scdl 2.12.1

Download Music from Souncloud

Soundcloud Music Downloader

Description

This script is able to download music from SoundCloud and set id3tag to the downloaded music. Compatible with Windows, OS X, Linux.

System requirements

• python3
• ffmpeg

Installation Instructions

https://github.com/flyingrub/scdl/wiki/Installation-Instruction

Configuration

There is a configuration file left in ~/.config/scdl/scdl.cfg

Examples:

# Download track & repost of the user QUANTA
scdl -l https://soundcloud.com/quanta-uk -a

# Download likes of the user Blastoyz
scdl -l https://soundcloud.com/kobiblastoyz -f

# Download one track
scdl -l https://soundcloud.com/jumpstreetpsy/low-extender

# Download one playlist
scdl -l https://soundcloud.com/pandadub/sets/the-lost-ship

# Download only new tracks from a playlist
scdl -l https://soundcloud.com/pandadub/sets/the-lost-ship --download-archive archive.txt -c

# Sync playlist
scdl -l https://soundcloud.com/pandadub/sets/the-lost-ship --sync archive.txt

# Download your likes (with authentification token)
scdl me -f

Options:

-h --help                       Show this screen
--version                       Show version
-l [url]                        URL can be track/playlist/user
-s [search_query]               Search for a track/playlist/user and use the first result
-n [maxtracks]                  Download the n last tracks of a playlist according to the creation date
-a                              Download all tracks of user (including reposts)
-t                              Download all uploads of a user (no reposts)
-f                              Download all favorites (likes) of a user
-C                              Download all tracks commented on by a user
-p                              Download all playlists of a user
-r                              Download all reposts of user
-c                              Continue if a downloaded file already exists
--force-metadata                This will set metadata on already downloaded track
-o [offset]                     Start downloading a playlist from the [offset]th track (starting with 1)
--addtimestamp                  Add track creation timestamp to filename,
                                which allows for chronological sorting
                                (Deprecated. Use --name-format instead.)
--addtofile                     Add artist to filename if missing
--debug                         Set log level to DEBUG
--error                         Set log level to ERROR
--download-archive [file]       Keep track of track IDs in an archive file,
                                and skip already-downloaded files
--extract-artist                Set artist tag from title instead of username
--hide-progress                 Hide the wget progress bar
--hidewarnings                  Hide Warnings. (use with precaution)
--max-size [max-size]           Skip tracks larger than size (k/m/g)
--min-size [min-size]           Skip tracks smaller than size (k/m/g)
--no-playlist-folder            Download playlist tracks into main directory,
                                instead of making a playlist subfolder
--onlymp3                       Download only mp3 files
--path [path]                   Use a custom path for downloaded files
--remove                        Remove any files not downloaded from execution
--sync [file]                   Compares an archive file to a playlist and downloads/removes any changed tracks
--flac                          Convert original files to .flac. Only works if the original file is lossless quality
--no-album-tag                  On some player track get the same cover art if from the same album, this prevent it
--original-art                  Download original cover art, not just 500x500 JPEG
--original-name                 Do not change name of original file downloads
--original-metadata             Do not change metadata of original file downloads
--no-original                   Do not download original file; only mp3, m4a, or opus
--only-original                 Only download songs with original file available
--name-format [format]          Specify the downloaded file name format. Use "-" to download to stdout
--playlist-name-format [format] Specify the downloaded file name format, if it is being downloaded as part of a playlist
--client-id [id]                Specify the client_id to use
--auth-token [token]            Specify the auth token to use
--overwrite                     Overwrite file if it already exists
--strict-playlist               Abort playlist downloading if one track fails to download
--add-description               Adds the description to a seperate txt file (can be read by some players)
--no-playlist                   Skip downloading playlists
--opus                          Prefer downloading opus streams over mp3 streams

Features

• Automatically detect the type of link provided
• Download all songs from a user
• Download all songs and reposts from a user
• Download all songs from one playlist
• Download all songs from all playlists from a user
• Download all songs from a user's favorites
• Download only new tracks from a list (playlist, favorites, etc.)
• Sync Playlist
• Set the tags with mutagen (Title / Artist / Album / Artwork)
• Create playlist files when downloading a playlist