Recently, I found an ambience track that I quite like, which has helped me several times to sink into the undistracted trance-like state in which the best programming occurs.

Details:
- Title: "Rainy Night Coffee Shop Ambience with Relaxing Jazz Music and Rain Sounds - 8 Hours"
- Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0_ejQQcrwI
- Channel: Calmed By Nature
- Date: May 3, 2020

I decided that I'd like to have my own copy. You never know when something will just disappear from the internet.

Also, I didn't want the entire 8-hour track. 1 hour on a loop is fine, and takes up less space.



Here's the approach I used:


0) Machine details.

- Windows 10
- Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL): Ubuntu 16.04

I'm using the WSL Ubuntu terminal.

I already have the and tools installed.


1) Check the available formats on Youtube.




2) Choose a format number. Download the video.

I chose format number 18 (mp4).



The downloaded file was named "Rainy Night Coffee Shop Ambience with Relaxing Jazz Music and Rain Sounds - 8 Hours-c0_ejQQcrwI.mp4".

I renamed it to "ambience.mp4". It's 1.3 GB.


3) Extract the audio into its own file.



The audio file is 443 MB.


4) Split the audio file into hour-long segments. The last segment will contain any left-over portion of the track.



Source: unix.stackexchange.com/a/283547

Note: The value is in seconds.


5) Keep the first segment. Delete the others. Also delete the original ambience.mp4 and ambience.mp3 files.

The first segment ends on a jazz resolution and some rain noise, which means it will loop without causing a distraction. If it had ended on a jarring note, I would have looked for a good ending point and used an audio editor (e.g. Audacity) to edit the file to end at that point.

I can use the VLC media player to play it on a loop.

The final file is named "out000.mp3". It's 55 MB.

Rename it to:
ambience_rainy_night_coffee_shop_with_jazz.mp3