Tom Lehrer request

[watervole]

I'm planning on doing a poi routine at Redemption (assuming the shoulder pain improves again, but cons tend to help overall as I'm away from the computer).  I'm using the Tom Lehrer song "We'll all go together when we go".  However, I've just discovered a much better version of the song on You Tube than the one I have on CD.  It's far better for the poi because it misses out several lines that he must have added later - and those happen to be the lines that are really messing up the poi routine.

I know someone tried to tell me once how to get songs from You Tube into MP3 format (at least I seem to recall someone trying), but I'm too sore right now to try and find where I filed the notes. (WMA would probably be okay too, but I can't remember if tech are okay with it)

Can any nice person please convert it for me?  added Thanks <lj user=makyo>

Comments

[on-idle-moor.livejournal.com]

You have mail.

FYI, Firefox Download Helper extension -> avidemux.

<< WMA would probably be okay too >>

NO. No no no no NO NO NO NO *NO* **NO**!!!!!!
It's quite simple.
WMA == MICROSOFT == PROPRIETARY == CLOSED == **EEEEEEVILLLL** !!!!

(er, ok, so mp3 encoding is patent encumbered, but its container format is universally readable and doesn't support DRM infection)

[makyo.livejournal.com]

How's this (http://www.makyo.org.uk/~nicholas/audio/wwagtwwg.mp3)? I've left on the couple of seconds of silence and Lehrer's introduction at the beginning, but I can easily take them off if you like.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[makyo.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome - it turned out to be fairly straightforward: as on_idle_moor said, I used DownloadHelper to download the video, then MPlayer to strip out the audio and Lame to convert to mp3.

[grikmeer.livejournal.com]

Wow, people are quick. I was about to do it, but Makyo appears to have beaten me to the podium.

If tech is micavity then I think he'd probably prefer mp3.

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

If it will play in a laptop, then I think K will be fine with whatever format ... though I notice that WMA isn't on the list on the con website :-)

What formats can Tech handle?

We'll be able to accept the following formats:

* Physical media:
o Okay: CD, DVD, USB drive
o Not okay: Cassette Tape, Record, Blu-Ray, HD
* Media formats:
o Okay: mp3, wav, mp4, avi
* Document formats:
o Okay: ppt, doc, xls, pdf

Essentially, if a relatively modern Microsoft Windows PC can handle it, we can probably deal with it. However, if in doubt, please check with us in advance.
http://www.conventions.org.uk/redemption/cabaret.html#whatformat

[on-idle-moor.livejournal.com]

<< but Makyo appears to have beaten me >>

OI!! He may have beaten you, but I beat him!!

[communicator.livejournal.com]

This thread on Metafilter (http://ask.metafilter.com/114439/Lucky-theres-a) is about methods for extracting audio from youtube to Mp3. What a coincidence it came up today.