Audio downloader · free, no sign-up
Download audio from the Internet Archive
Save concert recordings, old radio, spoken word and other openly available audio from archive.org.
Only download content you own, public-domain content, openly licensed content, or content the copyright holder has authorised you to download.
A publicly playable track is not automatically downloadable. A2Z.Tools blocks sources where download permission cannot be verified.
Press Enter or Analyse to check what this link allows.
- No sign-up
- Licence shown where there is one
- Original file, not re-encoded
- Works on phones
Example: https://archive.org/details/gd1977-05-08.sbd.hicks.4982.sbeok.shnf
or https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Dragnet_Singles
or https://archive.org/download/some-item/file.mp3
This one cannot be downloaded
Three steps, no software
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Paste the link
Copy the address and paste it into the box above.
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Analyse it
The tool asks the source whether this may be downloaded, and shows the licence where there is one.
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Save the file
Confirm the rights statement and press Download. The file is removed from our server straight afterwards.
What this tool supports
The Internet Archive hosts two very different things: material that is public domain or openly licensed and offered with a plain download link, and material that is in copyright and only lent out one borrower at a time. This tool reads the Archive's own metadata and will only fetch the first kind.
What it will not do
- Lending-library books and anything marked access-restricted are refused.
- Items withdrawn from public view (dark items) are refused.
- The Archive hosts material under many different terms - check the item page before reusing a file.
Questions
Why was my archive.org link refused?
Almost always because the item is part of the lending library or is marked access-restricted. Those are in copyright and are lent rather than published, so there is no public download to fetch.
Can I download a whole collection at once?
No. This tool works on one item at a time, and picks the best audio file that item officially lists.
Is everything on the Internet Archive public domain?
No, and that is the common misunderstanding. The Archive is a library: it holds public-domain material, openly licensed material and in-copyright material side by side. Check the item page for its terms.
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- Save permitted public videos in HD
- Extract the audio
- Enjoy them offline
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