youtube_dl

A nodejs command line tool to download youtube playlist into mp3 files

How to use (for developers)

First, you should create a google API project with a project key.

Then...

1. fetch playlist json data.

node playlist.js project_key play_list_id > playlist.json

2. download files by json data

node download.js ./playlist.json

3. convert mp4 files to mp3 files (ffmpeg required)

for F in *.mp4; do ffmpeg -i "$F" -vn -acodec libmp3lame "${F%.mp4}.mp3"; done

How to download (for none developers)

1. install nodejs from http://nodejs.org/

Why this tool?

I created this to download my youtube playlist: 初音系列-名曲影片收錄計劃 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd9h8qIvou__eaEQ6XFHR6Z3DmDVfz_r_

The name of file will fit into my notes, and then I can play these mp3 files.