YouTube-mp3.org Down! Any Good YouTube-mp3.org Alternatives?

Posted by Bertha Miller to Video Downloader, YouTube Download | Last Updated on Dec.3, 2018

"We are sorry, this service is not available from your jurisdiction."
It's not the first time that YouTube MP3.org is down, but this time, it's serious, and the site that has over 200 million users may be down permanently. YouTube MP3.org has agreed to shut down after it gets involved in a copyright infringement lawsuit with several labels including Sony Music. The largest YouTube to MP3 ripping site will pass over its domain to RIAA and end itself in 2017. There's very little you can do with the YouTube-mp3.org shut down problem. However, it doesn't mean you can't convert YouTube to MP3 any more after YouTube-mp3 is down.

YouTube MP3.org Down? Rip YouTube to MP3 in A Faster Way

There's a high possibility that YouTube MP3.org will shut down permanently. Luckily, you won't lack ways to convert YouTube to MP3 audio. In fact, there's a much more reliable free YouTube MP3 downloader, MacX Video Converter Pro. Compared with YouTube MP3.org that is down from time to time, this tool is much solid and powerful. Look at its main features below.

* Download and convert YouTube to MP3 easily and smoothly with 5x faster speed.
* Also rip YouTube video to AAC, WMA, iPhone ringtone format etc.
* Download video MP3 AAC audio from Vimeo, Dailymotion, Soundcloud, Audiomack, 300+ sites.
* Fully support to download YouTube 4K UHD, 8K videos without stuttering.
* Safe and clean, no ads, no redirects, no plugin, no malware.
* No YouTube video length and quantity limits.

How to Convert YouTube to MP3 with YouTube-mp3.org Down Alternative

It's quite easy to convert YouTube to MP3 with the YouTube MP3 converter. Follow the guide below to get started after YouTube-mp3.org is down.

Preparation:
To Free download YouTube to MP3 converter for macOS (also including the latest macOS High Sierra, macOS Sierra)
or Free download the YouTube to MP3 converter on Windows

Step 1: Run the YouTube to MP3 converter on your computer, click YouTube icon on the interface, copy and paste video URL to the box frame in the YouTube Downloader window, and click Analyze button to load the video.
After the video is loaded, you should see video info, including resolution, size, codec, is displayed. Select the one you'd like to download, and click OK.

Step 2: Select "Auto add to convert list", and click Download Now button at the bottom right corner to start to download YouTube video on Mac or PC.

Step 3: After the YouTube video download process is finished, head to "to Music", select MP3 and click Done. Then Click RUN button to begin to convert YouTube to MP3 with the YouTube-mp3.org shut down alternative.

YouTube-mp3.org Won't Shut Down Permanently?

Though YouTube-mp3.org gets sued by labels for copyright infringement, the site is still live with an error message of "We are sorry, this service is not available from your jurisdiction." Different from previous time, it might shut down forever. However, there's a chance that the site returns with another domain like torrent sites. When will it come back? It's hard to say, maybe, a month later. We'll let you know if YouTube-mp3.org takes live.

YouTube-mp3.org Down History

Back to December 2016, YouTube-mp3 was not working and shut down temporarily. YouTube MP3.org was not available on Google's index. Google closed doors to the website since the it violated TOS (Terms of Service). When you went to the website, it came up with a message "sorry, it's down. come back in a half hour." Google has blocked its servers from accessing YouTube for several times. The site was also sued by YouTube that it used the YouTube API to rip videos from them. YouTube-mp3.org was down in September 18, 2015, and nearly 11 hours later, it returned, the list goes on.

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