what do you do after installing ffmpeg? | spotDL | Page 1

odd acorn Aug 3, 2023, 9:24 AM

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I downloaded visual c++, python with PATH and ffmpeg with no issue, but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do after that. I'm really tech iliterate and I don't really understand if the process is finished or if there's more to do

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tall glen Aug 3, 2023, 12:02 PM

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If your use case is mostly downloading, you may try this gui
https://github.com/nozwock/spotdl_gui/releases/tag/0.2.3

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as for spotdl cli
if you've installed python already then just use

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pip install --user spotdl

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to install spotdl

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you should be able to use the cli with spotdl 'url or search term here' in terminal

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Do keep in mind that you need ffmpeg to be installed on your system for spotdl stuff to work

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You can install ffmpeg with

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winget install -e --id Gyan.FFmpeg

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or download an installer, up to you.

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