Download audio from youtube-dl sources and import into beets
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beets ydl
Download audio from youtube-dl sources and import into beets
$ beet ydl "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW6ykueIhX8"
$ beet ls short music for short people
59 Times the Pain - Short Music for Short People - We Want the Kids
7 Seconds - Short Music for Short People - F.O.F.O.D.
88 Fingers Louie - Short Music for Short People - All My Friends Are in Popular Bands
Adrenalin O.D. - Short Music for Short People - Your Kung Fu Is Old... And Now You Must Die!
Aerobitch - Short Music for Short People - Steamroller Blues
[...]
Installation
pip install beets-ydl
And enable ydl plugin on your config.yaml file.
Configuration
Available options and default values on config.yaml:
plugins: ydl
ydl:
download: True # download files from sources after getting information,
split_files: True # try to split album files into separate tracks,
import: True # import files on youtube-dl after downloading and splitting,
youtubedl_options: {} # youtube-dl available options -- https://git.io/fN0c7
urls: [] # list of default urls to download when no arguments are provided, you
# can provide a playlist to get checked every time
How it works
The plugin main goal is to deliver an importable file set to the beet import
command, so it will download an audio file, look for a tracklist with track
times in the video description, split the file into per-track files, assign
some basic ID3 tags to them, and finally run beet import on
${BEETS_CONFIG}/ydl-cache/${VIDEO_ID} directory.
Tips
The video title can trick beets to find the correct album, in this case you'll
have to manually enter a search term
Use the bandcamp plugin for better results
Use a .netrc file to use your own YouTube playlists
Security discussions apart, you can create a ~/.netrc with credentials for
youtube-dl to read.
To download and split files without importing into beets:
beet ydl "" --keep-files --no-import
And later, to import:
beet ydl "" --no-download --no-split-files
Like this, you can download a big playlist and then run the beets import
routine, which requires manual intervention.
(possibly) enhance audio quality
beets-ydl uses a proposed 192kbps extractor 'bestaudio'
format because it is more likely that it will find separate audio files on
sources. Some high quality videos might have better audio quality embedded, so
it can also make sense to set a higher quality extractor:
