Glomatico’s ✨ Apple Music ✨ Downloader

A Python script to download Apple Music songs/music videos/albums/playlists.

This is a rework of https://github.com/loveyoursupport/AppleMusic-Downloader/tree/661a274d62586b521feec5a7de6bee0e230fdb7d.

Some new features that I added:

• MP4Box for muxing
• Tags for music videos
• Multiple URLs input
• iTunes folder structure
• Embedded lyrics and .lrc file
• Auto set region
• Playlist support
• And much more!

Setup

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

   pip install gamdl
   

3. Add MP4Box and mp4decrypt to your PATH
   • You can get them from here:
     • MP4Box: https://gpac.wp.imt.fr/downloads/
     • mp4decrypt: https://www.bento4.com/downloads/
4. Export your Apple Music cookies as cookies.txt to the same folder that you will run the script
   • 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. Put your Widevine Device file (.wvd) in the same folder that you will run the script
   • You can use Dumper to dump your phone’s L3 CDM: https://github.com/Diazole/dumper. Once you have the L3 CDM, you can 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 .
        

6. (optional) Add aria2c to your PATH for faster downloads
   • You can get it from here: https://github.com/aria2/aria2/releases.

Usage

usage: gamdl [-h] [-u [URLS_TXT]] [-w WVD_LOCATION] [-f FINAL_PATH] [-t TEMP_PATH] [-c COOKIES_LOCATION] [-m]
                   [-p] [-a] [-o] [-n] [-s] [-e] [-i] [-v]
                   [url ...]

Download Apple Music songs/music videos/albums/playlists

positional arguments:
  url                   Apple Music song/music video/album/playlist URL(s) (default: None)

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -u [URLS_TXT], --urls-txt [URLS_TXT]
                        Read URLs from a text file (default: None)
  -w WVD_LOCATION, --wvd-location WVD_LOCATION
                        .wvd file location (default: *.wvd)
  -f FINAL_PATH, --final-path FINAL_PATH
                        Final Path (default: Apple Music)
  -t TEMP_PATH, --temp-path TEMP_PATH
                        Temp Path (default: temp)
  -c COOKIES_LOCATION, --cookies-location COOKIES_LOCATION
                        Cookies location (default: cookies.txt)
  -m, --disable-music-video-skip
                        Disable music video skip on playlists/albums (default: False)
  -p, --prefer-hevc     Prefer HEVC over AVC (default: False)
  -a, --heaac           Download songs/music videos with HE-AAC instead of AAC (default: False)
  -o, --overwrite       Overwrite existing files (default: False)
  -n, --no-lrc          Don't create .lrc file (default: False)
  -s, --skip-cleanup    Skip cleanup (default: False)
  -e, --print-exceptions
                        Print execeptions (default: False)
  -i, --print-video-m3u8-url
                        Print Video M3U8 URL (default: False)
  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit

Songs/Music Videos quality

• Songs:
  • 256kbps AAC / HE-AAC 64kbps
• Music Videos (varies depending on the video):
  • 4K HEVC 20mbps, AAC 256kbps / HE-AAC 64kbps
  • 4K HEVC 12mbps, AAC 256kbps / HE-AAC 64kbps
  • 1080p AVC 10mbps, AAC 256kbps / HE-AAC 64kbps
  • 1080p AVC 6.5bps, AAC 256kbps / HE-AAC 64kbps
  • 720p AVC 4mbps, AAC 256kbps / HE-AAC 64kbps
  • 576p AVC 2mbps, AAC 256kbps / HE-AAC 64kbps
  • 480p AVC 1.5mbps, AAC 256kbps / HE-AAC 64kbps
  • 360p AVC 1mbps, AAC 256kbps / HE-AAC 64kbps

Some videos may include EIA-608 closed captions.