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This C++ program is ayoutube-dl wrapper to make downloading music from YouTube, SoundCloud andother websites easier. The downloaded music is automatically tagged and moved to./artist/album/.Check the options below for more details.

music-dl is a program for GNU/Linux users to download and tag music.Usage: music-dl [OPTIONS] URLOptions:  -h [ --help ]           Print this help message  -l [ --lang ] arg       Set language for unknown tags                           choices: ['en', 'fr'] (locale or 'en' by default)  -c [ --cover-path ] arg Set cover from local image  --extract-cover         Extract the cover from the website  -a [ --artist ] arg     Set artist name tag  --extract-artist        Extract artist name from music titles  -A [ --album ] arg      Set album name tag  -g [ --genre ] arg      Set album genre tag  -y [ --year ] arg       Set album year tag  -d [ --dest-dir ] arg   Set destination directory  -r [ --remove-ex ] arg  Remove expression from titles                          (option can be used multiple times)  -f [ --format ] arg     Set audio format                          choices: ['mp3'] ('mp3' by default)

• Clone or dowload this repository.
• Make sureBoost andTagLib libraries are installed on your system. Check your distribution's Dockerfile intest/ if necessary.
• Compile and run the tests (optional).
• Install music-dl executingmake install fromsrc/ folder. It will copy the executable in your~/.local/bin directory.
• Open a new terminal and check withmusic-dl -h. If the help message is not displayed, you must add~/.local/bin to your PATH variable.

• Create a test directory withmkdir test_dir.
• Aftercd test_dir, executemusic-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSRipXBJqcc.
• Finally, check thre result withtree, and open the downloaded file with your music player to see its tags.
• You may want to redo these steps adding options to the command.