A script to download General Conference talks for offline listening.
This script is ideal for:
This script will allow you to download the LDS General Conference talks in mp3 form that are available at https://www.lds.org/general-conference. It will create playlists as .m3u files to allow you to play an entire session. It will also create playlists for speakers and topcs. This will not only work with the default English versions, but also for every other language* for which audio files are available. Currently, hundreds of talks are available in many languages, going back as far as 1971 for some.
It will programmatically navigate the lds.org website, downloading and organising every talk of interest to you. Everything will be saved to a local folder of your choice. Load these files onto a memory stick for your car, or into your favourite media player.
pip install -r requirements.txt
python gen_conf_downloader.py
python gen_conf_downloader.py -h
for full list):Argument | Values | Meaning |
---|---|---|
-h or --help |
List all arguments and exit | |
-l or -lang |
3-letter language code | Indicates which language version is to be downloaded. See https://www.lds.org/languages for full list. Click on the language you want, then take note of the 3-letter code in the address bar. i.e. https://www.lds.org/?lang=*spa* |
-s or -start |
Year as 4 digit number | First year of conference to download. Defaults to 1971. Note: not all historic sessions are available in all languages |
-e or -end |
Year as 4 digit number | Last year to download (defaults to present year). |
-d or -dest |
folder relative to here. i.e. ./conference |
Destination folder to output files to. Defaults to output |
-n or -nocleanup |
Leaves temporary files after process completion. | |
-v or -verbose |
Provides detailed activity logging instead of progress bars. |
Note: Depending upon how many years worth of conferences you ask it to download, it may take some time!
It will generate a folder structure as follows in your destination folder:
output
└───eng
└───Conferences
│ └───2018
│ │ └───4
│ │ │ Priesthood Session.m3u
│ │ │ Saturday Morning Session.m3u
│ │ │ ...
│ │ └───10
│ │ ...
│ └───2017
│ ...
└───MP3
│ └───2018
│ │ └───4
│ │ │ └───Priesthood Session
│ │ │ │ Am I a Child of God? (Brian K. Taylor).mp3
│ │ │ │ Even as Christ Forgives You, So Also Do Ye (Larry J. Echo Hawk).mp3
│ │ │ │ ...
│ │ │ └───Saturday Morning Session
│ │ │ │ ...
│ │ └───10
│ └───2017
│ ...
└───Speakers
│ D. Todd Christofferson(1, 13m).m3u
| Dallin H. Oaks(3, 45m).m3u
| ...
└───Topics
Adversity(3, 44m).m3u
Atonement(6, 1h4m).m3u
...
The playlists for the Topics and Speakers include in parenthesis the number of talks and the total duration.