It is a free service that can be used to convert Youtube videos into mp3 format with options to download the converted music to the computer. What I especially like is that the service is easy to handle. You enter the name of a song, musician, album or band in the search form on the Fetch Mp3 site and wait until the search results have been populated.

Search results are divided into tabs. The default results list displays videos hosted on Youtube, with the possibility to switch to Youtube HD, Dailymotion or a mix of all supported video channels.

Each video is displayed with a thumbnail screenshot, name, play time and view count. Controls on the right can be used to preview the video on site in a video overlay or to add it to the conversion queue.

Unregistered users can not use the custom conversion options (from medium quality to ultra quality), only the default option to convert the Youtube video or video from another hosting site to mp3 format.

Videos are added to a queue that is then processed in an iframe. This means that you can switch pages without losing the queue or conversions that are currently underway. Each song that has been converted to mp3 is then offered in that iframe for download. Just click the link and you get the download prompt to download the mp3 version of the Youtube video to your computer. Once you have done that the next video in the queue is processed and converted.

Registering an account is free and gives you access to higher quality conversions. This may be reason enough for some users to do that. Registered users of Fetch Mp3 have other benefits including access to a download history or the conversion of Youtube favorites by entering a username on the site.

One interesting aspect of using Fetch Mp3 to download music from Youtube is the fact that you can use it to download music from videos that are blocked in your country. It is on the other hand not compatible with Vevo videos which cannot be downloaded.

Fetch Mp3 is an easy to use service to download music in mp3 format from Youtube. Yes, there are a few minor points of criticism, like the massive amount of ads, the need to register to download higher quality mp3s or the stop all conversions until you download the current mp3 system.

Although the website is completely in German it should not be a problem for non-German speakers to navigate the website. The process is easy and clear. A search term is entered in the only search box on the main page of MP3 Getter. Youtube is then queried and the results are shown on the next page. Ten results are shown with preview images and names and a click on any of them loads the video in the foreground.

The video starts playing automatically and a click on the button MP3 downloaden starts the process to split the audio from the video. It takes a while and a save file dialog box is presented once the mp3 file has been created.

MP3 Getter has the advantage over similar web services in two key areas. It provides a Youtube search which means that the user does not have to copy and paste the url of the video that he wants the audio from. The second is that the video is actually playing while the ripping is processed.