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Shubhamrawat5 / apple-playlist-downloader

apple music playlist downloader (mp3) in node js
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Closed adrianmejiam closed 1 year ago

adrianmejiam commented 2 years ago

Cant download lossless music ?

b5i commented 2 years ago

Cant download lossless music ?

Hi ! Sorry, actually you can't download lossless music. But actual mp3 is in the best mp3 quality (320kps). I had already thought about download lossless music but for that we have to crack apple DRM algorithm... (very hard :(, but If you know how to do it make a PR ! ). The second option is to record output of your Mac (there is no lossless quality on iTunes Windows and on web player), but it takes a very long time (you have to listen to each track and record them manually). Others program already exists but they are not free (39$ min I remember). Here is a link : https://www.viwizard.com/apple-music-tips/remove-itunes-drm.html You can burn a CD too and extract tracks with clementine for example.

Hope I answered to your question !

a1waysbeta commented 2 years ago

Is there a way to download 256k m4a files when I have an AM subscription? I'm not looking for lossless format music, iTunes plus aac is enough.

b5i commented 2 years ago

Is there a way to download 256k m4a files when I have an AM subscription? I'm not looking for lossless format music, iTunes plus aac is enough.

No, it's not possible. Apple downloads .m4p files that are protected by DRM. Actually it's not possible to decode them. The downloader used in this program gives you a full-quality mp3, even if it's not m4a. I could eventually write a little option to convert it to m4a if you want. Having Apple Music subscription is required to download those m4p files so unfortunately you cannot have Apple Music m4a's even if you are subscribed.

Hope it'll help you !

a1waysbeta commented 2 years ago

Thanks. No need to convert the format, it's done well enough so far, thanks for sharing.

greendoescode commented 2 years ago

Fun fact, you can crack the DRM by burning the song to a disk in Itunes or such

b5i commented 2 years ago

Fun fact, you can crack the DRM by burning the song to a disk in Itunes or such

Yes I know (your remembered me thanks), it is possible to auto burn playlists and fetch the tracks. It would be great to create an extension that support a CD reader and automatically read. I'll try to work on it and I'll update this issue!