ytmdl
A simple app to get songs from YouTube in mp3 format with artist name, album name etc from sources like iTunes, Spotify, LastFM, Deezer, Gaana etc. (by deepjyoti30)
SkyTube
Copylefted libre / open source YouTube player for Android (by ram-on)
| ytmdl | SkyTube | |
|---|---|---|
| 58 | 63 | |
| 3,049 | 2,161 | |
| - | 0.6% | |
| 6.7 | 8.3 | |
| 19 days ago | 25 days ago | |
| Python | Java | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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ytmdl
Posts with mentions or reviews of ytmdl.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-19.
- ytmdl - Download songs from YouTube with metadata. v0.3.4 released with youtube as fallback for meta, output directory customizations and other fixes.
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Spotify Rip Software?
This one's not perfect, but it rips songs from YouTube or things like that and gets the Metadata so you can upload it to iTunes to your iPod and what not https://ytmdl.deepjyoti30.dev/
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Spotify Downloader showcase(more info in comments)
https://github.com/deepjyoti30/ytmdl did this first, and did it best, the rest of the projects doing it add precisely nothing.
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How to use YT-DL to download whole playlists?
I don't know what your current OS is or familiarity with command line is like, but this is pretty handy for what you want to do: ytmdl
- Fork ytmdl for Metadata retriever. ytmdl searches song and downloads from YouTube and gets metadata from iTunes, Spotify, LastFM, Deezer, Gaana etc.
- I am trying to embed album_artist and album into metadata - Help needed
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Yt-dlp - A few questions about Sound quality,Thumbnails and Output Templates (Music Playlist)
Any suggestions? for now when I want to download single tracks I use a spotdl fork and I have looked at ytmdl which I believe have support for Spotify metada, but other than that, having seen anything that can integrate with yt-dlp and not replace it.
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Program to view metadata from Spotify, iTunes?
This program downloads then extracts metadata from iTunes, Spotify, LastFM, Deezer, Gaana https://github.com/deepjyoti30/ytmdl
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Take an m3u of mp3's and download the official YouTube videos
https://github.com/deepjyoti30/ytmdl kind of does it but it grabs the mp3 not the video. I might have it pull the official video URL and dump those to a file then grab those.
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YouTube downloader to mp3 which includes thumbnails?
you can download youtube songs in mp3 not only with thumbnail but also metadata with ytmdl (artist name, album, etc) (web app) (command line)
SkyTube
Posts with mentions or reviews of SkyTube.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-31.
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⟳ 8 apps added, 74 updated at f-droid.org
SkyTube (version 2.987): An open source YouTube client
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YouTube for jellybean
If not you can download it from GitHub https://github.com/SkyTubeTeam/SkyTube
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I hate my youtube recommendations; any solution?
YouTube alternative clients (apps): - NewPipe - Alternative Android YouTube app. No account needed, privacy respecting, no ads. - NewPipe x Sponsorblock - NewPipe fork that incorporates Sponsorblock. - SkyTube - Alternative Android YouTube app. No account needed, privacy respecting, no ads. - FreeTube - FreeTube is an open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind. (Uses Local RSS API or Invidious for backend). - LibreTube - An alternative frontend for YouTube, for Android using Piped. - Yattee - Alternative YouTube frontend for iOS, tvOS and macOS built with Invidious and Piped. - Clipious Invidious client for android
- Adguard Home and Youtube ads...
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[Question] is there and actual good alternative for Vanced?
SkyTube Extra
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Vanced alternative for an ancient phone with JB Android 4.2.2?
I haven't tried SkyTube but looking at their GitHub it seems the video player it relies on is the cause of the issue and is also needing minimum 5.0: https://github.com/SkyTubeTeam/SkyTube/issues/1062
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Can anyone fix the old youtube app?
Legacy requires Android 4.0 minimum, it was branched out to Legacy due to crashes and development burden getting the main one to work properly. You can find it here.
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Missing device(s) to "Cast to"
Interesting. I can recommend Skytube extra for casting without ads. Smarttubenext seems to be another good option if you have the newest chromecast with google tv or an android tv box (which I don't)
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⟳ 0 apps added, 10 updated at apt.izzysoft.de
SkyTube Extra (version 45): A simple and feature-rich YouTube player
- Is anyone else getting tired of LTT's clickbait?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ytmdl and SkyTube you can also consider the following projects:
spotify-downloader - Download your Spotify playlists and songs along with album art and metadata (from YouTube if a match is found).
NewPipe - A fork of NewPipe with SponsorBlock functionality.
youtube-dl-gui - A cross platform front-end GUI of the popular youtube-dl written in wxPython.
LibreTube - An alternative frontend for YouTube, for Android.
yt-dlp - A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
NewPipe - A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android.
SpotiFlyer - Kotlin Multiplatform Music Downloader, Supports Spotify / Gaana / Youtube Music / Jio Saavn / SoundCloud.
Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass - A simple browser extension to bypass YouTube's age verification, disable content warnings and watch age restricted videos without having to sign in!
deezer-downloader - Download music from Deezer with a nice front end
SongTube-App - Simple & Beautiful App (Tool) made in Flutter to Download Media from YouTube
savify - Download Spotify songs to mp3 with full metadata and cover art!
SponsorBlock - Skip YouTube video sponsors (browser extension)