Gamdl (Glomatico's Apple Music Downloader)

A command-line app for downloading Apple Music songs, music videos and post videos.

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✨ Features

• 🎵 High-Quality Songs - Download songs in AAC 256kbps and other codecs
• 🎬 High-Quality Music Videos - Download music videos in resolutions up to 4K
• 📝 Synced Lyrics - Download synced lyrics in LRC, SRT, or TTML formats
• 🏷️ Rich Metadata - Automatic tagging with comprehensive metadata
• 🎤 Artist Support - Download all albums or music videos from an artist
• ⚙️ Highly Customizable - Extensive configuration options for advanced users

📋 Prerequisites

Required

• Python 3.10 or higher
• Apple Music Cookies - Export your browser cookies in Netscape format while logged in with an active subscription at the Apple Music website:
  • Firefox: Export Cookies
  • Chromium: Get cookies.txt LOCALLY
• FFmpeg - Must be in your system PATH
  • Windows: AnimMouse's FFmpeg Builds
  • Linux: John Van Sickle's FFmpeg Builds

Optional

Add these tools to your system PATH for additional features:

• mp4decrypt - Required for mp4box remux mode, music videos, and experimental codecs
• MP4Box - Required for mp4box remux mode
• N_m3u8DL-RE - Required for nm3u8dlre download mode, which is faster than the default downloader
• Wrapper & amdecrypt - For downloading songs in ALAC and other experimental codecs without API limitations

📦 Installation

Install Gamdl via pipx:

pipx is recommended for installing Gamdl to avoid dependency conflicts, but you can also use pip.

pipx install gamdl

Setup cookies:

1. Place your cookies file in the working directory as cookies.txt, or
2. Specify the path using --cookies-path or in the config file

🚀 Usage

gamdl [OPTIONS] URLS...

Supported URL Types

• Songs
• Albums (Public/Library)
• Playlists (Public/Library)
• Music Videos
• Artists
• Post Videos

Examples

Download a song:

gamdl "https://music.apple.com/us/album/never-gonna-give-you-up-2022-remaster/1624945511?i=1624945512"

Download an album:

gamdl "https://music.apple.com/us/album/whenever-you-need-somebody-2022-remaster/1624945511"

Download from an artist:

gamdl "https://music.apple.com/us/artist/rick-astley/669771"

Interactive Prompt Controls:

Key	Action
Arrow keys	Move selection
Space	Toggle selection
Ctrl + A	Select all
Enter	Confirm selection

⚙️ Configuration

Configure Gamdl using command-line arguments or a config file.

Config file location:

• Linux: ~/.gamdl/config.ini
• Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gamdl\config.ini

The file is created automatically on first run. Command-line arguments override config values.

Configuration Options

Option	Description	Default
General Options
--read-urls-as-txt, -r	Read URLs from text files	false
--config-path	Config file path	<home>/.gamdl/config.ini
--log-level	Logging level	INFO
--log-file	Log file path	-
--no-exceptions	Don't print exceptions	false
--no-config-file, -n	Don't use a config file	false
Apple Music Options
--cookies-path, -c	Cookies file path	./cookies.txt
--wrapper-account-url	Wrapper account URL	http://127.0.0.1:30020
--language, -l	Metadata language	en-US
Output Options
--output-path, -o	Output directory path	./Apple Music
--temp-path	Temporary directory path	.
--wvd-path	.wvd file path	-
--overwrite	Overwrite existing files	false
--save-cover, -s	Save cover as separate file	false
--save-playlist	Save M3U8 playlist file	false
Download Options
--nm3u8dlre-path	N_m3u8DL-RE executable path	N_m3u8DL-RE
--mp4decrypt-path	mp4decrypt executable path	mp4decrypt
--ffmpeg-path	FFmpeg executable path	ffmpeg
--mp4box-path	MP4Box executable path	MP4Box
--amdecrypt-path	amdecrypt executable path	amdecrypt
--use-wrapper	Use wrapper and amdecrypt	false
--wrapper-decrypt-ip	Wrapper decryption server IP	127.0.0.1:10020
--download-mode	Download mode	ytdlp
--remux-mode	Remux mode	ffmpeg
--cover-format	Cover format	jpg
Template Options
--album-folder-template	Album folder template	{album_artist}/{album}
--compilation-folder-template	Compilation folder template	Compilations/{album}
--no-album-folder-template	No album folder template	{artist}/Unknown Album
--single-disc-file-template	Single disc file template	{track:02d} {title}
--multi-disc-file-template	Multi disc file template	{disc}-{track:02d} {title}
--no-album-file-template	No album file template	{title}
--playlist-file-template	Playlist file template	Playlists/{playlist_artist}/{playlist_title}
--date-tag-template	Date tag template	%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ
--exclude-tags	Comma-separated tags to exclude	-
--cover-size	Cover size in pixels	1200
--truncate	Max filename length	-
Song Options
--song-codec	Song codec	aac-legacy
--synced-lyrics-format	Synced lyrics format	lrc
--no-synced-lyrics	Don't download synced lyrics	false
--synced-lyrics-only	Download only synced lyrics	false
Music Video Options
--music-video-codec-priority	Comma-separated codec priority	h264,h265
--music-video-remux-format	Music video remux format	m4v
--music-video-resolution	Max music video resolution	1080p
Post Video Options
--uploaded-video-quality	Post video quality	best

Template Variables

Use these variables in folder/file templates or --exclude-tags:

