irs's Introduction

Ingenious Redistribution System

Now with working album art!

An ingenious program to download audio from youtube and then parse metadata for the downloaded file.

Usage and Examples

usage:
    irs (-h | -v)
    irs [-l]
    irs -p PLAYLIST [-ng] [-c COMMAND] [-l]
    irs -a ARTIST (-s SONG | -A ALBUM [-st SEARCH_TERMS]) [-c COMMAND] [-l]

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --version         Display the version and exit.
  -c COMMAND, --command COMMAND
                        Run a background command with each song's location.
                        Example: `-c "rhythmbox %(loc)s"`
  -a ARTIST, --artist ARTIST
                        Specify the artist name.
  -p PLAYLIST, --playlist PLAYLIST
                        Specify playlist filename. Each line in the file
                        should be formatted like so: `SONGNAME - ARTIST`
  -s SONG, --song SONG  Specify song name of the artist.
  -A ALBUM, --album ALBUM
                        Specify album name of the artist.
  -st SEARCH_TERMS, --search-terms SEARCH_TERMS
                        Only use if calling -A/--album. Acts as extra search
                        terms when looking for the album.
  -l, --choose-link     If supplied, will bring up a console choice for what
                        link you want to download based off a list of titles.
  -ng, --no-organize    Only use if calling -p/--playlist. Forces all files
                        downloaded to be organized normally.

Installation

Please note that it currently is only usable in Python 3.x. Almost all dependencies are automatically installed by pip, but youtube_dl still needs ffmpeg to convert video to audio, so for Windows, you can install Scoop and then just do: