https://github.com/cvzi/genius-downloader

A lyrics downloader for genius.com
https://github.com/cvzi/genius-downloader

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A lyrics downloader for genius.com

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/cvzi/genius-downloader
• Owner: cvzi
• Created: 2015-03-17T16:32:12.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-24T22:04:38.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-04T22:50:53.454Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: genius, id3, lyrics, mp3tag
• Language: Python
• Size: 508 KB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
genius downloader

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Downloads lyrics from [genius.com](https://genius.com/) and saves the lyrics in a mp3 or m4a file.

You can select the correct lyrics from the first 20 search results.

Written in Python using the mutagen module.

Required:

 * Python 3.11

 * [Mutagen](https://bitbucket.org/lazka/mutagen) python module `pip install mutagen`

**Usage**: `python id3rapgenius.py filename artist songname`

![Animated screenshot of terminal](screenshots/screencapture.gif)

This was originally inteded as a [Mp3Tag](http://www.mp3tag.de) extension.

To add it to the Mp3Tag context menu, do the following steps in Mp3Tag:

 * Open Tools -> Options -> Tools 

 * Click on the "New" icon

 * Enter the name that shall appear in the context menu

 * For path choose your python.exe

 * For parameter use: C:\pathtofile\id3rapgenius.py "%_path%" "$replace(%artist%,","")" "$replace(%title%,","")"

 * Accept the "for all selected files" option

 

![Mp3Tag instructions](screenshots/id3rapgenius.jpg)