gamdl - Glomatico's Apple Music Downloader

A Python script to download Apple Music songs/music videos/albums/playlists. This is a rework of https://github.com/loveyoursupport/AppleMusic-Downloader/tree/661a274d62586b521feec5a7de6bee0e230fdb7d.

Features

• Download songs in 256kbps AAC or in 64kbps HE-AAC
• Download music videos up to 4K
• Download synced lyrics
• Choose between FFmpeg and MP4Box for remuxing
• Choose between yt-dlp and N_m3u8DL-RE for downloading
• Highly customizable

Installation

1. Install Python 3.7 or higher
2. Add FFmpeg and mp4decrypt to PATH
   • mp4decrypt is only needed if you want to download music videos
3. Place your cookies in the same folder that you will run gamdl as cookies.txt
   • You can export your cookies by using this Google Chrome extension on Apple Music website: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/open-cookiestxt/gdocmgbfkjnnpapoeobnolbbkoibbcif. Make sure to be logged in.
4. Place your .wvd file in the same folder that you will run gamdl as device.wvd
   • To get a .wvd file, you can use dumper to dump a L3 CDM from an Android device. Once you have the L3 CDM, use pywidevine to create the .wvd file from it.
     1. Install pywidevine with pip

        pip install pywidevine pyyaml

     2. Create the .wvd file

        pywidevine create-device -t ANDROID -l 3 -k private_key.pem -c client_id.bin -o .

5. Install gamdl using pip

   pip install gamdl

Examples

• Download a song

  gamdl "https://music.apple.com/us/album/never-gonna-give-you-up-2022-remaster/1626265761?i=1626265765"

• Download an album

  gamdl "https://music.apple.com/us/album/whenever-you-need-somebody-2022-remaster/1626265761"

Configuration

You can configure gamdl by using the command line arguments or the config file. The config file is created automatically when you run gamdl for the first time at ~/.gamdl/config.json on Linux and %USERPROFILE%\.gamdl\config.json on Windows. Config file values can be overridden using command line arguments.

Command line argument / Config file key	Description	Default value
-f, --final-path / final_path	Path where the downloaded files will be saved.	./Apple Music
-t, --temp-path / temp_path	Path where the temporary files will be saved.	./temp
-c, --cookies-location / cookies_location	Location of the cookies file.	./cookies.txt
-w, --wvd-location / wvd_location	Location of the .wvd file.	./device.wvd
--ffmpeg-location / ffmpeg_location	Location of the FFmpeg binary.	ffmpeg
--mp4box-location / mp4box_location	Location of the MP4Box binary.	MP4Box
--mp4decrypt-location / mp4decrypt_location	Location of the mp4decrypt binary.	mp4decrypt
--nm3u8dlre-location / nm3u8dlre_location	Location of the N_m3u8DL-RE binary.	N_m3u8DL-RE
--config-location / -	Location of the config file.	<home_folder>/.gamdl/config.json
--template-folder-album / template_folder_album	Template of the album folders as a format string.	{album_artist}/{album}
--template-folder-compilation / template_folder_compilation	Template of the compilation album folders as a format string.	Compilations/{album}
--template-file-single-disc / template_file_single_disc	Template of the track files for single-disc albums as a format string.	{track:02d} {title}
--template-file-multi-disc / template_file_multi_disc	Template of the track files for multi-disc albums as a format string.	{disc}-{track:02d} {title}
--template-folder-music-video / template_folder_music_video	Template of the music video folders as a format string.	{artist}/Unknown Album
--template-file-music-video / template_file_music_video	Template of the music video files as a format string.	{title}
--cover-size / cover_size	Size of the cover.	1200
--cover-format / cover_format	Format of the cover.	jpg
--remux-mode / remux_mode	Remux mode.	ffmpeg
--download-mode / download_mode	Download mode.	ytdlp
-e, --exclude-tags / exclude_tags	List of tags to exclude from file tagging separated by commas.	null
--truncate / truncate	Maximum length of the file/folder names.	40
-l, --log-level / log_level	Log level.	INFO
--prefer-hevc / prefer_hevc	Prefer HEVC over AVC when downloading music videos.	false
--ask-video-format / ask_video_format	Ask for the video format when downloading music videos.	false
--disable-music-video-skip / disable_music_video_skip	Don't skip downloading music videos in albums/playlists.	false
-l, --lrc-only / lrc_only	Download only the synced lyrics.	false
-n, --no-lrc / no_lrc	Don't download the synced lyrics.	false
-s, --save-cover / save_cover	Save cover as a separate file.	false
--songs-heaac / songs_heaac	Download songs in HE-AAC 64kbps.	false
-o, --overwrite / overwrite	Overwrite existing files.	false
--print-exceptions / print_exceptions	Print exceptions.	false
-u, --url-txt / -	Read URLs as location of text files containing URLs.	false
-n, --no-config-file / -	Don't use the config file.	false

Tags variables

The following variables can be used in the template folders/files and/or in the exclude_tags list:

• album
• album_artist
• album_id
• album_sort
• artist
• artist_id
• artist_sort
• comment
• compilation
• composer
• composer_id
• composer_sort
• copyright
• cover
• date
• disc
• disc_total
• gapless
• genre
• genre_id
• lyrics
• media_type
• rating
• storefront
• title
• title_id
• title_sort
• track
• track_total
• xid

Remux mode

The following remux modes are available:

• ffmpeg
  • Can decrypt and remux songs but can't decrypt music videos by itself
  • Decryption may not work on older versions of FFmpeg
• mp4box
  • Requires mp4decrypt
  • Doesn't convert closed captions in music videos that have them
  • Can be obtained from here: https://gpac.wp.imt.fr/downloads

Download mode

The following download modes are available:

• ytdlp
• nm3u8dlre
  • Faster than ytdlp
  • Requires FFmpeg
  • Can be obtained from here: https://github.com/nilaoda/N_m3u8DL-RE/releases

Music videos quality

Music videos will be downloaded in the highest quality available by default. The available qualities are:

• AVC 1080p 10mbps, AAC 256kbps
• AVC 1080p 6.5mbps, AAC 256kbps
• AVC 720p 4mbps, AAC 256kbps
• AVC 576p 2mbps, AAC 256kbps
• AVC 480p 1.5mbps, AAC 256kbps
• AVC 360p 1mbps, AAC 256kbps

By enabling the prefer_hevc option, music videos will be downloaded in the highest HEVC quality available. The available qualities are:

• HEVC 4K 20mbps, AAC 256kbps
• HEVC 4K 12mbps, AAC 256kbps

Enable ask_video_format to select a custom audio/video format.