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opaque glade Apr 1, 2025, 5:26 AM

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i cant download any of my songs because of this error :(

last nightBOT Apr 1, 2025, 5:26 AM

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opaque glade Apr 1, 2025, 5:32 AM

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spotDL is 4.2.11 using windows 11 im not sure what command ran.. i used the website thing that pops up whenever i open the .exe it seems to get halfway to downloading a song then it gives up and says error next to it

i know absolutley nothing about coding unfortunatley and just followed the instructions on the installation tutorial

warm aurora Apr 2, 2025, 7:32 PM

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the same thing happens to me, it used to work but now for some reason it doesn't

strong flower Apr 2, 2025, 8:02 PM

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Same here

strong flower Apr 2, 2025, 8:34 PM

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Looked through some other threads. Posting the 128k in the json files fixed it. Should look like "128k" with the quotations

gusty cloud Apr 2, 2025, 11:28 PM

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Hey, the way this problem was fixed (atleast for me) was by imputting into the CMD
spotdl --bitrate 192k [spotify url here]

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https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/issues/2342
this person had the same issue and the solution was in the comments

GitHub

FFmpegError: Failed to convert · Issue #2342 · spotDL/spotify-dow...

TEMPORARY FIX HERE: #2342 (comment) System OS Windows Python Version 3.13 (CPython) Install Source pip / PyPi Install version / commit hash v4.2.11 Expected Behavior vs Actual Behavior I download t...

opaque glade Apr 3, 2025, 3:55 AM

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Okay cool !

bright pagoda Apr 5, 2025, 6:30 AM

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