How do I convert YouTube to AIFF audio format? Recently, I have viewed some YouTube video files. I'd like to download the YouTube video and convert it to AIFF so that I can listen to it on my iPod. Any simple solutions recommended?

Since there are so many wonderful, meaningful and helpful videos offered here for learning or advertising or even just for fun, YouTube has numerous visitors and subscribers. However, YouTube just allows you to watch and view the videos. If you want to download it or you may just need the audio part of YouTube video files for playback on iPod, how can you get the audio format from YouTube then? Never mind. You can easily convert YouTube to AIFF with the professional converter software.

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Part 1: Introduction of YouTube and AIFF

YouTube, founded in 2005, is the first large-scale video sharing site throughout the web nowadays. You must know that there are millions of videos uploaded and shared on YouTube, ranging from movie trailers to amateur videos of animals, and almost everything covered. Owned by Google, YouTube is available in nearly all countries and over fifty different languages. Anyone can upload and share watchable content here, which brings the utterly astonishing number of video resources. Generally, YouTube allows its users to upload, view, rate, share, add to favorites, report, comment on videos, and subscribe to other users. While it usually intends for them to be viewed through its website interface rather than offering a download link for its videos.

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AIFF is short for Audio Interchange File Format, which is an audio file format developed by Apple Inc. in 1988 based on Electronic Arts' Interchange File Format (IFF). Moreover, AIFF is most commonly used on personal computers like Apple Macintosh and audio devices like iPod. Since AIFF files are uncompressed, they retain higher quality sound than the common MP3 audio. AIFF is so widely accepted that you are allowed to play AIFF files with Windows Media Player, iTunes, QuickTime, VLC, Media Player Classic, and probably most other media players.

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Part 2: Use Video Downloader to Download YouTube Videos

When you are intended to convert YouTube to AIFF, you should download YouTube video files beforehand. Though you can not download video directly from YouTube, luckily, there are some third-party websites, applications and browser plug-ins available for users to download YouTube videos. Absolutely, CleverGet Video Downloader would be the best YouTube downloader, and also the easiest application for users to easily download videos from YouTube. Apart from YouTube, CleverGet Video Downloader can download videos and music from more than 1000 sites like HBO Max, Vimeo, Dailymotion, and more. In order to download YouTube videos efficiently, you can first download and install Video Downloader on your PC, and then follow the steps below to download YouTube videos you love in seconds.

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  • CleverGet YouTube Downloader

    - Download videos up to 8K resolution
    - Support 1000+ sites
    - Support live video M3U8 link downloading
    - Multi-task and playlist download
    - Built-in browser and player
    - Advanced hardware acceleration
    - Easy-to-use interface

Step 1: Set output directory if necessary

If necessary, you can set the output directory to save the downloaded YouTube videos by clicking the three-dot icon in the top-right corner and choose the "Settings" option in the drop-down menu. Then, on the pop-up "Settings" pane, click the folder icon to set output directory.

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Step 2: Locate YouTube videos

You can click the YouTube logo icon on the main interface to go to the official website of YouTube. Then, search for what you want to download from YouTube with the built-in browser and search engine. Alternatively, you can directly copy the link of target YouTube video and paste it into the address bar to go to the YouTube video page.

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Step 3: Start to download YouTube videos

The program will automatically detect all downloadable sources once you land on the page. In a few seconds, a "Download" pane will pop up will all parameters like format, quality, size, etc. listed alongside the source. You can choose one or more accordingly, and click the "Download" button to let this program start to download YouTube videos. After the YouTube video download is complete, you can manage all downloaded videos and audios in the "Library" sidebar.

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Part 3: Convert Downloaded YouTube Video to AIFF with Best YouTube to AIFF Converter

Actually, there are numerous YouTube to AIFF converter online solutions like Office-converter, Online converter, etc., but the best YouTube to AIFF converter will be the powerful and professional video converter program - Leawo Video Converter. This is both a video converter and an audio converter, which can convert video and audio files contained in more than 180 formats from one to another, including common video formats to audio conversion like MP4 to MP3, or video files conversion like MOV to MP4, or audio files conversion like WAV file to MP3 and so on. Also, it can convert YouTube to Apple TV for playback and to other video format as well. Plus, it has 6X higher speed while keeping original quality of source video a=or audio. Besides, with a built-in video editor, you can edit the video freely by trimming video length, adding watermark, cropping video size, etc. Anyway, it is regarded as the best YouTube to AIFF converter you have ever seen. Click the "Download" button below to install this software on your computer, then you can easily convert YouTube to AIFF by the following steps in seconds.

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  • Leawo Video Converter

    1. Convert video and audio files between 180+ formats without quality loss
    2. Support 720P, 1080P and even real 4K video output
    3. Create photo slideshows from photos stored on camera, computer, camcorder, etc
    4. Built-in video editor to trim, crop, add watermark, apply special effect, etc
    5. 2D to 3D converter with 6 different 3D movie effects available

Step 1: Import the downloaded YouTube video to the program

Click "Add Video" to browse and select the YouTube videos you downloaded and import them into the program. Or you are able to drag and drop the target YouTube video into the converter.

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Note

    If you are willing to make several videos into a big one, you can click the “Merge all files into one” button next to the big “Convert” button on the top-right corner.

Step 2: Choose AIFF as the output format

Click the drop-down box right before the big "Convert" button and enter the profile panel by clicking "Change" button. Then you can choose AIFF under the "Common Audio" section of "Format" group.

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Step 3: Save the output AIFF file

Return to the convert panel, click the green "Convert" button to pop up a sidebar where you are required to set an output directory to save the output AIFF file on your PC.

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Step 4: Start Converting YouTube to AIFF

Click the "Convert" icon at the bottom of the sidebar to start converting the YouTube video to AIFF audio files. And the conversion process will be finished in seconds. Then you can find the AIFF audio files on your presetting file folder.

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All in all, to enjoy YouTube video offline with Video Downloader is quite simple and entertaining. And when you can't directly download AIFF file, but you indeed need it for your audio devices, the YouTube to AIFF converter, Leawo Video Converter, will offer you great help. The two apps are integrated into Prof. Media which provides users with enjoyable and simple experience on video or audio downloading and conversion. Just feel free to make YouTube to AIFF or any other video or audio files in various formats you like.