/gamdl

A Python script to download Apple Music songs/music videos/albums/playlists/posts.

Primary LanguagePython

Glomatico's Apple Music Downloader

A Python CLI app for downloading Apple Music songs/music videos/albums/playlists/posts.

Discord Server: https://discord.gg/aBjMEZ9tnq

Features

  • Download songs in AAC/Spatial AAC/Dolby Atmos/ALAC*
  • Download music videos up to 4K
  • Download synced lyrics in LRC, SRT or TTML
  • Choose between FFmpeg and MP4Box for remuxing
  • Choose between yt-dlp and N_m3u8DL-RE for downloading
  • Highly customizable

Prerequisites

Installation

  1. Install the package gamdl using pip 
    pip install gamdl
  2. Place your cookies file in the directory from which you will be running gamdl and name it cookies.txt.

Usage

gamdl [OPTIONS] URLS...

Examples

  • Download a song 
    gamdl "https://music.apple.com/us/album/never-gonna-give-you-up-2022-remaster/1624945511?i=1624945512"
  • Download an album 
    gamdl "https://music.apple.com/us/album/whenever-you-need-somebody-2022-remaster/1624945511"

Configuration

You can configure gamdl by using the command line arguments or the config file. The config file is created automatically when you run gamdl for the first time at ~/.gamdl/config.json on Linux and %USERPROFILE%\.gamdl\config.json on Windows. Config file values can be overridden using command line arguments.

Command line argument / Config file key Description Default value
--disable-music-video-skip / disable_music_video_skip Don't skip downloading music videos in albums/playlists. false
--save-cover, -s / save_cover Save cover as a separate file. false
--overwrite / overwrite Overwrite existing files. false
--read-urls-as-txt, -r / - Interpret URLs as paths to text files containing URLs. false
--synced-lyrics-only / synced_lyrics_only Download only the synced lyrics. false
--no-synced-lyrics / no_synced_lyrics Don't download the synced lyrics. false
--config-path / - Path to config file. <home>/.spotify-web-downloader/config.json
--log-level / log_level Log level. INFO
--print-exceptions / print_exceptions Print exceptions. false
--cookies-path, -c / cookies_path Path to .txt cookies file. ./cookies.txt
--language, -l / language Metadata language as an ISO-2A language code (don't always work for videos). en-US
--output-path, -o / output_path Path to output directory. ./Apple Music
--temp-path / temp_path Path to temporary directory. ./temp
--wvd-path / wvd_path Path to .wvd file. null
--nm3u8dlre-path / nm3u8dlre_path Path to N_m3u8DL-RE binary. N_m3u8dl-RE
--mp4decrypt-path / mp4decrypt_path Path to mp4decrypt binary. mp4decrypt
--ffmpeg-path / ffmpeg_path Path to FFmpeg binary. ffmpeg
--mp4box-path / mp4box_path Path to MP4Box binary. MP4Box
--download-mode / download_mode Download mode. ytdlp
--remux-mode / remux_mode Remux mode. ffmpeg
--cover-format / cover_format Cover format. jpg
--template-folder-album / template_folder_album Template folder for tracks that are part of an album. {album_artist}/{album}
--template-folder-compilation / template_folder_compilation Template folder for tracks that are part of a compilation album. Compilations/{album}
--template-file-single-disc / template_file_single_disc Template file for the tracks that are part of a single-disc album. {track:02d} {title}
--template-file-multi-disc / template_file_multi_disc Template file for the tracks that are part of a multi-disc album. {disc}-{track:02d} {title}
--template-folder-no-album / template_folder_no_album Template folder for the tracks that are not part of an album. {artist}/Unknown Album
--template-file-no-album / template_file_no_album Template file for the tracks that are not part of an album. {title}
--template-date / template_date Date tag template. %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ
--exclude-tags / exclude_tags Comma-separated tags to exclude. null
--cover-size / cover_size Cover size. 1200
--truncate / truncate Maximum length of the file/folder names. 40
--codec-song / codec_song Song codec. aac-legacy
--synced-lyrics-format / synced_lyrics_format Synced lyrics format. lrc
--codec-music-video / codec_music_video Music video codec. h264-best
--quality-post / quality_post Post video quality. best
--no-config-file, -n / - Do not use a config file. false

Tags variables

The following variables can be used in the template folders/files and/or in the exclude_tags list:

  • album
  • album_artist
  • album_id
  • album_sort
  • artist
  • artist_id
  • artist_sort
  • comment
  • compilation
  • composer
  • composer_id
  • composer_sort
  • copyright
  • cover
  • date
  • disc
  • disc_total
  • gapless
  • genre
  • genre_id
  • lyrics
  • media_type
  • rating
  • storefront
  • title
  • title_id
  • title_sort
  • track
  • track_total
  • xid

Remux modes

The following remux modes are available:

  • ffmpeg
    • Can be used without mp4decrypt only for songs and when using legacy song codecs
  • mp4box

Download modes

The following download modes are available:

Song codecs

The following codecs are available:

  • aac-legacy
  • aac-he-legacy
  • aac
  • aac-he
  • aac-binaural
  • aac-downmix
  • aac-he-binaural
  • aac-he-downmix
  • atmos
  • ac3
  • alac
  • ask
    • When using this option, gamdl will ask you which non-legacy codec to use that is available for the song.

Support for non-legacy codecs are not guaranteed, as most of the songs cannot be downloaded when using non-legacy codecs.

Music videos codecs

The following codecs are available:

  • h264-best (up to 1080p, with AAC 256kbps)
  • h265-best (up to 2160p, with AAC 256kpbs)
  • ask
    • When using this option, gamdl will ask you which audio and video codec to use that is available for the music video.

Post videos/extra videos qualities

The following qualities are available:

  • best (up to 1080p, with AAC 256kbps)
  • ask
    • When using this option, gamdl will ask you which video quality to use that is available for the video.

Post videos doesn't require remuxing and are limited to ytdlp download mode.

Synced lyrics formats

The following synced lyrics formats are available:

  • lrc
  • srt
  • ttml
    • Native format for Apple Music synced lyrics.
    • Highly unsupported by media players.

Cover formats

The following cover formats are available:

  • jpg
  • png