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musidl
musidl is a simple command-line utility written in Bash for downloading music from YouTube with id3 tags (used by media players to display the artist, album, etc.). It is licensed under the GNU GPLv3.
musidl requires youtube-dl to get information about and download the audio from videos, jq to process JSON, and id3v2 to add id3 tags.
Installation
To install, git clone this repository, cd into it, and run
sudo ln -s $PWD/musidl /usr/local/bin/musidl
Usage
Help information is also available by running musidl --help
Usage: musidl [options]... [url]... (-- [youtube-dl options])
Options:
| Flag | Argument | Description |
|---|---|---|
-h, --help |
Show help information and exit | |
-v, --version |
Show the version and exit | |
-q, --quiet |
Only print errors | |
-f, --format |
The audio format to use (default: mp3) | |
-a, --artist |
The audio format to use (default: mp3) | |
-A, --album |
Set the album title (default: detect from YouTube) | |
-t, --song |
Set the song title (default: detect from YouTube) | |
-g, --genre |
Set the genre (default: none) | |
-y, --year |
Set the year (default: detect from YouTube) | |
-T, --track |
Set the track (default: detect from playlist, otherwise none) | |
-s, --show |
Print information to stdout instead of downloading to file |
Any arguments after '--' will be sent to youtube-dl directly. These are not officially supported and some may cause problems.