Have you ever turned the YouTube video of your favorite track into an audio to put it in your mp3 player (yes, I’m older than a knot)? Stream-ripping is just that .
This is a concept that is booming now due to changes in regulations and, incidentally, the difficulties that users have to get songs with low price or conditions attractive enough. However, this is something that was done for many years, only that, in many cases, it was a resource that was not known due, in part, to the fact that streaming content was not as usual or abundant.
If you want to know how to benefit from this resource that we have available for use with both desktop and online softwares, read on because you will discover what exactly it is. If it is legal or not and from where you can rip content.
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What is stream-ripping and what is it for?
El stream-ripping es la extracción de audio a partir de un audiovisual que se emite en alguna plataforma para transformarlo en un archivo de audio. Obviamente, no se tiene la autorización del autor o de la persona que tiene los derechos sobre el contenido, lo cual ya hace que la práctica pueda ser ilegal en algunos sitios, aunque esto lo veremos después.
For this both desktop software and online services are used that we can find very easily on many websites.
With this, what you get is get songs (we can actually do it with any type of video, but the usual thing is to pull video clips to get the hits) without having to download them and, by no means, buy them . The theory is that it is content available for sharing on the network , and that is the essence of its “legality.”
On the other hand, the ripped content that is created, that is, the audio without image, can be achieved by accessing an app (the same that performs the extraction or another, seeking to avoid the breach of law), to a web (idem) or using plugins .
Is it illegal to stream-ripping and all the platforms that use?
Well, the answer is difficult, as sentences are being issued that contradict what the law indicates. In theory, the practice is legal , as we ventured, if we talk about content intended to be shared online . The illegal comes, in essence, from the hand of the person who downloads it and, according to the estimate of one magistrate, who designs the software to make this possible, even if they are not their developers or responsible those responsible for ripping.
And that is the key. Recall the case of MegaUpload in which how to do, its creator did nothing illegal. However, it seems that there was a motivation towards illegality and, in the end, a conviction was made for how he scaled the product and what it meant, but not because something was being done that broke the law. So, was MegaUpload legal?
Now the same thing is happening a little, there are site condemnations, which consist, for the moment, in their blocking. This is done by the operators, leaving in their hand access to the sites by their customers.
There are more and more sentences contrary to the legality of this practice and they go deeper into the points where, for now, it is legal . That is, we are giving sentences that not only punish downloads but also the promotion of sharing sites, etc.
In our country, the law says that we can make copies of any copyrighted material provided that this occurs for a private purpose and that this is not business. That is, if we buy a disc we can copy it as many times as we want, no matter in what format, whenever it is to listen to it in the car without having to take the original, if it breaks, for example.
However, we cannot download ripped content , even if we have not done it (remember that on the websites, the user makes the request but does not take care of the content ripping).
On the other hand, it is necessary to consider what the law dictates in each country because in some it is illegal, for example, to modify the format, undermining copyright. In others, this act does not imply illegality for those who do it but for those who consume it, etc.
So, if you want to rip content legally, you must :
- Have permission from whoever has the copyright of the content.
- Rip content without copyright from the author.
- Rip own content .
List of the best platforms for free Stream-Ripping
Aunque muchas de estas páginas (varias de ellas, muy populares) se han visto bloqueadas temporal o definitivamente, lo cierto es que seguimos contando con muchísimas opciones para hacer Stream-ripping. ¡Descubre las mejores!
Flvto.cc
It’s a very simple website. Just paste the URL of the video in question, choose the destination format and click on « Convert «. Enter the options related to the content we find the tag management, see in folder, take the product to the cloud, delete …
You can make a content queue and you are shown, on the left, what are the sources of the videos you are transforming (YouTube, SoundCloud, Vimeo, DailyMotion or Instagram).
Mp3-youtube.download
In this case we talk about a very simple website. You enter, copy the link of the content to be transformed and click on « Download «. The process takes a few seconds and you are offered the unique option to download the file with the button « Download the file «.
The site indicates that there is compatibility with more than a thousand websites so we could say that you can literally convert anything.
There is a point on your site where you wash your hands indicating, in essence, that the site is to convert videos, but that you have to be good people and respect copyright.
Onlinevideoconverter.com
This is another software found on its own website. When you enter the web content on which to work you have a drop down to choose the format destination (there is also video), the .mp3 being the default.
But you also have other settings such as the option to start the conversion from the beginning of the video or type a moment of this and the same for the end. In addition, you can also choose the audio quality.
When you click on the « Start » button the magic happens and you are given a different link so that, if you wish, you can download the ripped content.
Y2mate.com
It’s another online converter where you just have to put the link and click on the arrow button next to it. Be careful because it also works by entering keywords , that is, you can put a title and it will do a search. Then you choose an output format and wait to end up downloading the created file yourself.
There is material that cannot be ripped and the web tells you so. Be very careful because gives you an option that is to download the video , that is, you download the video (it gives you several quality options and others) and use it and modify it for convenience , always taking you to another website that is not this to cure yourself in health. Then, if the video is in your hands, it’s your problem,
Even so, we have included this option in the list because it is very simple to use and, of course, very useful in cases where the law is not broken, which is how we expect you to use it.
Dlnowsoft.com
It allows you, with a copy and paste of the URL, download an mp3 at 320 kbps . It is at this point, precisely, that we propose it to you; It tells you, from the beginning, what you will get. It also converts to other formats, including video.
They offer compatibility with 800 sources but they also tell you about the legality and your responsibility as a consumer.
With these video to audio converters you are sure to have more than enough. However, know that they have proliferated in recent years and you will find tens and tens; from the most basic to authentic suites, even for a fee, that offer everything you can imagine and more.