A batch downloader for Soulseek using Soulseek.NET. Accepts CSV files, Spotify & YouTube urls.
Usage: slsk-batchdl.exe [OPTIONS]
Options:
-p --parent <path> Downloaded music will be placed here
-n --name <name> Folder / playlist name. If not specified, the name of the csv file / spotify / yt playlist is used.
--username <username> Soulseek username
--password <password> Soulseek password
--spotify <url> Download a spotify playlist. "likes" to download all your liked music.
--spotify-id <id> Your spotify client id (use if the default fails or if playlist private)
--spotify-secret <sec> Your spotify client secret (use if the default fails or if playlist private)
--youtube <url> Get tracks from a YouTube playlist
--youtube-key <key> Provide an API key if you also want to search for unavailable uploads
--no-channel-search Enable to also perform a search without channel name if nothing was found (only for yt).
--csv <path> Use a csv file containing track info to download
--artist-col <column> Artist or uploader name column
--title-col <column> Title or track name column
--album-col <column> CSV album column name. Optional, may improve searching, slower
--length-col <column> CSV duration column name. Recommended, will improve accuracy
--time-unit <unit> Time unit for the track duration column, ms or s (default: s)
--yt-desc-col <column> Description column name. Use with --yt-parse.
--yt-id-col <column> Youtube video ID column (only needed if length-col or yt-desc-col don't exist). Use with --yt-parse.
--yt-parse Enable if you have a csv file of YouTube video titles and channel names; attempt to parse.
--pref-format <format> Preferred file format (default: mp3)
--pref-length-tol <tol> Preferred length tolerance (if length col provided) (default: 3)
--pref-min-bitrate <rate> Preferred minimum bitrate (default: 200)
--pref-max-bitrate <rate> Preferred maximum bitrate (default: 2200)
--pref-max-samplerate <rate> Preferred maximum sample rate (default: 96000)
--pref-danger-words <list> Comma separated list of words that must appear in either both search result and track title, or in neither of the two. Case-insensitive. (default: "mix, edit,dj ,cover")
--nec-format <format> Necessary file format
--nec-length-tolerance <tol> Necessary length tolerance (default: 3)
--nec-min-bitrate <rate> Necessary minimum bitrate
--nec-max-bitrate <rate> Necessary maximum bitrate
--nec-max-samplerate <rate> Necessary maximum sample rate
--nec-danger-words <list> Comma separated list of words that must appear in either both search result and track title, or in neither of the two. Case-insensitive. (default: "mix, edit,dj ,cover")
--album-search Also search for "[Album name] [track name]". Occasionally helps to find more, slower.
--no-diacr-search Also perform a search without diacritics
--skip-existing Skip if a track matching the conditions is found in the output folder or your music library (if provided)
--skip-notfound Skip searching for tracks that weren't found in Soulseek last time
--remove-ft Remove "ft." or "feat." and everything after from the track names.
--remove-strings <strings> Comma separated list of strings to remove when searching for tracks. Case insesitive.
--music-dir <path> Specify to also skip downloading tracks which are in your library, use with --skip-existing
--reverse Download tracks in reverse order
--skip-if-pref-failed Skip if preferred versions of a track exist but failed to download. If no pref. versions were found, download as normal.
--create-m3u Create an m3u playlist file
--m3u-only Only create an m3u playlist file with existing tracks and exit
--m3u <path> Where to place created m3u files (--parent by default)
--yt-dlp Use yt-dlp to download tracks that weren't found on Soulseek. yt-dlp must be available from the command line.
--yt-dlp-f <format> yt-dlp audio format (default: "bestaudio/best")
--search-timeout <ms> Maximal search time (default: 10000)
--max-stale-time <ms> Maximal download time with no progress (default: 60000)
--concurrent-processes <num> Max concurrent searches / downloads (default: 2)
--max-retries <num> Maximum number of users to try downloading from before skipping track (default: 30)
--slow-output Enable if the progress bars aren't properly updated (bug)
Files satisfying pref conditions will be preferred. Files not satisfying nec conditions will not be downloaded.
Download tracks from a csv file and create m3u:
slsk-batchdl.exe -p "C:\Users\fiso64\Music\Playlists" --csv "C:\Users\fiso64\Downloads\test.csv" --username "fakename" --password "fakepass" --artist-col "Artist Name(s)" --track-col "Track Name" --length-col "Duration (ms)" --time-unit "ms" --skip-existing --create-m3u --pref-format "flac"
Download spotify playlist with fallback to yt-dlp and create a m3u:
slsk-batchdl.exe --spotify <url> -p "C:\Users\fiso64\Music\Playlists" --m3u "C:\Users\fiso64\Documents\MusicBee\Playlists" --music-dir "C:\Users\fiso64\Music" --username "fakename" --password "fakepass" --skip-existing --pref-format "flac" --yt-dlp
You might need to provide an id and secret when using spotify, which you can get here https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/applications. Create an app, then select it and add http://localhost:48721/callback as a redirect url in the settings.
Download youtube playlist:
--youtube "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI_eFW8NAFzYAXZ5DrU6E6mQ_XfhaLBUX" -p "C:\Users\fiso64\Music\Playlists" --username "fakename" --password "fakepass"
To include unavailable videos, you will need to provide an api key with --youtube-key. Get it here https://console.cloud.google.com. Create a new project, click "Enable Api" and search for "youtube data", then follow the prompts.
- YouTube playlist downloading is unreliable since there are no track name / artist tags
- The CSV file must be saved with
,as field delimiter and"as string delimiter, encoded with UTF8 - 40% of the code was written by ChatGPT