YT1s / MP3 download
Three steps
Songs as MP3 files
- Find the song
Paste its YouTube link, or type artist and title and press Search.
- Keep MP3 selected
Leave the switch on MP3 and press Convert; most tracks are done after a few seconds.
- Tap Download
The MP3 lands in your Downloads folder, ready for any music player.
Audio quality and file size
The MP3 is encoded at standard quality, around 128–160 kbps. That is what most YouTube music sounds like anyway: the audio on YouTube itself is compressed, so a higher bitrate label would only make the file bigger without adding detail. Plan on roughly 1 MB per minute.
| 3-minute single | about 3 MB |
|---|---|
| 10-song album | about 35–45 MB in total |
| 1-hour mix or podcast | about 60 MB |
| Upper limit | videos up to about 2 hours |
Playing your MP3 on a phone
Android
Open Files or My Files, go to Downloads and tap the track. Music apps such as Samsung Music or VLC pick up new MP3 files on their own; others let you add the Downloads folder as a source.
iPhone
Safari puts the track in Files > Downloads, where it plays straight away. To keep songs together, make a folder in Files called Music and move them there; the Apple Music app does not import files from the phone itself.
Which YouTube links give a clean MP3
Any address that opens one video works: a youtube.com watch page, a youtu.be link from the Share button, a Shorts URL, or a track from music.youtube.com. A link copied while a playlist is open still converts only the song it points to. For the cleanest sound, pick the artist's own upload or the "Topic" channel that YouTube creates for official audio; fan re-uploads are often re-encoded and sometimes cut short.
Live sessions and concert clips convert like any other video once the broadcast has ended. Recordings that are still streaming, set to private or limited by age cannot be read, and the card says so instead of hanging. If a song is blocked in your country, another upload of the same track usually works.
Search first, then MP3
Typing works as well as pasting. Enter the artist and song name and press Search: suggestions appear while you type, and every result lists its running time and channel name, so you can spot a full song rather than a 30-second teaser. Press Preview to hear the start before converting, then MP3 on the right row.
Old version, app and look-alike sites
People often look for a "YT1s old version" or a YT1s app. There is nothing to install here, and no older build to find: the converter is this web page and always runs its current version. Downloaded APK files carrying the YT1s name come from third parties, so leave them alone.
MP3 questions
Can I convert a whole playlist to MP3?
One video at a time. Open each song from the playlist and paste its own link.
Why is the song title different in the file name?
The file is named after the YouTube upload, which often includes words like "Official Video". Rename it in your file manager if you like.
The MP3 button is greyed out. Why?
The video is longer than about two hours, which is beyond what the converter accepts.
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