CLI tool for searching YouTube/YTMusic and downloading audio/video from 1000+ platforms
Project description
fm-dlp — Download music/video from YouTube, YTMusic, and 1000+ sites
CLI tool for searching YouTube/YTMusic and downloading audio/video from 1000+ platforms
🚀 Quick Start
pip install fm-dlp # Requires Python 3.10+ & FFmpeg
fm-dlp config ~/Music # Set download directory
fm-dlp search "artist" # Search tracks (YouTube Music by default)
fm-dlp download "URL" --codec flac # Download audio
fm-dlp download urls.txt --codec mp3 # Download from file
📋 Commands
search — Find music
fm-dlp search <query> [--limit 10] [--yt-video] [--album] [--raw]
Search uses YouTube Music by default. Use --yt-video to search YouTube instead.
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
--yt-video |
— | Search YouTube instead of YTMusic |
--album |
— | Search by albums |
--limit |
10 | Results count |
--raw |
— | Output of results in RAW format |
RAW format output includes complete unformatted data (JSON/YAML) suitable for scripting and external tool integration, preserving all metadata fields without pretty-printing or truncation.
download — Download audio/video
fm-dlp download <urls> [--codec CODEC] [--kbps 256] [--jobs 5] [--quiet] [--no-metadata]
URLs can be:
- Single URL:
"https://youtube.com/watch?v=..." - Multiple URLs:
"URL1 URL2 URL3"or"URL1,URL2,URL3" - File with URLs:
"urls.txt"(one URL per line, supports#comments)
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
--codec |
m4a/opus |
Audio: mp3, aac, flac, m4a, opus, vorbis, wavVideo: mp4, mkv, webm, mov, avi, flv |
--kbps |
256 | Bitrate 64–320 (audio) |
--jobs |
5 | Parallel downloads |
--quiet |
— | Suppress yt-dlp output |
--no-metadata |
— | Skip metadata embedding |
--path |
config | Override download directory |
--cookies |
— | Path to cookies file OR browser name (chrome, firefox, edge, safari, brave, opera) |
📖 Examples
# Search
fm-dlp search "Sewerslvt" --limit 10 # YTMusic
fm-dlp search "usedcvnt" --album
fm-dlp search "breakcore" --yt-video # YouTube
# RAW output for scripting
fm-dlp search "Sewerslvt" --raw # Machine-readable output
fm-dlp search "breakcore" --yt-video --raw # RAW from YouTube
fm-dlp search "album" --album --raw > results.json # Save to file
# Audio - single URL
fm-dlp download "https://youtube.com/watch?v=..." --codec mp3 --kbps 320
fm-dlp download "https://youtu.be/..." --codec flac
# Audio - multiple URLs
fm-dlp download "URL1 URL2 URL3" --codec flac
fm-dlp download "URL1,URL2,URL3" --jobs 10
# Audio - from file
echo "https://youtube.com/watch?v=123" > urls.txt
echo "https://youtu.be/456" >> urls.txt
fm-dlp download urls.txt --codec mp3
# Video
fm-dlp download "URL" --codec mp4
fm-dlp download "URL" --codec mkv
# Custom path
fm-dlp download "URL" --path ~/Downloads
# Advanced
fm-dlp download "URL" --cookies firefox
fm-dlp download "URL" --cookies /path/to/cookies.txt
fm-dlp download "URL1 URL2 URL3" --quiet --jobs 10
fm-dlp download urls.txt --codec opus --kbps 192 --no-metadata
🔧 Dependencies
| Library | Purpose |
|---|---|
yt-dlp |
Download engine |
ytmusicapi |
YouTube Music API |
mutagen |
Metadata tagging |
platformdirs |
Config paths |
arg-kiss |
CLI framework |
| FFmpeg | Audio/video conversion (system) |
❓ FAQ
Why fm-dlp over yt-dlp? Simplifies complex flags into clean commands: readable search output, single --codec option, automatic metadata tagging.
Why M4A on macOS? macOS treats M4A/AAC as native (Finder, Music.app). Linux/Windows default to Opus for better quality. Override with --codec.
How to use cookies? Provide either browser name for automatic extraction (--cookies firefox) or path to exported cookies file (--cookies cookies.txt).
How to use a URL file? Pass a path to a text file instead of URLs. Each URL on new line, lines starting with # are ignored as comments. Supports UTF-8 encoding.
How to use a proxy? fm-dlp doesn't include built-in proxy support. Use proxychains or similar tools:
proxychains fm-dlp download "URL"
📄 License
MIT License — see LICENSE file.
🙏 Acknowledgments
- yt-dlp — Download engine
- ytmusicapi — YouTube Music API
- mutagen — Metadata tagging
- platformdirs — Config paths
- arg-kiss — CLI framework
Author: Fkernel653 Repository: github.com/Fkernel653/fm-dlp PyPI: pypi.org/project/fm-dlp
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