A simple music downloading app which doesn't require any API keys.
Check pymusicdl-termux for android setup.
Features
- Download single song
- Download Youtube Playlist
- Download Spotify playlist/album (searches on youtube and downloads the top result)
- Convert downloaded songs to mp3 or flac
The final result
Setup
Check it out on YouTube! youtube decided to remove the video and I didn't back it up anywhere :p
Installation and usage:
Windows
Note
Read the instructions carefully
- Make sure Python is added to your Path.
- You can check it by typing
py --versionin cmd.- Consider running this piece of code (in cmd) for installing python (if you don't have python installed):
make sure to check "add to PATH"curl -o python.exe https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.5/python-3.9.5-amd64.exe && python.exe
- You can check it by typing
- Make sure PIP is added to your Path.
- You can check it by typing
pip --versionorpy -m pip --versionin cmd.- Consider running this piece of code (in cmd) for installing pip (if you don't have PIP installed):
curl -o get-pip.py https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py && py get-pip.py
- You can check it by typing
- Run the following command in Command prompt
curl -o setup.bat https://raw.githubusercontent.com/insaiyancvk/pymusicdl/main/setup.bat && setup && del setup.bat
- Everytime you want to download music just type
musicdlin cmd :)
Linux
- Install the pymusicdl.
pip install pymusicdl
pip install https://github.com/mps-youtube/pafy/archive/refs/heads/develop.zip
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Install FFMPEG based on the distro.
- Debian/Ubuntu -
sudo apt install ffmpeg - Fedora/RHEL -
sudo dnf install ffmpeg - Arch -
sudo pacman -S ffmpeg
Referred from ubuntupit
- Debian/Ubuntu -
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Download "musicdl" to ~/.local/bin, make it executable.
curl -o ~/.local/bin/musicdl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/insaiyancvk/pymusicdl/pure-python/musicdl && chmod +x ~/.local/bin/musicdl && clear && echo -e '\n\nType \033[1m\033[3mmusicdl\033[0m in your terminal to download music :)\n\n'
- Everytime you want to download music just type
musicdlin terminal :)
Android
Check pymusicdl-termux for sample images
-
Download Termux.
DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT FROM PLAYSTORE, for more info check here
- If you have Android version >=7, then click here to directly download termux apk
- Otherwise, download F-Droid apk and install it. Then install Termux from it.
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Run the below command for installing everything automatically.
curl -sS -o setup.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/insaiyancvk/pymusicdl/pymusicdl-termux/setup.sh && chmod +x setup.sh && ./setup.sh
- Everytime you want to download music just type
musicdlin termux :)
Updating the package:
pip install pymusicdl_termux -U
- or you can use
python3 -m pip install pymusicdl -Uin Termux
To fix the 'dislike_count' error:
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Uninstall pafy and install from github repository.
(run the following command in command prompt)
pip uninstall pafy && pip install https://github.com/mps-youtube/pafy/archive/refs/heads/develop.zip
Updating the package:
pip install pymusicdl -U
-
or you can use
python3 -m pip install pymusicdl -Uif you are on linux -
and
py -m pip install pymusicdl -Uif you are on windows
