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Question

i want to add tags to mp3 converted by youtube-dl & ffmpeg :

youtube-dl -o \'/Output/qpgTC9MDx1o.mp3\' qpgTC9MDx1o -f bestaudio --extract-audio

Answer 1

On Windows, you can easily install ffmpeg via chocolatey

choco install ffmpeg

Answer 2

Make sure you have the last version for youtube-dl

sudo youtube-dl -U

after that you can solve this problem by installing the missing ffmpeg on ubuntu and debian:

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

and macOS use the command:

brew install ffmpeg

Answer 3

brew install ffmpeg will install what you need and all the dependencies if you are on a Mac.

Answer 4

Compiling the last answers into one:

If you're on Windows, use chocolatey:

choco install ffmpeg

If you are on Mac, use Brew:

brew install ffmpeg

If you are on a Debian Linux distribution, use apt:

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

And make sure Youtube-dl is updated:

youtube-dl -U

Answer 5

There is some confusion when using pip install in Windows. The instructions talk about a specific folder which has youtube-dl.exe. There is no such folder if you use pip install.

The solution is to:

• Download one of the builds from https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/
• Extract the zip contents
• Place the contents of the bin folder (there are three exe files) in any folder which is a path in Windows. I personally use Ananconda, so I placed them in /Anaconda/Scripts, but you could place it in any folder and add that folder to the path.

Answer 6

1. update your version of youtube-dl to the lastest as older version might not support palylists.

   sudo youtube-dl -U if u installed via .deb

   sudo pip install --upgrade youtube_dl via pip

2. use this to download the playlist as an MP3 file

   youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 #url_to_playlist