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:

bash

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

Download from Spotify:

bash

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

bash

yt-dlp -F "URL"

Download MP3 at Max Quality

shell

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

shell

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

Download Custom Bitrate

shell

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

shell

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

Download Entire Playlist

shell

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)

shell

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

shell

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

shell

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

shell

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

Skip Already Downloaded Files

shell

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

shell

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

shell

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)

shell

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

shell

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

Auto-Rename Duplicate Files

shell

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

shell

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

shell

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

shell

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

shell

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

shell

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

shell

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

shell

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

shell

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

shell

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

shell

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

Download YouTube Transcript as Markdown

shell

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

shell

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

List Available Formats without Downloading

shell

yt-dlp -F "VIDEO_URL"

Download from YouTube Age-Restricted Content

shell

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

SoundCloud Commands

List Available Formats

bash

yt-dlp -F "URL"

Download High-Quality MP3 from SoundCloud

bash

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

bash

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

bash

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

bash

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

bash

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

bash

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

bash

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

bash

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

bash

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

bash

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)

bash

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

bash

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

bash

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

Auto-Rename Duplicate SoundCloud Files

bash

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

bash

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

SpotifyDL Commands

Download Single Song

bash

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

Download Entire Playlist

bash

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

Download Entire Album

bash

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

Download Multiple Albums & Playlists at Once

bash

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}"

music-downloader

NPX Install

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SKILL.md Content

Music Downloader

Overview

When to Use This Skill

Quick Start

General Commands

List Available Formats

Download MP3 at Max Quality

Basic High-Quality MP3 Download

Download Custom Bitrate

Download and add Metadata Tags

Download Entire Playlist

Download Playlist (Specific Range)

Download HQ from SoundCloud

Embed Album Art Automatically

Download Specific Formats

Skip Already Downloaded Files

Download Multiple Individual Files

Download and Automatically Split by Chapters

Extract Only a Portion of a Video (by Time)

Update Metadata of Existing Files

Auto-Rename Duplicate Files

Download from a URL List File

Download and Limit Download Speed

Download from Vimeo

Download from Facebook

Download from Instagram

Download from Twitter

Download from TikTok

Download from Reddit

Download from Dailymotion

Download YouTube Transcript as Text

Download YouTube Transcript as Markdown

Download Video Info and Save as JSON

List Available Formats without Downloading

Download from YouTube Age-Restricted Content

SoundCloud Commands

List Available Formats

Download High-Quality MP3 from SoundCloud

Download HQ with Metadata from SoundCloud

Download Entire Playlist from SoundCloud

Download Entire Playlist from SoundCloud with Metadata

Download Multiple Playlists with Metadata

Download Playlist with Specific Range

Download and Embed Album Art

Skip Downloading Already Downloaded SoundCloud Files

Download Multiple Tracks from SoundCloud

Limit Download Speed for SoundCloud

Download from SoundCloud and Split by Chapters (if available)

Download SoundCloud Track and Extract a Specific Portion

Update Metadata of Existing SoundCloud Downloads

Auto-Rename Duplicate SoundCloud Files

Download from SoundCloud URL List File

SpotifyDL Commands

Download Single Song

Download Entire Playlist

Download Entire Album

Download Multiple Albums & Playlists at Once