Waving at the TIDAL music service with Python. Runs on (at least) Windows, macOS, and GNU/Linux.
TIDAL is an artist-first, fan-centered music streaming platform that delivers over 100 million songs in HiFi sound quality to the global music community. © 2024 TIDAL Music AS
This project is inspired by qobuz-dl
, and, particularly, is a continuation of Tidal-Media-Downloader
. This project is intended for private use only: it is not intended for distribution of copyrighted content.
This software uses libraries from the FFmpeg project under the LGPLv2.1. FFmpeg is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard, originator of the FFmpeg project.
requests
package, system proxies are respected (HTTP, HTTPs, Socks); or can be specified by typical environment variablerequests
, very simple Cache-Control
request caching occurs via CacheControl
A current, valid TIDAL subscription is required in order to run tidal-wave
. Previously, TIDAL segmented the available audio qualities into HiFi and HiFi Plus plans: now,
All current TIDAL plans feature Max sound quality formats such as full lossless, HiRes FLAC, and Dolby Atmos (up to 24-bit, 192 kHz).
More information on sound quality at TIDAL's site here.
ffmpeg
.chocolatey
is an optionpip
Install from PyPiInstall this project with pip
: either with a virtual environment (preferred) or any other way you desire:
# GNU/Linux or macOS or Android (e.g. Termux)
$ python3 -m pip install tidal-wave
# Windows
PS > python.exe -m pip install tidal-wave
pip
Install from the RepositoryAlternatively, you can clone this repository; cd
into it; and install from there:
$ git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/ebb-earl-co/tidal-wave.git
$ cd tidal-wave
$ python3 -m venv .venv
$ source .venv/bin/activate
$ (.venv) pip install .
The release artifacts for this project are created with PyInstaller. It bundles Python 3.12.3, FFmpeg 7.0, and the tidal-wave
program into one binary, licensed under the terms of FFmpeg: with the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1. Installation is as simple as downloading the correct binary for your platform giving it execute permissions, and running it. Please make sure that the SHA256 checksum of the file that you have downloaded matches the corresponding .sha256
file on the releases page!
$ wget https://github.com/ebb-earl-co/tidal-wave/releases/latest/download/tidal-wave_ubuntu_24.04_amd64
$ wget https://github.com/ebb-earl-co/tidal-wave/releases/latest/download/tidal-wave_ubuntu_24.04_amd64.sha256
$ sha256sum --check tidal-wave_ubuntu_24.04_amd64.sha256
# ONLY CONTINUE IF THE OUTPUT IS THE FOLLOWING: 'tidal-wave_ubuntu_24.04_amd64.sha256: OK'
# Otherwise, delete the downloaded binary and try to download it again
$ chmod +x ./tidal-wave_ubuntu_24.04_amd64
$ ./tidal-wave_ubuntu_24.04_amd64 --help
# For just the lifetime of this PowerShell process, don't block the download from GitHub
PS > Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process
PS > Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/ebb-earl-co/tidal-wave/releases/latest/download/tidal-wave_windows.exe" -OutFile "tidal-wave_windows.exe"
PS > Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/ebb-earl-co/tidal-wave/releases/latest/download/tidal-wave_windows.exe.sha256" -OutFile "tidal-wave_windows.exe.sha256"
# Get the checksum value from the tidal-wave_windows.exe.sha256 file and compare it to the just-downloaded EXE
# (Get-FileHash .\tidal-wave_windows.exe -Algorithm SHA256).Hash -eq (Get-Content .\tidal-wave_windows.exe.sha256)
PS > (Get-FileHash .\tidal-wave_windows.exe -Algorithm SHA256).Hash -eq "e02f69eb850a98e6e1df2bc033fd12566cf27305421a36ec5372fd432ccc8e70" # This checksum is from version 2024.4.3
# ONLY CONTINUE IF THE OUTPUT OF THE PREVIOUS COMMAND IS 'True'
PS > & .\tidal-wave_windows.exe --help
Pull the image from GitHub container repo:
$ docker pull ghcr.io/ebb-earl-co/tidal-wave:latest
# Or, the main branch of this repository, which will be ahead of `latest`:
$ docker pull ghcr.io/ebb-earl-co/tidal-wave:trunk
Run python3 tidal-wave --help
to see the options available. Or, if you followed the repository cloning steps above, run python3 -m tidal_wave --help
from the repository root directory, tidal-wave
. In either case, you should see something like the following:
Usage: python -m tidal_wave [OPTIONS] TIDAL_URL [OUTPUT_DIRECTORY]
╭─ Arguments ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ * tidal_url TEXT The Tidal album or artist or mix or playlist or track or video to download [default: None] [required] │
│ output_directory [OUTPUT_DIRECTORY] The parent directory under which directory(ies) of files will be written [default: ~/Music] │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Options ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --audio-format [360|Atmos|HiRes|MQA|Lossless|High|Low] [default: Lossless] │
│ --loglevel [DEBUG|INFO|WARNING|ERROR|CRITICAL] [default: INFO] │
│ --include-eps-singles No-op unless passing TIDAL artist. Whether to include artist's EPs and singles with albums │
│ --no-extra-files Whether to not even attempt to retrieve artist bio, artist image, album credits, album review, or playlist m3u8 │
│ --no-flatten Whether to treat playlists or mixes as a list of tracks/videos and, as such, retrieve them independently │
| --transparent Whether to dump JSON responses from TIDAL API; maximum verbosity |
│ --install-completion Install completion for the current shell. │
│ --show-completion Show completion for the current shell, to copy it or customize the installation. │
│ --help Show this message and exit. │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
Invocation of this tool will store credentials in a particular directory in the user's "home" directory: for Unix-like systems, this will be /home/${USER}/.config/tidal-wave
: for Windows, it varies: in either OS situation, the exact directory is determined by the user_config_path()
function of the platformdirs
package.
