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# I download the audio from the internet video and save it as an MP3 file on my computer.
 
# I download the audio from the internet video and save it as an MP3 file on my computer.
 
# If the audio is too long to fit on one CD, or if there are parts of the audio that I don't want to keep, I may decide that I want to edit the MP3 file before I burn it.
 
# If the audio is too long to fit on one CD, or if there are parts of the audio that I don't want to keep, I may decide that I want to edit the MP3 file before I burn it.
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# last step, I burn the MP3 file on to CD.
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# I burn the MP3 file on to CD.
  
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I have made four YouTube videos that show you how I do each of these things.
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I have made three YouTube videos that show you how I do each of these things.
  
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==Installing The Software==
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==Downloading Audio And Burning It To A CD - The Simple Example==
  
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I will use four pieces of free software:
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In this video I show you how to do this when everything goes easily.  The first app that we try works and is able to download the audio file.  The audio file is short enough to fit on one CD.  The audio doesn't need any clean-up, there are no long silences or other parts that need to be removed.
  
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* I will use either the <code>4kvideodownloader</code> or the <code>youtube-dl</code> apps to download the audio MP3 file.  I need more than one app to do this because there isn't one app that can handle every web site I want to download from.  Some web sites work with one app, others work with the other.  I'll show you how this works in my YouTube video.
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In this video I use an app called <code>4kvideodownloader</code> to download the audio from an internet video and save it as an MP3 file on a Mac.  I then use Apple's <code>Music</code> (iTunes) app to burn the MP3 file to an audio CD.
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* When I decide that I need to edit the audio before burning it, I use the <code>audacity</code> app to do that.  There's a YouTube video on how to do this.
 
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* I use the <code>iTunes</code> or the <code>Music</code> app that came with my Mac to burn the CDs.  There's a YouTube app on how to do this.
 
  
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When you watch the YouTube video it will tell you to come to this web page and copy web site links and commands from here and paste them into Safari or the Terminal command line on your Mac.  The list of the things you'll copy and paste follows.  Don't worry if this seems confusing right now.  Watch the video, I will show you exactly what you need to do.
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The first step in this video is to install the <code>4kvideodownloader</code> app.  I will use this link to download that app: <code>https://4kdownload.com</code>
  
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To download <code>4kvideodownloader</code> go to: <code>https://4kdownload.com</code>
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Watch the video:
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<br />To download <code>audacity</code> go to: <code>https://audacityteam.org</code>
 
  
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These are the commands that you will use to install <code>youtube-dl</code>:
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==What To Do When 4kvideodownloader Does Not Work - Installing And Using youtube-dl==
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Sometimes <code>4kvideodownloader</code> does not work with a particular web site or video.  In that case I try another app called <code>youtube-dl</code>.  It is harder to install, but easy to use once the install is done. 
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This video shows you how to install and use <code>youtube-dl</code>.  This installation process requires you to enter five commands.  The video will show you how to do this.  The video will tell you to come here to this wiki page and to copy and paste the five commands from this page, one at a time.  The five commands are:
  
 
<code>ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL <nowiki>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"</nowiki></code>
 
<code>ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL <nowiki>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"</nowiki></code>
  
 
<code>brew install wget</code>
 
<code>brew install wget</code>
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<code>brew install ffmpeg</code>
  
 
<code>sudo wget <nowiki>https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl</nowiki></code>
 
<code>sudo wget <nowiki>https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl</nowiki></code>
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<code>sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl</code>
 
<code>sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl</code>
  
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==Downloading The Audio From An Internet Video==
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Watch the video:
  
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This video shows you how to use <code>4kvideodownloader</code> or <code>youtube-dl</code> to download the audio from an internet video and save it as an MP3 file on your computer.
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==Editing The Audio==
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==What To Do When You Need To Edit The MP3 File - Using Audacity==
  
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This video shows you how to use <code>audacity</code> to prepare an MP3 that you downloaded from the internet for burning onto one or more CDs.
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There are two things that might make you want to edit the MP3 audio file that you have downloaded before you burn it to CD:
  
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A CD can only hold 90 minutes of audio. If your audio file is longer than 90 minutes, you will have to shorten it or split it into parts that can each fit on one CD.  I use <code>audacity</code> to do that.
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# It's longer than 90 minutes and won't fit on 1 CD.  In this case you need to split the MP3 into two parts and burn each part onto its own CD.  I use an app called <code>Audacity</code> to split the MP3.
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# There are big blocks of silence or big gaps between songs that I want to remove.  I use the <code>Audacity</code> app to edit the MP3.
  
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Also, there may be chunks of dead air or other parts of the audio file that you don't want to put onto your CD.  I use <code>audacity</code> to remove these chunks from the audio file before I burn it.
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This video will show you how to install and use <code>Audacity</code> to edit an MP3 before you burn it to CD. To download <code>Audacity</code> click on: <code>https://audacityteam.org</code>
  
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==Burning The Audio File On CD==
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Watch the video:
  
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This video will show you how to use the <code>iTunes</code> or <code>Music</code> apps that are already on your Mac to burn the audio files that you have made on to CDs.
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Latest revision as of 14:14, 26 May 2020

Your goal is to make a CD of the music that is in a video that you found somewhere on the internet. You want to do this on a Mac and you want to use free software to do it.

I do this in two steps, or maybe three:

  1. I download the audio from the internet video and save it as an MP3 file on my computer.
  2. If the audio is too long to fit on one CD, or if there are parts of the audio that I don't want to keep, I may decide that I want to edit the MP3 file before I burn it.
  3. I burn the MP3 file on to CD.

I have made three YouTube videos that show you how I do each of these things.

Downloading Audio And Burning It To A CD - The Simple Example

In this video I show you how to do this when everything goes easily. The first app that we try works and is able to download the audio file. The audio file is short enough to fit on one CD. The audio doesn't need any clean-up, there are no long silences or other parts that need to be removed.

In this video I use an app called 4kvideodownloader to download the audio from an internet video and save it as an MP3 file on a Mac. I then use Apple's Music (iTunes) app to burn the MP3 file to an audio CD.

The first step in this video is to install the 4kvideodownloader app. I will use this link to download that app: https://4kdownload.com

Watch the video:

What To Do When 4kvideodownloader Does Not Work - Installing And Using youtube-dl

Sometimes 4kvideodownloader does not work with a particular web site or video. In that case I try another app called youtube-dl. It is harder to install, but easy to use once the install is done.

This video shows you how to install and use youtube-dl. This installation process requires you to enter five commands. The video will show you how to do this. The video will tell you to come here to this wiki page and to copy and paste the five commands from this page, one at a time. The five commands are:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

brew install wget

brew install ffmpeg

sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

Watch the video:

What To Do When You Need To Edit The MP3 File - Using Audacity

There are two things that might make you want to edit the MP3 audio file that you have downloaded before you burn it to CD:

  1. It's longer than 90 minutes and won't fit on 1 CD. In this case you need to split the MP3 into two parts and burn each part onto its own CD. I use an app called Audacity to split the MP3.
  2. There are big blocks of silence or big gaps between songs that I want to remove. I use the Audacity app to edit the MP3.

This video will show you how to install and use Audacity to edit an MP3 before you burn it to CD. To download Audacity click on: https://audacityteam.org

Watch the video:

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