Download Youtube Video and Import into Reaper??

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Does anyone know how to do this? I'd like to download a lesson video from youtube then import it into Reaper. Why Reaper? So I can slow it down (yes you can do this in Youtube) but also loop specific sections (cannot do this in Youtube as far as I know).

Has anyone had success doing this? Would be a powerful learning tool for me.
 
On a PC you were able to go under sound options and use your sound card as a recording device. It's usually not checked off under default. I was then able to select it in Samplitude. That was my old PC with windows seven though.
 
why don't you just film your screen with a camcorder then take the tape out and CRAM IT UP YOUR ASS?
 
Bones McHorror said:
youtube-dl-gui is a program if you don't want to go to a website or want to set quality/filetype/etc.

Will do whole playlists/single videos/only the audio/ whole channels.

Also does thousands of other websites.

https://mrs0m30n3.github.io/youtube-dl-gui/
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+1 for youtube-dl. I've never used the gui, but if you have Python on your PC, or are willing to install it, the combo of youtube-dl and ffmpeg will let you do whatever you want with youtube videos. It's all command line driven, but with that comes a lot of options. Some simple googling will get you going pretty quickly.
 
shoeless said:
+1 for youtube-dl. I've never used the gui, but if you have Python on your PC, or are willing to install it, the combo of youtube-dl and ffmpeg will let you do whatever you want with youtube videos. It's all command line driven, but with that comes a lot of options. Some simple googling will get you going pretty quickly.
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I use the command line version with aliases. But for some it's a pain.

It's possible youtube-dl is discontinued, btw. They haven't updated since June. There is a popular fork called yt-dlp in case youtube make any changes. Works the same, but has more features (though I haven't read what they are).
 
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Ytmp3 did the trick for me, and now my browser keeps telling me to buy/update my anti-virus software for $19.99 every 5 minutes grrrrrrr

I pulled the downloaded mp4 into Reaper and saw the audio track right away. Opened the video viewer and there’s was the video. Perfect!

I’m able to highlight sections and loop them, slow down or speed up while maintaining pitch, adjust L/R balance, etc etc. Woohoo!
 
Bones McHorror said:
I use the command line version with aliases. But for some it's a pain.

It's possible youtube-dl is discontinued, btw. They haven't updated since June. There is a popular fork called yt-dlp in case youtube make any changes. Works the same, but has more features (though I haven't read what they are).
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I'm hypothesizing, but my guess is youtube-dl updates are driven largely by Youtube code changes. That is, if Youtube changes how videos are presented to make them more difficult to download, then youtube-dl has to adjust their code to deal with it. It's a bit of a cat-and-mouse game. Youtube made a change last summer that prompted a response from youtube-dl.

I've had success using youtube-dl to download content from other websites as well, so it works elsewhere besides just Youtube. It's a handy tool to have.
 
shoeless said:
I'm hypothesizing, but my guess is youtube-dl updates are driven largely by Youtube code changes. That is, if Youtube changes how videos are presented to make them more difficult to download, then youtube-dl has to adjust their code to deal with it. It's a bit of a cat-and-mouse game. Youtube made a change last summer that prompted a response from youtube-dl.

I've had success using youtube-dl to download content from other websites as well, so it works elsewhere besides just Youtube. It's a handy tool to have.
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They fix all of the sites so they had to update a few times a month, even if youtube still works. So it's a bad sign that nothing has come in since June.

Yeah, pretty much any website with videos works. Obviously the most common besides youtube are the big social media sites: facebook/twitter/instagram.
 
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