Similarly, by default, all media retrieved is placed in subdirectories of the user's default music directory: for Unix-like systems, this probably is /home/${USER}/Music
; for Windows it is probably C:\Users\<USER>\Music
. This directory is determined by platformdirs.user_music_path()
.
output_directory
, then all media is written to subdirectories of that directory.Source: TIDAL | Low | High | Lossless | MQA | HiRes FLAC | Dolby Atmos | Sony 360 Reality Audio | Video (H.264 + AAC) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Android | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | |
Fire TV :large_blue_diamond: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | |
macOS | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | |
Windows | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: |
:large_blue_diamond: This is the default client for tidal-wave
, a spoofed Amazon Fire TV. It is the one invoked in all situations unless --audio-format hires
or --audio-format 360
is passed as a command line flag:
$ tidal-wave https://listen.tidal.com/album/000000
$ # no --audio-format flag passed will instruct tidal-wave to use the Fire TV client, as it implies --audio-format lossless
$ tidal-wave https://listen.tidal.com/album/000000 --audio-format high
$ # specifying low, high, lossless, or atmos will instruct tidal-wave to use the Fire TV client
$ tidal-wave https://listen.tidal.com/album/000000 --audio-format hires
$ # the above forces tidal-wave to ask for an access token gleaned from an Android, macOS, or Windows device, as laid out in the above table
Otherwise, in order to retrieve the desired audio format for a given track, it is necessary to have the access token from a compatible device; e.g. an Android device in order to retrieve Sony 360 Reality Audio tracks
First, find the URL of the album/artist/mix/playlist/track/video desired. Then, simply pass it as the first argument to tidal-wave
with no other arguments in order to: retrieve the album/artist/mix/playlist/track in Lossless quality to a subdirectory of user's music directory and INFO-level logging in the case of audio; retrieve the video in 1080p, H.264+AAC quality to a subdirectory of user's music directory with INFO-level logging in the case of a video URL.
(.venv) $ tidal-wave https://tidal.com/browse/track/226092704
By default, the track(s) and/or video(s) are retrieved, and other files are retrieved as well; such as the artist's bio JSON, the artist's TIDAL image, the playlist's .m3u8 file, the album's review JSON, and a few others. In order not to retrieve any of those, pass the --no-extra-files
flag:
(.venv) $ tidal-wave https://tidal.com/browse/track/226092704 --no-extra-files
To (attempt to) get a Dolby Atmos track, and you desire to see all of the log output, the following will do that
(.venv) $ tidal-wave https://tidal.com/browse/track/... --audio-format atmos --loglevel debug
Keep in mind that an access token from an Android (preferred), Windows, or macOS device will need to be extracted and passed to this tool in order to access HiRes FLAC or Sony 360 Reality Audio tracks
To (attempt to) get a HiRes FLAC version of an album, and you desire to see only warnings and errors, the following will do that:
$ tidal-wave https://tidal.com/browse/album/... --audio-format hires --loglevel warning
To (attempt to) get a playlist, the following will do that. N.b. passing anything to --audio-format
is a no-op when retrieving videos.
PS > C:\Users\User > & tidal-wave_py311_pyapp.exe https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/...
To (attempt to) get a mix, the following will do that. N.b. passing anything to --audio-format
is a no-op when retrieving videos.
$ ./tidal-wave_py311.pyapp https://tidal.com/browse/mix/...
