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Pls recommend a good Spotify song and playlist downloader
The official Spotify app does not allow me to do this on Windows 11. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a good spotify song and playlist downloader by myself. Please make a recommendation to me.
Using "Bubbles The Dev Spotify to MP3 Downloader" as your Spotify playlist downloader is a completely valid option, especially if you're comfortable with a Python -based tool. It's free and open-source, built to download full playlists or individual tracks from Spotify and get them to MP3 format at 192kbps, automatically embedding all the song metadata for you.
This Spotify playlist downloader is not a double-clickable installer. You'll need to follow these setup steps, which are well-documented in its guide.
Prerequisites:
- Install spot DL: Open your terminal (Command Prompt or PowerShell) and run: pip install spot dl .
- Install FF mpeg: For Windows users, the easiest method is to run this command in an administrator terminal: winget install --id Gyan.FF mpeg -e --source winget .
Running the Tool:
- Download the script from its GitHub repository.
- Open your terminal in the script's folder.
- Run the script with python main.py or by double-clicking the launcher.bat file .
- When prompted, paste the URL of the Spotify playlist you wish to download, and the tool will handle the rest.
If you're looking for a more feature-rich or GUI-based alternative, other open-source downloaders like the one by Danie l-191 offer desktop and web interfaces for a similar process.