pl2mp3
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Watches Youtube Playlists and automatically downloads & converts them to mp3
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> 👀 Watches Youtube Playlists and automatically downloads & converts them to mp3
**pl2mp3** will watch multiple YT playlists to download newly added videos and convert them to MP3. Ideal for music or podcast playlists.
Install **pl2mp3**:
```shell
npm install -g pl2mp3
```
```shell
Usage
$ pl2mp3 <Download Directory>
Options
--init, -i create a new download Directory
--update <mins>, -u <min> check for playlist updates every <min> mins. Default 10min
--reset, -r resets database, removes downloaded videos
Examples
$ pl2mp3 --init <Download Directory> // to create a new download Directory
$ pl2mp3 <Download Directory> // to start watching for new videos
$ pl2mp3 --update 20 <Download Directory> // to watch every 20min for changes.
```
* In order to use **pl2mp3**, you first have to create a download Directory. This Directory will be used by pl2mp3 to download and convert new videos. Run the following command to create a new download Directory
```shell
pl2mp3 --init <Directory name>
```
* This will create a new directory with a *db.json* file and a *config.json* file.
* After running the `--init` command, **pl2mp3** created a *config.json* file. The *config.json* file is used to specify the playlists you want to download and other options.
* When adding new playlists to the config.json, make sure that the Youtube playlists are **public**.
* The following config will download and watch two Playlists.
```json
{
"playlists": [
{
"link": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfpHPxe91z9NEwLMsxfmAehlZnoTzRFB8"
},
{
"link": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfpHPxe91z9OsVABLuXljh78LwiP8ToXq"
}
]
}
```
* You can add the following option to split mp3s into smaller clips
```json
{
"playlists": [
{
"link": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfpHPxe91z9NEwLMsxfmAehlZnoTzRFB8",
"split":true,
"split-duration":"03:00"
}
]
}
```
*This will split every mp3 file into 3 min clips, with proper names.
* After creating a Download Directory and customizing the config.json you can start **pl2mp3** with the following command:
```shell
pl2mp3 <Directory name>
```
* **pl2mp3** will create a separate folder for each playlist and will start downloading and converting all videos inside the playlists.
* After that **pl2mp3** will look every 10 min for newly added videos to download them too. You can change the time by using the `--update <min>` flag.
ICS © [Julian Beck](https://github.com/jufabeck2202)