One thing I hate is when full versions of songs (live or studio) are posted via youtube. Other than the poor audio quality of the “videos”, my biggest gripe is that if you discover a song that you do like, you can never have a tangible copy which you can store into your media player’s library. Apparently this has not only irked just me as I found a site online that provides a solution to this problem: Dirpy.

After first entering the hyperlink of the youtube video you want to rip the audio from, Dirpy redirects you to a panel where you can tweak a handful of options.

I especially like the ability to choose when to start/stop the audio rip, as many youtube versions of live performances begin with crowd noise or band banter which I prefer not to listen to repeatedly. In addition, the user has the ability to edit ID3 tag data so that you can properly catalog a song, making the transition from web to media player much more seamless. Obviously the only downside is the 128 kbps maximum audio quality, but that is the most you would expect from a youtube video, so it isn’t their fault.

Here’s a Four Tet remix mp3 ripped using Dirpy to give you an idea of finished product:

Four Tet // Love Cry (Joy Orbison Remix)