To (attempt to) get all of an artist's works (albums and videos, excluding EPs and singles) in Sony 360 Reality Audio format and verbose logging, the following will do that:
(.venv) $ python3 -m tidal_wave https://listen.tidal.com/artist/... --audio-format 360 --loglevel debug
To (attempt to) get all of an artist's works (including EPs and singles), in HiRes format, the following will do that:
(.venv) $ tidal-wave https://listen.tidal.com/artist/... --audio-format hires --include-eps-singles
As a throw-everything-at-the-wall-and-see-what-sticks option, there is the --transparent
flag. In the directory where tidal-wave
is called, --transparent
will write the responses from the TIDAL API to .json files
(.venv) $ tidal-wave https://listen.tidal.com/track/... --audio-format low --loglevel debug --transparent
By default, when passed a playlist or mix URL, tidal-wave
will retrieve all of the tracks and/or videos specified by that URL, and write them to a subdirectory of either Playlists
or Mixes
, which itself is a subdirectory of the specified output_directory
. E.g. ~/Music/Mixes/My Daily Discovery [016dccd302e9ac6132d8334cfbc022]
. In this directory, once all of the tracks and/or videos have been retrieved, they are renamed based on the order in which they appear in the playlist. E.g.
(.venv) $ tidal-wave https://listen.tidal.com/playlist/1b418bb8-90a7-4f87-901d-707993838346
$ ls ~/Music/Playlists/New Arrivals [1b418bb8-90a7-4f87-901d-707993838346]/
'001 - Dance Alone [CD].flac'
'002 - Kissing Strangers [CD].flac'
'003 - Sunday Service [CD].flac'
If this is not the desired behavior, pass the --no-flatten
flag. This flag instructs tidal-wave
to leave the tracks and/or videos in the directory where they would have been written if they had been passed to tidal-wave
independently. E.g.
(.venv) $ tidal-wave https://listen.tidal.com/playlist/1b418bb8-90a7-4f87-901d-707993838346 --no-flatten
$ ls ~/Music/
'Sia/Dance Alone [343225498] [2024]/01 - Dance Alone [CD].flac'
'USHER/COMING HOME [339249017] [2024]/05 - Kissing Strangers [CD].flac'
'Latto/Sunday Service [344275657] [2024]/01 - Sunday Service [CD].flac'
The command line options are the same for the Python invocation, but in order to save configuration and audio data, volumes need to be passed. If they are bind mounts to directories, they must be created before executing docker run
to avoid permissions issues! For example,
$ mkdir -p ./Music/ ./config/tidal-wave/
$ docker run \
--rm -it \
--name tidal-wave \
--volume ./Music:/home/debian/Music \
--volume ./config/tidal-wave:/home/debian/.config/tidal-wave \
ghcr.io/ebb-earl-co/tidal-wave:latest \
https://tidal.com/browse/track/...
Using Docker might be an attractive idea in the event that you want to retrieve all of the videos, albums, EPs, and singles in highest quality possible for a given artist. The following Docker invocation will do that for you:
$ mkdir -p ./Music/ ./config/tidal-wave/
$ docker run \
--name tidal-wave \
--rm -it \
--volume ./Music:/home/debian/Music \
--volume ./config/tidal-wave:/home/debian/.config/tidal-wave \
ghcr.io/ebb-earl-co/tidal-wave:latest \
https://listen.tidal.com/artist/... \
--audio-format hires \
--include-eps-singles
Perhaps you don't want a single-shot executable type of Docker invocation, but rather a long-lived container into which one can docker exec
in order to request media at one's leisure. This is one of the requested features from the GitHub Discussions, in particular for Unraid users. In order to do this, use the following, slightly-modified Docker command:
$ mkdir -p ./Music/ ./config/tidal-wave/
$ docker run \
--name tidal-wave \
-dit \ # is short for: --detach --interactive --tty
--volume ./Music:/home/debian/Music \
--volume ./config/tidal-wave:/home/debian/.config/tidal-wave \
--entrypoint "/bin/bash" \
ghcr.io/ebb-earl-co/tidal-wave:latest
$ docker exec -it tidal-wave tidal-wave https://tidal.com/browse/album/...
$ docker exec -it tidal-wave tidal-wave https://tidal.com/browse/mix/...
$ docker exec -it tidal-wave tidal-wave https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/...
$ docker exec -it tidal-wave tidal-wave https://tidal.com/browse/track/...
Note: the first tidal-wave
is whatever --name
you give the container, so that can be whatever your heart desires, but the second tidal-wave
is invoking the Python program inside the container and needs to exactly tidal-wave
.
The easiest way to start working on development is to fork this project on GitHub, or clone the repository to your local machine and do the pull requesting on GitHub later. In any case, there will need to be some getting from GitHub first, so, roughly, the process is:
Clone the repository: $ git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/ebb-earl-co/tidal-wave/git
Activate the virtual environment and install the required packages (requirements.txt): (some-virtual-env) $ python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
pyinstaller
, black
: (some-virtual-env) $ python3 -m pip install black pyinstaller
pyapp
artifactsfrom tidal_wave import album, artist, dash, hls, login, main, media, mix, models, oauth, playlist, requesting, track, utils, video
from tidal_wave.main import logging, user_music_path, Path