yt-dlp-rajiko

improved radiko.jp extractor plugin for yt-dlp (fast and areafree)

yt-dlp-rajiko lets you download Japanese radio shows from radiko.jp without a VPN, using yt-dlp. It downloads quickly, and works for any participating station*, from anywhere in the world.
*except NHK, but they have their own site which is supported in yt-dlp proper

Intended for personal archiving, not for commercial use. Please subscribe to radiko Premium if you are able.
(It's Free Software, so this is just me asking nicely, not a hard requirement. but you should do it so that radiko can keep existing)
(also, if you get the timefree30 plan you can use it with yt-dlp :P)

日本語 🇯🇵

Installation

Download the plugin bundle or pip install yt-dlp-rajiko

Requires yt-dlp 2025.02.19 or newer.

If you installed yt-dlp with pip, use the pip command above. If you installed yt-dlp with pipx, use pipx inject yt-dlp yt-dlp-rajiko to install the plugin in yt-dlp's environment.

If you installed with the .exe/binary or any other method, download the bundle and place it in one of these locations:

• %appdata%\yt-dlp\plugins\ (on Windows)
• ~/.config/yt-dlp/plugins/ (on Linux and Mac)
• a yt-dlp-plugins folder next to your yt-dlp.exe (like this)
  
• anywhere else listed in the yt-dlp documentation.

You'll have to create those folders if they don't already exist.
There is no need to extract the zip file.

You can check you've installed correctly by running yt-dlp -v and looking for the [debug] Extractor Plugins: or [debug] Plugin directories: lines. (like this)

More information about yt-dlp plugins is available from yt-dlp's documentation.

More info

Please see the website for more information (usage, contact methods, etc)

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about this repository

this is just where the source code and bug tracker live. most of the info is on the website.

Generally you should use the release versions. master branch usually works, but should be considered experimental and may have bugs