download-my-music

A repo that shows how you can use youtube-dl to download my music for free!

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Bootleg my music… For science! and whatever

/me assumes you’re using Ubuntu, if not you know what to do. ಠ_ಠ

  • ಠ_ಠ I’m watching you!!! Ubuntu! Do it… /me shakes fist
# First, update the package list
apt update

# Check if ffmpeg is already installed
if ! type "ffmpeg" > /dev/null; then
  # If it is not installed, install it
  apt install ffmpeg -y
fi

# Install neofetch
apt install neofetch -y

# Run neofetch to show that you are using Ubuntu
neofetch

# Download the latest version of youtube-dl
curl -L https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -o youtube-dl

# Make youtube-dl executable
chmod a+rx youtube-dl

# Use youtube-dl to download the audio from a YouTube playlist in mp3 format
youtube-dl -x --audio-format mp3 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKBAUoCO_FtkHiwRzyGzfhauIhNMBFw66

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Protip You can use youtube-dl to download audio from other sources as well. Just replace the URL with the URL of the source you want to download from.

Protip number two You can use curl and cht.sh to quickly look up commands and other information instead of memorizing them.