Music Downloader

Overview

This skill enables downloading high-quality audio from various platforms (YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify, etc.) using yt-dlp and spotdl. It provides command templates for single tracks, playlists, albums, and advanced features like metadata embedding, thumbnail extraction, and format conversion.

If the user did not provide a specific link to a song or playlist, you must search the web using tools in your environment to find what the user is looking for.

When using the Web_Search tool, set the Search Type to videos and prefer official YouTube links.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when users request:

• Downloading audio/music from YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify, or other platforms
• Extracting audio from videos in MP3, Opus, or other formats
• Downloading entire playlists or albums
• High-quality audio with metadata and album art
• Batch downloading multiple tracks
• Converting video content to audio files

Quick Start

Most Common Use Case - Download MP3 from YouTube:

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "VIDEO_URL"

Download from Spotify:

spotdl --audio-quality 320k --embed-metadata --output "{artist}/{title}.{ext}" "SPOTIFY_TRACK_URL"

Note: If you encounter issues, try downloading or updating yt-dlp via pip: pip install --upgrade yt-dlp

General Commands

List Available Formats

yt-dlp -F "URL"

Download MP3 at Max Quality

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --postprocessor-args "-b:a 320k" -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYJki23aeTQ&ab_channel=OnlyRealHipHop49"

Basic High-Quality MP3 Download

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "VIDEO_URL"

Download Custom Bitrate

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --postprocessor-args "-b:a 192k" -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "VIDEO_URL"

Download and add Metadata Tags

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --embed-metadata -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "VIDEO_URL"

Download Entire Playlist

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "%(playlist_title)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" "PLAYLIST_URL"

Download Playlist (Specific Range)

yt-dlp --playlist-items 1-5 -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "%(playlist_title)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" "PLAYLIST_URL"

Download HQ from SoundCloud

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "SoundCloud/%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "SOUNDCLOUD_TRACK_URL"

Embed Album Art Automatically

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --embed-thumbnail --audio-quality 0 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "VIDEO_URL"

Download Specific Formats

Opus instead of MP3

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format opus -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "VIDEO_URL"

Skip Already Downloaded Files

yt-dlp --download-archive "downloaded.txt" -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "VIDEO_URL"

Download Multiple Individual Files

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --add-metadata --embed-thumbnail --write-description --postprocessor-args "-b:a 320k" -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYJki23aeTQ&ab_channel=OnlyRealHipHop49" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKJaew2gMSo&ab_channel=OnlyRealHipHop49" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLJkO3RnWUk&ab_channel=OnlyRealHipHop49"

Download and Automatically Split by Chapters

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --split-chapters -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "VIDEO_URL"

Extract Only a Portion of a Video (by Time)

yt-dlp -f bestvideo+bestaudio --external-downloader ffmpeg --external-downloader-args "ffmpeg_i:-ss 00:01:00 -to 00:05:00" -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "VIDEO_URL"

Update Metadata of Existing Files

yt-dlp --download-archive "downloaded.txt" --skip-download --embed-metadata --embed-thumbnail --write-description "VIDEO_URL"

Auto-Rename Duplicate Files

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --force-overwrites -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "VIDEO_URL"

Download from a URL List File

yt-dlp -a "urls.txt" -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s"

Download and Limit Download Speed

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --rate-limit 1M -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "VIDEO_URL"

Download from Vimeo

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "Vimeo/%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "VIMEO_VIDEO_URL"

Download from Facebook

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "Facebook/%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "FACEBOOK_VIDEO_URL"

Download from Instagram

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "Instagram/%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "INSTAGRAM_VIDEO_URL"

Download from Twitter

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "Twitter/%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "TWITTER_VIDEO_URL"

Download from TikTok

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "TikTok/%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "TIKTOK_VIDEO_URL"

Download from Reddit

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "Reddit/%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "REDDIT_VIDEO_URL"

Download from Dailymotion

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "Dailymotion/%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "DAILYMOTION_VIDEO_URL"

Download YouTube Transcript as Text

yt-dlp --write-auto-subs --sub-lang en --skip-download -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "VIDEO_URL"

Download YouTube Transcript as Markdown

yt-dlp --write-auto-subs --sub-lang en --skip-download --convert-subs srt -o "%(title)s.md" "VIDEO_URL"

