Glomatico's ✨ Apple Music ✨ Downloader

A Python script to download Apple Music songs/music videos/albums/playlists. This is a rework of 661a274d62.

Setup

1. Install Python 3.7 or newer
2. Install gamdl with pip

   pip install gamdl
   

3. Add FFmpeg and mp4decrypt to PATH or specify the location using the command line arguments or the config file (see Configuration)
   • mp4decrypt is only needed if you want to download music videos
4. Place your cookies in the same folder that you will run the script as cookies.txt
   • You can export your cookies by using this Google Chrome extension on Apple Music website: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/open-cookiestxt/gdocmgbfkjnnpapoeobnolbbkoibbcif. Make sure to be logged in.
5. Place your .wvd file in the same folder that you will run the script as device.wvd
   • You can use dumper to dump your phone's L3 CDM. Once you have the L3 CDM, use pywidevine to create the .wvd file from it.
     1. Install pywidevine with pip

        pip install pywidevine pyyaml
        

     2. Create the .wvd file

        pywidevine create-device -t ANDROID -l 3 -k private_key.pem -c client_id.bin -o .
        

Examples

• Download a song

  gamdl "https://music.apple.com/us/album/never-gonna-give-you-up-2022-remaster/1626265761?i=1626265765"
  

• Download an album

  gamdl "https://music.apple.com/us/album/whenever-you-need-somebody-2022-remaster/1626265761"
  

Configuration

gamdl can be configured using the command line arguments or the config file. The config file is created automatically when you run gamdl for the first time at ~/.gamdl/config.json on Linux and %USERPROFILE%\.gamdl\config.json on Windows. Config file values can be overridden using command line arguments.

Command line argument / Config file key	Description	Default value
-f, --final-path / final_path	Path where the downloaded files will be saved.	./Apple Music
-t, --temp-path / temp_path	Path where the temporary files will be saved.	./temp
-c, --cookies-location / cookies_location	Location of the cookies file.	./cookies.txt
-w, --wvd-location / wvd_location	Location of the .wvd file.	./device.wvd
--ffmpeg-location / ffmpeg_location	Location of the FFmpeg binary.	ffmpeg
--mp4box-location / mp4box_location	Location of the MP4Box binary.	MP4Box
--mp4decrypt-location / mp4decrypt_location	Location of the mp4decrypt binary.	mp4decrypt
--nm3u8dlre-location / nm3u8dlre_location	Location of the N_m3u8DL-RE binary.	N_m3u8DL-RE
--config-location / -	Location of the config file.	<home_folder>/.gamdl/config.json
--template-folder-album / template_folder_album	Template of the album folders as a format string.	{album_artist}/{album}
--template-folder-compilation / template_folder_compilation	Template of the compilation album folders as a format string.	Compilations/{album}
--template-file-single-disc / template_file_single_disc	Template of the track files for single-disc albums as a format string.	{track:02d} {title}
--template-file-multi-disc / template_file_multi_disc	Template of the track files for multi-disc albums as a format string.	{disc}-{track:02d} {title}
--template-folder-music-video / template_folder_music_video	Template of the music video folders as a format string.	{artist}/Unknown Album
--template-file-music-video / template_file_music_video	Template of the music video files as a format string.	{title}
--cover-size / cover_size	Size of the cover.	1200
--cover-format / cover_format	Format of the cover.	jpg
--remux-mode / remux_mode	Remux mode.	ffmpeg
--download-mode / download_mode	Download mode.	ytdlp
-e, --exclude-tags / exclude_tags	List of tags to exclude from file tagging separated by commas.	null
--truncate / truncate	Maximum length of the file/folder names.	40
-l, --log-level / log_level	Log level.	INFO
--prefer-hevc / prefer_hevc	Prefer HEVC over AVC when downloading music videos.	false
--ask-video-format / ask_video_format	Ask for the video format when downloading music videos.	false
--disable-music-video-skip / disable_music_video_skip	Don't skip downloading music videos in albums/playlists.	false
-l, --lrc-only / lrc_only	Download only the synced lyrics.	false
-n, --no-lrc / no_lrc	Don't download the synced lyrics.	false
-s, --save-cover / save_cover	Save cover as a separate file.	false
--songs-heaac / songs_heaac	Download songs in HE-AAC 64kbps.	false
-o, --overwrite / overwrite	Overwrite existing files.	false
--print-exceptions / print_exceptions	Print exceptions.	false
-u, --url-txt / -	Read URLs as location of text files containing URLs.	false
-n, --no-config-file / -	Don't use the config file.	false

Tags variables

The following variables can be used in the template folders/files and/or in the exclude_tags list:

• album
• album_artist
• album_id
• album_sort
• artist
• artist_id
• artist_sort
• comment
• compilation
• composer
• composer_id
• composer_sort
• copyright
• cover
• date
• disc
• disc_total
• gapless
• genre
• genre_id
• lyrics
• media_type
• rating
• storefront
• title
• title_id
• title_sort
• track
• track_total
• xid

Remux mode

Can be either ffmpeg or mp4box. mp4decrypt is required for music videos and remuxing with mp4box. mp4box is slower but will not convert the closed captions track in music videos that have one. mp4box can be obtained from here.

Download mode

Can be either ytdlp or nm3u8dlre. nm3u8dlre is faster but requires ffmpeg. nm3u8dlre can be obtained from here.

Songs quality

Songs will be downloaded in AAC 256kbps by default or in HE-AAC 64kbps if the songs_heaac option is enabled.

Music videos quality

Music videos will be downloaded in the highest quality available by default. The available qualities are:

• AVC 1080p 10mbps, AAC 256kbps
• AVC 1080p 6.5mbps, AAC 256kbps
• AVC 720p 4mbps, AAC 256kbps
• AVC 576p 2mbps, AAC 256kbps
• AVC 480p 1.5mbps, AAC 256kbps
• AVC 360p 1mbps, AAC 256kbps

By enabling the prefer_hevc option, music videos will be downloaded in the highest HEVC quality available. The available qualities are:

• HEVC 4K 20mbps, AAC 256kbps
• HEVC 4K 12mbps, AAC 256kbps

Enable ask_video_format to select a custom audio/video format.