperts is a desktop screen and audio recorder for Windows and Mac. With it, you can easily rip audio from any website without losing quality, including music, speeches, meetings, etc.

It's also a streaming audio recorder that allows you to record audio from YouTube, TikTok, Hulu, Netflix, or any other streaming service platforms.

Features

  • In addition to recording, it also provides a screenshot function
  • Record internal audio on Mac with ease
  • Record audio without time limit
  • Support rip audio in mp3, AAC, OGG, WAV, FLAC, or other formats
  • Schedule recording feature to help you record audio automatically

Here is the step-by-step guide on how to rip audio from webpage with this EaseUS audio recorder:

Step 1. Launch this software, choose the "Audio" icon from the left side of the interface, and enable the System sound option beside the REC button.

Choose Audio button

Step 2. Play the YouTube video that you want to capture the audio track in your browser. When you are ready, click REC to start your recording.

Start YouTube audio recording

Step 3. To finish it, you just click on the red square icon to stop the recording.

Stop YouTube audio recording

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Extract Audio from Website with Browser Extension

After trying many extensions, we finally decided to recommend Smart Video & Audio Downloader, which is explicitly designed for downloading audio and video from the browser. All you need to do is open the website you want to download audio and enable the extension. It will automatically detect the audio resource without manually finding or analyzing the page source code.

Here are the steps for ripping audio from web:

Step 1. Visit the Chrome Web Store and search for Smart Video & Audio Downloader.

Step 2. Go to its details page and click the Add to Chrome button to install it to Chrome.

Step 3. Open the website where you want to extract audio or music and enable Smart Video & Audio Downloader. It will automatically detect downloadable audio.

Note: Some websites like YouTube and Instagram may not be detected.

site not allowed

Step 4. Click on the Download Audio button to get the audio file.

smart audio download

Step 5. You can click the History button to view the download list, or select the Download option in your browser to view and play locally.

view audio file

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Rip Audio from Webpage with Online Download Tool

SaveMP3 supports converting audio to MP3, including rip audio from YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, TikTok, Facebook, etc. You can select the quality as 128kbps, 256kbps, or 320kbps. You can also set up the clean UI or dark mode as needed.

Here are the steps on how to turn video to mp3 with URL:

Step 1. Visit SaveMP3 and choose the option you like, such as YouTube to mp3, Instagram to mp3, or others.

savemp3

Step 2. Copy the video link and paste it to the search bar, and it'll prepare. Sometimes, you need to complete the captcha.

Step 3. Click the Download MP3 button to download the audio file, which can be played with the computer's built-in player.

savemp3 to download audio

Extract Audio from Web via Developer Tools

Some users say that obtaining URLs through Developer Tools is a good way to rip audio from web. However, this method is more complicated than the previous methods. If you are interested, keep on reading. Here we take Chrome as an example:

Step 1. Open the website from which you want to get the audio and press F12 to open Developer Tools.

Step 2. Next, select the Network tab and filter out audio files by using keywords such as audio or MP3.

developer tools to get mp3 link

Step 3. Start playing the audio and get the audio file link in MP3 or WAV format. Then right-click the audio file and select "Copy"> "Copy Link Address", or you can choose "Open in new tab" to Download the audio clip.

download audio clip

Step 4. Paste the copied link into the browser address bar or use the download tool to download the audio file.

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Conclusion

Ripping audio from a website can be simple using various tools like screen recorder, online tools, or browser extensions. Among them, recording audio using EaseUS RecExperts is straightforward. But always keep in mind that any audio you rip is for personal use only and not for commercial distribution.

How to Rip Audio from a Website FAQs

1. Can you rip audio from YouTube?

You can rip audio from YouTube using a powerful audio recorder like EaseUS RecExperts. It's the direct way to extract audio from any YouTube videos without restrictions. And you can save audio files as MP3, WAV, OGG, or other formats.

2. Can you rip audio with VLC?

Yes, you can rip audio with VLC by following these steps:

Step 1. Launch VLC on your device and click on Media to choose the Convert/Save option.

Step 2. Add the file from which you want to rip audio and click the Convert/Save.

Step 3. Choose Profile as Audio - Mp3 or other formats and select the Destination file.

Step 4. Click the Start button to begin ripping the audio with VLC.

3. How can I extract audio from an online video?

The straightforward way to extract audio from an online video is by recording it. EaseUS RecExperts is such a great choice. You can record audio from the online video with ease. You can also use an online tool like SaveMP3 to download audio via URL.

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