A big one:

[www.youtube.com]

And all the videos to be audio files with the "Musical Companion" image, not some that have been crossed over to other video clips.

Anybody know how?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2025-07-29 14:30 by bv.

Playlists can easily be downloaded with the yt-dlp command-line tool.

Check the available formats first via the -F parameter, e.g. yt-dlp -F Playlist-URL . In large playlists, select the URL from single videos for a test.

Download audio only via the -f parameter, e.g. yt-dlp -f140 Playlist-URL when the format is m4a.

Download video+audio via the -f parameter as well, e.g. yt-dlp -f137+140 Playlist-URL when the formats are mp4+m4a.

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audio files with the "Musical Companion" image

When you have only downloaded the audio, add the cover image and the meta data (track name, artist, etc) via the Mp3tag tool.

Thanks, but I find that program really tough to understand. Is there anythig else in plainer English?

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Is there anything else in plainer English?

Maybe the '4K Video Downloader' tool works (but I haven't tried it).

JDownloader works perfectly. Copy the playlist url and paste it in JDownloader. That's all.

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JDownloader works perfectly.

Yes, if you simply download the whole playlist - but the special requirement from the first post is audio only with a specific cover image. To achieve this, set the appropriate filters for YouTube in the plug-in settings of JDownloader.



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JDownloader works perfectly.

Yes, if you simply download the whole playlist - but the special requirement from the first post is audio only with a specific cover image.

Audio only is no problem, select m4a only in the YouTube plugin of JD, but cover image... ok, I don't know.

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Audio only is no problem, select m4a only in the YouTube plugin of JD

In the meantime, I've seen that's the same for images, you can select them in the same way in JDownloader's plug-in settings (allowed media types) for YouTube.

I imagine somebody, not necessarily from IORR, will get 'em and post a torrent or something like that.

Hello, I have it if you want to email me about how I did it - I have lost your email



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2025-07-30 23:08 by midimannz.

Your e-mail address is hidden, but don't go to any trouble - I'm going to gradually do it using the free version of 4K Video Downloader.

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Your e-mail address is hidden, but don't go to any trouble - I'm going to gradually do it using the free version of 4K Video Downloader.

For the finished product as FLAC or 320mp3 it’s midimannz@gmail.com



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Your e-mail address is hidden, but don't go to any trouble - I'm going to gradually do it using the free version of 4K Video Downloader.

For the finished product as FLAC or 320mp3 it’s [email protected]

Again, thanks, but my mission is to amass the mp4 video files (with the standard image). I'll be able to handle that gradually.

Hey midimannz (or any other IORR Billy Joel fan),

I've been gradulally working my way through the 155 clips at [www.youtube.com]

First thing I've been doing is finding what is about 40 of them on that page that aren't the standard image ones. Funny thing is that if I Google the correct titles, I usually find them in search results. For some reason those 40 have been put up as older clips on that page, but my search technique usually finds them in standard image format anyway.

This time, however, there are three I just can't find in standard image format like the majority on that page - 108, 125, and 128. Would anybody like to have a go at finding them by some other means that I haven't worked out yet and post links here if they can find any of them?

You could simply buy the 155 tracks in much better quality than on YT (but that's not for free) - [Qobuz.com] .

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You could simply buy the 155 tracks in much better quality than on YT (but that's not for free) - [Qobuz.com] .

That's at least $US116.69, maybe more, at that site - For my low-level objective, I really don't think so. Thanks anyway, but no.



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I really don't understand why you don't grab it with JDownloader. It's only a few clicks and waiting a bit - and you have them all!

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I really don't understand why you don't grab it with JDownloader. It's only a few clicks and waiting a bit - and you have them all!

I appreciate your comments, but it's OK, I now have them all courtesy of 4K Video Downloader (free version) and the site [en.loader.to]. I didn't find it a particularly arduous task. It was interesting keeping organized and working towards a target, a session of work here and there until all done.

Besides, a bulk grab using JDownloader would have resulted in as many as 40 tracks that were not in fact the standard image videos, and are earlier, often different, audio or performances. Those 40 all required separate searching for the image videos and individual grabs. Well, 37 of - I fixed up the remaining three tracks that I mentioned on a site that makes image videos with input of images and .mp3

OK, great! 4K Downloader is perfect too.