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Developer releases trackfetch batch music downloader tool

Original: I made trackfetch: give it a text file with one "Artist - Title" per line and it saves every song with proper tags and c

A developer has released trackfetch, a command-line tool that takes a plain text file listing songs as 'Artist - Title' and saves each track with proper tags and cover art. Metadata comes from Spotify, while audio is pulled from YouTube via yt-dlp, outputting MP3 or re-encoding-free Opus/M4A. The tool is resumable, handles Cyrillic titles, and ships as a single file.

Why now: People are reacting to a new free tool that automates downloading and tagging music, which touches on copyright-sensitive territory.

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• I made trackfetch: give it a text file with one "Artist - Title" per line and it saves every song with proper tags and cover art. Metadata comes from Spotify, audio from YouTube via yt-dlp. MP3, or Opus/M4A without re-encoding. Resumable, handles Cyrillic, ships as a single… · byteme6 · 2

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