Download Video Info and Save as JSON

yt-dlp --write-info-json --skip-download -o "%(title)s.json" "VIDEO_URL"

List Available Formats without Downloading

yt-dlp -F "VIDEO_URL"

Download from YouTube Age-Restricted Content

yt-dlp --username "YOUR_YOUTUBE_EMAIL" --password "YOUR_PASSWORD" -f bestvideo+bestaudio -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "AGE_RESTRICTED_VIDEO_URL"

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SoundCloud Commands

List Available Formats

yt-dlp -F "URL"

Download High-Quality MP3 from SoundCloud

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "SoundCloud/%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "SOUNDCLOUD_TRACK_URL"

Download HQ with Metadata from SoundCloud

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --embed-metadata -o "SoundCloud/%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "SOUNDCLOUD_TRACK_URL"

Download Entire Playlist from SoundCloud

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "SoundCloud/%(playlist_title)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" "SOUNDCLOUD_PLAYLIST_URL"

Download Entire Playlist from SoundCloud with Metadata

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --embed-metadata --add-metadata --embed-thumbnail -o "%(playlist_title)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" "SOUNDCLOUD_PLAYLIST_URL"

Download Multiple Playlists with Metadata

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --embed-metadata --add-metadata --embed-thumbnail -o "SoundCloud/%(playlist_title)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" "x" "x" "x" "x" "x" "x" "x"

Download Playlist with Specific Range

yt-dlp --playlist-items 1-5 -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "SoundCloud/%(playlist_title)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" "SOUNDCLOUD_PLAYLIST_URL"

Download and Embed Album Art

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --embed-thumbnail -o "SoundCloud/%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "SOUNDCLOUD_TRACK_URL"

Skip Downloading Already Downloaded SoundCloud Files

yt-dlp --download-archive "downloaded_soundcloud.txt" -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "SoundCloud/%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "SOUNDCLOUD_TRACK_URL"

Download Multiple Tracks from SoundCloud

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "SoundCloud/%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "SOUNDCLOUD_TRACK_URL_1" "SOUNDCLOUD_TRACK_URL_2" "SOUNDCLOUD_TRACK_URL_3"

Limit Download Speed for SoundCloud

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --rate-limit 1M -o "SoundCloud/%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "SOUNDCLOUD_TRACK_URL"

Download from SoundCloud and Split by Chapters (if available)

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --split-chapters -o "SoundCloud/%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "SOUNDCLOUD_TRACK_URL"

Download SoundCloud Track and Extract a Specific Portion

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --external-downloader ffmpeg --external-downloader-args "ffmpeg_i:-ss 00:01:00 -to 00:05:00" -o "SoundCloud/%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "SOUNDCLOUD_TRACK_URL"

Update Metadata of Existing SoundCloud Downloads

yt-dlp --download-archive "downloaded_soundcloud.txt" --skip-download --embed-metadata --embed-thumbnail "SOUNDCLOUD_TRACK_URL"

Auto-Rename Duplicate SoundCloud Files

yt-dlp -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --force-overwrites -o "SoundCloud/%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "SOUNDCLOUD_TRACK_URL"

Download from SoundCloud URL List File

yt-dlp -a "soundcloud_urls.txt" -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "SoundCloud/%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s"

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SpotifyDL Commands

Download Single Song

spotdl --audio-quality 320k --embed-metadata --output "{artist}/{title}.{ext}" "SPOTIFY_TRACK_URL"

Download Entire Playlist

spotdl --playlist "SPOTIFY_PLAYLIST_URL" --audio-quality 320k --embed-metadata --output "{playlist}/{title}.{ext}"

Download Entire Album

spotdl --album "SPOTIFY_ALBUM_URL" --audio-quality 320k --embed-metadata --output "{album}/{title}.{ext}"

Download Multiple Albums & Playlists at Once

spotdl --playlist "SPOTIFY_PLAYLIST_URL1" "SPOTIFY_PLAYLIST_URL2" --audio-quality 320k --embed-metadata --output "{playlist}/{title}.{ext}"
spotdl --album "SPOTIFY_ALBUM_URL1" "SPOTIFY_ALBUM_URL2" --audio-quality 320k --embed-metadata --output "{album}/{title}.{ext}"