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Yt-dlp doesn't do metadata though, at least the way I hold it. So I end up with "unknown - Unknown - file title" or the like when they're playing.

Stuff designed to rip mp3 streams got this right.

I'm probably holding it wrong.

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Add --embed-thumbnail --add-metadata

And then load up MusicBrainz Picard to tag it after-the-fact; I've found some cases, usually on more obscure music, where Youtube metadata was close to right but wrong on some details. But it had enough details to allow Picard to find the correct album, and then the file(s) was/were tagged correctly.

Yeah, used to rip online radios with a winamp plugin. it placed the songs in folders per day and got each song name right.

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