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heavy drum Aug 14, 2025, 5:22 PM

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I was using Spotdl just fine for a week or two and then all of a sudden it started giving me this error. I feel like I have tried EVERYTHING. I uninstalled everything including Python, reinstalled it, restarted my computer, I have double checked that it's installed to PATH, I have checked the environment variables to make sure pip is installed. I am at a loss. I am not sure what else I am able to do.

olive sealBOT Aug 14, 2025, 5:22 PM

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heavy drum Aug 14, 2025, 5:24 PM

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OS- WIndows 10 22H2

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Spotdl version- 3.11.6

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I ran both pip install spotdl, spotdl commands, unistall pip, none of that was working. I tried to use python -m spotdl but it gave me a YT-DLP audio error

unique kestrel Aug 14, 2025, 8:32 PM

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'spotdl' is not recognized

olive sealBOT Aug 14, 2025, 8:32 PM

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unique kestrel 'spotdl' is not recognized

Python/(site packages) is not added to PATH correctly.
You need to install Python from https://www.python.org/downloads/

Ensure to add to PATH when installing:
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#Spotdl nor pip recognized as an external/internal command etc