musidl is a simple command-line utility written in Bash for downloading music from YouTube with ID3v2 tags (used by media players to display the artist, album, etc.). It is licensed under the GNU GPLv3.
musidl requires yt-dlp to get information about and download the audio from videos, jq to process JSON, and eyeD3 to add ID3v2 tags.
To install, git clone this repository, cd into it, and run
sudo ln -s $PWD/musidl /usr/local/bin/musidlHelp information is also available by running musidl --help
Usage: musidl [options]... [url]... (-- [yt-dlp options])
Options:
| Flag | Argument | Description |
|---|---|---|
-h, --help |
Show help information and exit | |
-v, --version |
Show the version and exit | |
-q, --quiet |
Only print errors | |
-f, --format |
fmt |
The audio format to use (default: mp3) |
-a, --artist |
name |
The audio format to use (default: mp3) |
-A, --album |
name |
Set the album title (default: detect from YouTube) |
-t, --song |
name |
Set the song title (default: detect from YouTube) |
-g, --genre |
name |
Set the genre (default: none) |
-y, --year |
year |
Set the year (default: detect from YouTube) |
-T, --track |
track |
Set the track (default: detect from playlist, otherwise none) |
-s, --show |
Print information to stdout instead of downloading to file | |
-o, --output |
Set the template used for filenames. See the yt-dlp documentation for more info |
|
--color |
when |
Enable or disable colored output. <when> must be always, auto (default), or never |
Any arguments after '--' will be sent to yt-dlp directly. These are not officially supported and some may cause problems.