Features:
- Download music from YouTube videos
- Download music from YouTube playlists
- Add them to mpd to allow easy playback
Upcoming features:
- Create folders/mpd playlists for every YouTube playlist
Install from the Python Package Index:
-
pip install youtube_to_mpd. (Linux & Windows) - Package can be found here: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/youtube_to_mpd/
Install from source:
- run
setup.py install(with root privileges)
Usage:
- Download a single song and add to MPD:
python -m youtube_to_mpd -s SONGID(for example: DgQR0x5ljek) - Download a playlist and add to MPD:
python -m youtube_to_mpd -p PLAYLISTID(for example: FLoLRVbYOEns6PTJtWo0Y_7g)
Easy usage:
Configure:
- Add the following to your ".bashrc": alias playlist:'python -m youtube_to_mpd -p'
- Add the following to your ".bashrc": alias song:'python -m youtube_to_mpd -s'
- Start a new console session
Then run:
-
song SONGID(for example:song mIBTg7q9oNc) -
playlist LISTID(for example:playlist RDmIBTg7q9oNc)
Limitations:
- Make sure you put the "settings.conf" file in your current path (issue #5)
- Developed and tested on Debian Wheezy
Dependencies:
- youtube-dl: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl
- Music Player Daemon: http://www.musicpd.org
License:
If not stated otherwise "YouTube to MPD" is distributed in terms of the GPL software license. See COPYING file in the distribution for details.
Bug reports:
- Jeroen Doggen jeroendoggen@gmail.com
- Post issues to GitHub https://github.com/jeroendoggen/youtube-to-mpd/issues.