How to Add Music from YouTube to Premiere Pro

YouTube is a video platform but the music on it is also attractive. The music sometimes is suitable for our videos which are going to be made in Premiere Pro. Premiere Pro is an excellent video editor belonging to Adobe. If we can import the music from YouTube to Premiere Pro and insert the music into our videos, it would be a highlight of our videos. This post will give you a way on how to add music from YouTube to Premiere Pro. After that, you can upload all your YouTube music to Premiere Pro without limitation.

Part 1. Why Cannot you Add Music from YouTube to Premiere Pro Directly

Maybe you tried to add music from YouTube to Premiere Pro before, but it seems that it is impossible to achieve the thought because you cannot get audio from a YouTube video. Before you import music from YouTube to Premiere Pro, you need to turn YouTube videos into audio. Now let’s begin converting YouTube videos.

Part 2. Best Downloader to Get Music from YouTube Videos

TunesKit Audio Capture is an audio recording tool that can help you download streaming audio from any website. As you want, you just need to do a few steps to capture audio from YouTube videos. The audio it capture would be high-quality and you can choose the output format according to your requirement. The simple steps and excellent recording ability have attracted many music and video lovers for Audio Capture. In the following part, we will explain the detailed steps for downloading music from YouTube videos.

How to capture music from YouTube videos

Step 1Prepare to download music from YouTube

Download and open TunesKit Audio Capture;

Click the Format drop-down arrow on the bottom left of its homepage to set up your output format;

Click the Chrome icon to enter the Chrome search page from Audio Capture;

Step 2Play and download music

Enter the YouTube website and find the video that has your favorite music; Play the video; TunesKit Audio Capture will record its audio automatically; When you finish, click the Stop on the recording page to end the recording process;

Step 3Save and check downloads

Click the Save button to save music tracks to your computer. Click the History button to enter the History list, then you can find all your recorded music on it; Move your mouse to each music and you can find the Open icon on it; click the Open icon to find the location of the music on your computer.

Part 3. Online Tools to Download Music from YouTube

Given that sometimes you need to get music from YouTube and add it to Premiere Pro quickly, here we find some online tools to help you download music from YouTube quickly. You don’t need to download software on your computer and download music quickly. However, it has obvious disadvantages, unstable. Sometimes, you may find some of it cease to be effective.

1. YT2conv

YT2conv allows you to convert YouTube videos without any advertisement. You can choose audio quality before converting. The downloaded page is clean and you will have a good use experience.

Step 1: Find the video you want to download to MP3 on YouTube website;

Step 2: Copy and paste the URL of the video to YT2conv;

Step 3: Wait a few seconds and them click the Convert button;

Step 4: Click the Download button.

2. YtMp3

YtMp3 is a YouTube-to-MP3 converter that allows you to convert YouTube videos to MP3. The tool just allows you to get MP3 files.

Step 1: Open the YouTube.com and search the video you want to convert to MP3;

Step 2: Copy the URL of the video and paste it to YtMp3;

Step 3: You can choose between MP3 and MP4; here you need to choose MP3 and then click the Convert button;

Step 4: Wait for a few seconds and then click the Download button.

3. OnlyMP3

OnlyMp3 is also a converter to help you convert YouTube videos to MP3. Sometimes there are some useless advertisements on the page.

Step 1: Find the video you want to download on YouTube.com;

Step 2: Copy and paste its URL to OnlyMp3;

Step 3: Wait a minute and click the Download button.

Part 4. How to Add Music from YouTube to Premiere Pro

After you get downloaded music from YouTube, it is time to import it to Premiere Pro.

Step 1: Choose Window > Project to open the Project panel;

Step 2: Right-click your mouse on the Project panel and click the Import option to find the music that you just downloaded on your computer’s local folder;

Step 3: The imported music will appear on the Project panel; drag it to the timeline on the right of the panel, and you can edit it to match your videos.

Part 5. FAQ about Premiere Pro

1. What music file for Premiere Pro?

Premiere Pro supports (will import and use) common formats including MP4, AVI, MOV, MPEG, MP3, and WAV.

2. Why doesn’t Premiere Pro import audio with video?

If the codec or format (for example, MKV videos, AV1 codec) is not listed in the supported file formats list or the file does not have a proper folder structure, the Premiere has trouble to access the audio and therefore you will see no audio playback or rendering in Premiere Pro.

Conclusion

Through the above discussion about how to add music from YouTube to Premiere Pro, the difficult point is that we cannot import music from YouTube to Premiere Pro directly. The methods we mentioned above help us solve the problem. TunesKit Audio Capture makes it possible to download YouTube music free without limitation. Online tools give you a quick way to download music but they also have their shortages. According to your needs, you can choose the best one for you.