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How to save a Youtube playlist as mp3 files with Linux.

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Saving a Youtube playlist as mp3 files is easy with Linux. The youtube-dl script is capable of handling this easily. You need to specify the playlist ID instead of the whole URL.

Below is an example, this shows how easy it is to save a bunch of videos as mp3 files.

┌──[jason@192.168.1.2]─[~/Music/newyoutube]
└──╼  ╼ $ youtube-dl -x --audio-format "mp3" --embed-thumbnail --yes-playlist --output "%(title)s.%(ext)s" -i PL094EFA8AA73C042B

This works perfectly, and the Youtube thumbnail is embedded, so the files have artwork as well. This is the best way to save a music collection on Youtube to your private machine.

My music files with album art.
My music files with album art.

So give this a go today, this is very useful.


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