Variable	Description
{album}, {album_artist}, {album_id}, {album_sort}	Album info
{artist}, {artist_id}, {artist_sort}	Artist info
{title}, {title_id}, {title_sort}	Title info
{composer}, {composer_id}, {composer_sort}	Composer info
{track}, {track_total}, {disc}, {disc_total}	Track numbers
{genre}, {genre_id}	Genre info
{date}	Release date (supports strftime: {date:%Y})
{playlist_artist}, {playlist_id}, {playlist_title}, {playlist_track}	Playlist info
{compilation}, {gapless}, {rating}	Media properties
{comment}, {copyright}, {lyrics}, {cover}	Additional metadata
{media_type}, {storefront}, {xid}	Technical info
all	Special: Skip all tagging

Logging Level

• DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR

Download Mode

• ytdlp, nm3u8dlre

Remux Mode

• ffmpeg
• mp4box - Preserve the original closed caption track in music videos and some other minor metadata

Cover Format

• jpg
• png
• raw - Raw format as provided by the artist (requires save_cover to be enabled as it doesn't embed covers into files)

Metadata Language

Use ISO 639-1 language codes (e.g., en-US, es-ES, ja-JP, pt-BR). Don't always work for music videos.

Song Codecs

Stable:

• aac-legacy - AAC 256kbps 44.1kHz
• aac-he-legacy - AAC-HE 64kbps 44.1kHz

Experimental (may not work due to API limitations):

• aac - AAC 256kbps up to 48kHz
• aac-he - AAC-HE 64kbps up to 48kHz
• aac-binaural - AAC 256kbps binaural
• aac-downmix - AAC 256kbps downmix
• aac-he-binaural - AAC-HE 64kbps binaural
• aac-he-downmix - AAC-HE 64kbps downmix
• atmos - Dolby Atmos 768kbps
• ac3 - AC3 640kbps
• alac - ALAC up to 24-bit/192kHz (unsupported)
• ask - Interactive experimental codec selection

Synced Lyrics Format

• lrc
• srt - SubRip subtitle format (more accurate timing)
• ttml - Native Apple Music format (not compatible with most media players)

Music Video Codecs

• h264
• h265
• ask - Interactive codec selection

Music Video Resolutions

• H.264: 240p, 360p, 480p, 540p, 720p, 1080p
• H.265 only: 1440p, 2160p

Music Video Remux Formats

• m4v, mp4

Post Video Quality

• best - Up to 1080p with AAC 256kbps
• ask - Interactive quality selection

⚙️ Wrapper & amdecrypt

Use the wrapper and amdecrypt to download songs in ALAC and other experimental codecs without API limitations. Cookies are not required when using the wrapper.

Prerequisites

• wrapper - Refer to the repository for installation
• amdecrypt - Refer to the repository for installation
• mp4decrypt - Required by amdecrypt to decrypt protected files

Setup Instructions

1. Start the wrapper server - Run the wrapper server
2. Enable wrapper in Gamdl - Use --use-wrapper flag or set use_wrapper = true in config
3. Run Gamdl - Download as usual with the wrapper enabled

🐍 Embedding

Use Gamdl as a library in your Python projects:

import asyncio

from gamdl.api import AppleMusicApi, ItunesApi
from gamdl.downloader import (
    AppleMusicBaseDownloader,
    AppleMusicDownloader,
    AppleMusicMusicVideoDownloader,
    AppleMusicSongDownloader,
    AppleMusicUploadedVideoDownloader,
)
from gamdl.interface import (
    AppleMusicInterface,
    AppleMusicMusicVideoInterface,
    AppleMusicSongInterface,
    AppleMusicUploadedVideoInterface,
)

async def main():
    # Create AppleMusicApi instance (from cookies or wrapper)
    apple_music_api = await AppleMusicApi.create_from_netscape_cookies(
        cookies_path="cookies.txt",
    )
    itunes_api = ItunesApi(
        apple_music_api.storefront,
        apple_music_api.language,
    )

    # Check subscription
    assert apple_music_api.active_subscription

    # Set up interfaces
    interface = AppleMusicInterface(apple_music_api, itunes_api)
    song_interface = AppleMusicSongInterface(interface)
    music_video_interface = AppleMusicMusicVideoInterface(interface)
    uploaded_video_interface = AppleMusicUploadedVideoInterface(interface)

    # Set up base downloader and specialized downloaders
    base_downloader = AppleMusicBaseDownloader()
    song_downloader = AppleMusicSongDownloader(
        base_downloader=base_downloader,
        interface=song_interface,
    )
    music_video_downloader = AppleMusicMusicVideoDownloader(
        base_downloader=base_downloader,
        interface=music_video_interface,
    )
    uploaded_video_downloader = AppleMusicUploadedVideoDownloader(
        base_downloader=base_downloader,
        interface=uploaded_video_interface,
    )

    # Main downloader
    downloader = AppleMusicDownloader(
        interface=interface,
        base_downloader=base_downloader,
        song_downloader=song_downloader,
        music_video_downloader=music_video_downloader,
        uploaded_video_downloader=uploaded_video_downloader,
    )

    # Download a song
    url = "https://music.apple.com/us/album/never-gonna-give-you-up-2022-remaster/1624945511?i=1624945512"
    url_info = downloader.get_url_info(url)
    if url_info:
        download_queue = await downloader.get_download_queue(url_info)
        if download_queue:
            for download_item in download_queue:
                await downloader.download(download_item)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

🤝 Contributing

Currently, I'm not interested in reviewing pull requests that change or add features. Only critical bug fixes will be considered. However, feel free to open issues for bugs or feature requests.