ammg 0.2.0

A tool for appending metadata to music files from Apple Music.

Apple Music Metadata Grabber (ammg)

ammg is a tool for appending metadata to music files from Apple Music. Mainly files downloaded from Youtube Music (not youtube), because Youtube Music (albums/singles/ep) and Apple Music (albums) holds the same song info...

With ammg you choose your youtube music songs, and you choose which metadata.

Usage

• First: Choose your song, album, or single.
• Second: Download the album playlist from Youtube Music.
• Third: Copy the album ID from the search bar from Apple Music.

Example: We will be downloading Scary Pockets, Elise Trouw - Careless Whisper (feat. Dave Koz).

• Apple Music link: https://music.apple.com/us/album/careless-whisper-feat-dave-koz-single/1681177202
  • Album ID: 1681177202
• Youtube Music link: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kVIMiCrxX4gmnZI-IufqRvJte6Hk3NTbY

Notice: the Youtube Music link is a playlist. By downloading using the playlist (album link), you will be able to add metadata without manual intervetion.

Command Process: Download the music using yt-dlp (make sure you download yt-dlp first).

• For android (VLC, Metro...), and linux (MPD...) .opus files will work. (Supported)
• If you want to be able to sync to the Itunes application on Apple devices, .opus files are not supported in the Itunes windows application, so m4a will be supported in future versions.

Downloading .opus file using yt-dlp:

yt-dlp -cw -o "music/%(title)s.%(ext)s" -x --audio-quality "0" "https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kVIMiCrxX4gmnZI-IufqRvJte6Hk3NTbY"

This will download Careless Whisper in the music folder. So the path of the song will be music/Careless Whisper (feat. Dave Koz).opus.

Adding the metadata using ammg:

ammg get -i 1681177202 -o Ordered_Music music

After embedding metadata, the file will be moved to Ordered_Music/S/Scary Pockets & Elise Trouw/Careless Whisper (feat. Dave Koz) - Single/. That way we will have an ordered music library.

Simplifying our work

We can using bash scripting on Linux, to created alias or functions that simplify our work, and make the process faster.

Alias domus to download music:

alias domus='yt-dlp -cw -o "music/%(title)s.%(ext)s" -x --audio-quality "0"'

A shell function that accepts a link and album id:

domuspp() {
    domus "$1";
    ammg get -i "$2" -o Ordered_Music music;
}