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convert youtube videos to mp3 on OSX
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youtube2mp3
#!/usr/bin/ruby
#example:
# youtube2mp3 EzgGTTtR0kc
VLC = "/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC"
youtube_id = ARGV.first || STDIN.read
raise "no youtube id is given" unless youtube_id
system "#{VLC} -I dummy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=#{youtube_id}
--sout='#transcode{acodec=mp3,vcodec=dummy}:standard{access=file,mux=raw,dst=\"#{youtube_id}.mp3\"}' vlc://quit"
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