i30817 / album_splitter

Awk/bash script to split an album from YouTube into separate tracks. Depends on youtube-dl

album_splitter

Simple awk/bash script to split a (single-video) album from YouTube into separate tracks, based on the tracks listed in its description.

Syntax

./album_splitter.sh URL [download_location]

How to use

Simply copy the album's YouTube URL and pass it as an argument to album_splitter.sh:

./album_splitter.sh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x4mpl3_1d

The script will then download the audio, and create a new directory containing the separate tracks and a tracklist.

By default, the album will be downloaded to the current directory. Another directory may be specified as an argument after the URL, such as:

./album_splitter.sh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x4mpl13_1d ~/Music

The YouTube video should contain the titles/timestamps in its description, which the script uses to determine each track.

Requirements

• youtube-dl
• ffmpeg (should have been installed with youtube-dl)
• awk (should already be installed on most systems)