Downloading the proper audio version instead of the music video mp3 | spotDL | Page 1

robust yew Apr 5, 2025, 4:42 AM

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Hey all! I've been having issues with YouTube Music providing the occasional music video inside of albums which results in long pauses and the occasional conversations ending up in the downloaded mp3 e.g. Album - Album's "song", what it should be. Is there any way for me to resolve this without manually getting the song URLs?

command: "spotdl", "download", f'"https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list={albumId}"', "--output", f'"{output_path}"', "--bitrate", "128k", "--lyrics", "genius", "--audio", "youtube-music"

Thanks in advance!

lament aspenBOT Apr 5, 2025, 4:42 AM

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lament aspenBOT Apr 5, 2025, 6:30 AM

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You can specify specific YouTube videos to download with Spotify metadata, or vice versa.
To do this, use the notation spotdl download "YouTubeURL|SpotifyURL"
Note that the quote marks (") are essential.

sand zenith Apr 5, 2025, 6:30 AM

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or use --search-query

robust yew Apr 5, 2025, 7:00 AM

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sand zenith or use --search-query

Ah, so do I need to do them individually if I want to do this?

sand zenith Apr 5, 2025, 7:03 AM

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--search-query changes the search query of youtube that spotDL uses

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Read more on the documentation https://spotdl.rtfd.io/

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robust yew Apr 5, 2025, 7:05 AM

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sand zenith --search-query changes the search query of youtube that spotDL uses

Ah, ok. Also, is there a way for me to specify multiple track URLs at once or can I only do one at a time?

sand zenith Apr 5, 2025, 7:07 AM

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spotdl [query1] [query2] etc. etc.

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