
On Ubuntu/Linux Mint based systems, open the terminal and run: sudo apt-get install ffmpeg -y 3. Place it somewhere familiar (Recommending /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl) 2.
If you open up a text editor, you can prepare all your URL in a similar fashion: You can also add multiple URLs and playlists, separated only by a space:
Keep in mind that it must be an URL to the playlist itself, and NOT a video in a playlist!. Select 'Open PowerShell Window here', or the 'Command Prompt' equivalent. Hold left-shift and right mouse click in the folder (Not directly on an item). In Explorer, navigate to the folder with the youtube-mp3.bat script. In order to start downloading music, you need to open up a command prompt or Windows PowerShell. If it cannot find ffmpeg, then you most likely did not correctly add C:\ffmpeg\bin\ to PATH environment. If you wish to change the formatting of the output files, you can learn more about it here. Remember to add your own windows username in YOUR-USERNAME-HERE. output "Music/YouTube/%%(playlist_title)s/%%(playlist_index)s - %%(title)s.%%(ext)s" ^ Put it in the same folder as youtube-dl.exe (from step 1). We need to create bat script that will store all the information we need to quickly and easily download music from YouTube.Ĭreate a new file and name it 'youtube-mp3.bat'. The contents of the folders will now be accessible directly without having to specify the path, the next time you open powershell/cmd. button.ĭouble-click the Path variable, in the top section.
Search for Environment and choose Edit the system environment variables option. Add the C:/ffmpeg/bin/ and C:/youtube-dl/ folder to PATH Rename the unzipped folder to "ffmpeg" and place it somewhere familiar (Recommending C:/ffmpeg/). You can get it here from FFMPEGs web-site. Place it somewhere familiar (Recommending C:/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.exe) 2. You can get it here from their official web-site. This will also allow you to download individual MP3s. Youtube-dl will allow you to download entire youtube playlists and store them as MP3s. Downloading Music Playlists from YouTube Disclaimer