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I recommend using MacPorts to install using sudo port install ffmpeg +nonfree. ffmpeg: Batteries-included package for creating/modifying media files.
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To set the download location: directory =.Add the following lines to the file config in the format key = value (note whitespace doesn't matter, and entries don't need to be quoted):.After creating the Discogs account, click on the top-right profile image and to Settings -> Developer, then click the "Generate token" button.Discogs and MusicBrainz are the two major online discography databases, each with their strengths and weaknesses each with public python APIs. Create an account with Discogs and another account with MusicBrainz.Creates a file named config in the youtube-dl-music directory.Installs the python packages needed for ydm-metadata (see below).f-strings are totally awesome and you should be using them (. The ydm-metadata script has f-strings, which are a python 3.6+ feature. Make sure your version of python3 is python3.6+.If you do want to use ydm-metadata, a few more steps are required: If you don't want to use ydm-metadata, just manually install ffmpeg, youtube-dl, and ffmpeg-normalize, and always use the flag -q when calling the ydm command. Now, the tools you need will be accessible every time you start a terminal. Then restart the shell or "source" the file with source ~/.bash_profile. Export PATH="$HOME/youtube-dl-music:$PATH"
