This command-line utility allows you to download audio from a YouTube video, clip a specified segment, and save it for use as an alarm tone on devices that support MP3 or similar audio formats.
- Python 3.x
yt-dlppydubffmpeg
You can install the required Python packages using pip:
pip install yt-dlp pydubEnsure you also have ffmpeg installed on your system. Refer to the official FFmpeg download page for installation instructions.
The utility requires three positional arguments:
url: The full URL of the YouTube video you want to download the audio from.start_time: The start time for the audio clip in the format 'mm:ss:SSS' (minutes:seconds:milliseconds).end_time: The end time for the audio clip in the same format as the start time.
Here's the command-line syntax:
python yt_alarm_maker.py <url> <start_time> <end_time>python yt_alarm_maker.py https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2KU5HracvI 02:40:000 03:30:000This will create an MP3 file named alarm_clip.mp3 with the audio from 2 minutes, 40 seconds to 3 minutes, 30 seconds from the provided YouTube video.
- This script is for educational purposes. Ensure you have the right to access and modify the content you download.
- The quality and format of the downloaded audio are set to 192kbps MP3, but these can be changed within the script.
- The script does minimal error checking, so ensure your inputs are correct.