[–] fightknightHERO 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Safest and most reliable? this https://ytmp3z.cc/

best quality? i dunno, the good FLAC/OGG converts were all shoah'ed and now i only manage to find those barebones MP3 converts with the occasional MP4 converters

[–] awwisnotafarmpromise 1 point 7 points (+8|-1) ago 

youtube-dl

[–] smokenofire ago 

But you still need the -x option to extract just the audio.

[–] AnTi90d 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

MediaHuman is free and works for me.

[–] ArcturianDeathTrap2 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

[–] lanre 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

There's an open source command line program that works great. You can even route all the downloads to /dev/null.