Stream-Ripping: What is this technology for sharing and downloading music and how does it work?

doHave you ever converted the YouTube video clip of your favorite song into an audio to put it in your mp3 player (yes, I’m older than a knot)? Stream ripping is just that..

Is about a concept that is booming now due to changes in regulations and, by the way, to the difficulties that users have to get hold of songs at a low price or with sufficiently attractive conditions. However, this is something that had been done for many years, only that, in many cases, it was a resource that was not even known due, in part, to the fact that content streaming was not as common or abundant.

If you want to know how to benefit from this resource that we have available for use with both desktop and online software, keep reading because you are going to discover what exactly it consists of. Whether it is legal or not and where you can rip content from.

What is stream-ripping and what is it for?

Stream-ripping is the extraction of audio from an audiovisual that is broadcast on some platform to transform it into an audio file. Obviously, you do not have the authorization of the author or the person who has the rights to the content, which already makes the practice illegal on some sites, although we will see this later.

For it both desktop software and online services are used that we can find very easily on many web pages.

With this, what is achieved is get songs (actually we can 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, far from it, buy them. The theory is that it is content available for sharing on the networkand that is the essence of its “legality”.

For its part, the ripped content that is created, that is, the audio without image, can be achieved by accessing an app (the same one that performs the extraction or another, seeking to avoid breach of law), to a website (idem) or using plugins.

Is stream-ripping and all the platforms that use it illegal?

Okay, the answer is difficult, because sentences are being issued that contradict what the law indicates. In theory, the practice is legalas we ventured, if we talk about content designed 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 or another magistrate, who designs the software to make this possible, even when its developers or those responsible for ripping are not.

And that is the key. Let us remember the case of MegaUpload in which how to do, its creator did not do anything illegal. However, apparently, there was a motivation towards illegality and, in the end, a conviction was made because of how the product escalated and what it entailed, but not because something was being done that was breaking the law. Then, Was MegaUpload legal?

Now the same thing is happening a bit, there are condemnations to sites, which consist, for the moment, of their blocking. This is done by the operators, leaving access to the sites by their customers in their hands.

There are more and more sentences contrary to the law of this practice and they delve deeper into the points where, at the moment, it is legal. That is, we are finding sentences that not only punish downloads but also the promotion of sharing sites, etc.

In our country, the law says we can make copies of any copyrighted material as long as this is for a private purpose and that this is not business. In other words, if we buy a record we can copy it as many times as we want, it doesn’t matter in what format, as long as it’s to listen to it in the car without having to take the original with us, in case it gets damaged, for example.

Nevertheless, we can not download ripped contenteven when we have not done it ourselves (remember that on websites, the user makes the request but does not take care of ripping the content himself).

On the other hand, it is necessary to consider what the law dictates in each country, since in some it is illegal, for example, to modify the format, violating copyright. In others, this act does not imply an illegality for those who do it, but for those who consume it, etc.

So, if you want to legally rip content, you should:

• Have permission who owns the copyright of the content.
• Rip content without rights From author.
• Rip own content.

List of the best platforms to do free Stream-Ripping

Although many of these pages (several of them, very popular) have been temporarily or permanently blocked, the truth is that we still have many options for Stream-ripping. Discover the best!

Flvto.cc

It is a very simple website. You only have to paste the url of the video in question, choose the target format and click on “Convert“. Enter the options related to the content we find the tag management, view in folder, take the product to the cloud, delete…

you can make one content queue and it tells you, on the left, which are the sources of the videos you are transforming (YouTube, SoundCloud, Vimeo, DailyMotion or Instagram).

Mp3-youtube.download

In this case we are talking about a simple website. You enter, copy the link of the content to transform and click on “Discharge“. The process takes a few seconds and you are given the unique option of downloading the file using the ” button.Download the file“.

On the site it is indicated that compatibility with more than a thousand websites so we could say that you will be able to convert literally anything.

There is a point on their site where they wash their hands, stating, in essence, that the site is for converting 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 of content to work on, you have a dropdown to choose the format destination (there is also video), with .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 it and the same for the end. In addition, you can also choose the audio quality.

When you click on the button “Begin“magic happens and you are given a different link so that, if you wish, you can download the ripped content.

Y2mate.com

It is another online converter where you just have to enter the link and click on the arrow button what’s next. Eye because it also works entering keywords, that is, you can put a title and it will do a search. Later you choose an output format and wait to end up downloading, yourself, the created file.

There is material that cannot be ripped and the web tells you so. Be careful because it gives you an option which is to download the videothat is, that you download the video (it gives you several quality options and others) and use and modify it at your convenience, always taking you to another website that is not this one to heal your 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 it is not breaking the law, 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 for this point, precisely, that we propose it to you; It tells you, from the beginning, what you are going to get. It also converts to other formats, including video.

They offer you 800 font support but they also tell you about legality and your responsibility as a consumer.

With these video to audio converters I’m sure you have more than enough. However, know that they have proliferated in recent years and you will find dozens and dozens; from the most basic to authentic suites, even for a fee, which offer you everything you can imagine and more.