yt-bhs

A simple command-line tool for downloading Youtube videos as songs, with embedded metadata and thumbnail cropping, with data taken from playlists exported by the now discontinued BlackHole music player.

INSTALL

Install yt-bhs through pip.

pip install yt-bhs

USAGE

Refer to the quick steps below:

1. Export your playlist from BlackHole, it would be a JSON file.

2. Copy it over to your system, in a directory of your choice.

3. Within this same directory, open up a command prompt and use the following template:

    python cli.py [OPTIONS] "your_playlist.json"
   

4. The playlist will be exported to the stated output folder.

Keep in mind that, if not explicitly set, two folders 'export' and 'cache' will be created for exported music and the temporary files respectively, all within the same directory.

OPTIONS

The options available in yt-bhs are:

MANUAL INSTALL

DEPENDENCIES

yt-bhs is currently tested with Python 3.11, hence versions same as or above Python 3.11 are recommended. For testing and running the package yourself, you will need to cover the following.

• yt-dlp - A command-line Youtube music/video downloader, and sits at the core of this tool. You may install it with pip using pip install yt-dlp, or refer the official page for other sources. If using a standalone binary, be sure to add it to your PATH.
• PIL - Python Imaging Library, for processing images in Python. Used for importing and cropping the thumbnail image. Install it with pip using pip install Pillow.
• mutagen - A python module for managing audio metadata and formats. Also allows embedding some cover art/thumbnail to a song. Install it with pip using pip install mutagen
• colorama - A simple python module that provides colored text in terminal. Purely cosmetic, you may remove it along with all of its references if you wish. Otherwise, you may install it with pip using pip install colorma.

CLONING

If all dependencies are resolved, you may safely clone the repository into a location of your choice.

git clone https://github.com/neuroin/yt-bhs

Only the contents under src/yt-bhs/ directory are needed (specifically the cli.py file). Run the script as a python program; use the available options similar to the standard usage.

python cli.py [OPTIONS] "your_playlist.json"

To use the script from any location, add cli.py to your PATH.

BUILDING

Make use of the source distribution file (.tar.gz) or the wheel distribution file (.whl) available inside of dist/ directory.

For building yt-bhs using the source distribution, make sure you have installed the latest versions of setuptools and build. Install them with pip.

pip install setuptools build

Download and store the source distribution file in some directory on your system. While within that directory, install yt-bhs with pip using the source distribution file.

pip install yt_bhs-x.x.x.tar.gz

For building the package using the wheel distribution, all binaries are pre-compiled so you need not install any building backends. Download and store the wheel distribution file in some directory on your system. While within that same directory, run it through pip to install yt-bhs.

pip install yt_bhs-x.x.x-py3-none-any.whl

LICENSE

yt-bhs is supplied under the Unlicense license, though some underlying components and dependencies may make use of other licenses that may or may not have the same conditions.