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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
jessica@cutie.city ("jessica :lily_autistic: :lily_asexual:") wrote:
With news of #Bandcamp being sold, and advice that you should download your purchases now, I haven't published it yet, but I actually wrote a post recently about downloading from Bandcamp, and here were the three options that took my eye:
https://github.com/Otiel/BandcampDownloader
https://github.com/RyanBluth/Bandcamp-Greasy
https://github.com/easlice/bandcamp-downloader
I used bandcamp-downloader, and here is an extract of my post using it:
"I easily managed to install it and configure to download to a chosen directory and in the FLAC format with the following command, replacing the terms `USERNAME` and `/path/to/directory/` accordingly:
`./bandcamp-downloader.py USERNAME -d /path/to/directory/ -f flac`
And then the downloads slowly started to trickle in, all zipped up underneath directories with the artists' name. As such, the music still needs unzipping, but that was the case when downloading manually as well, and then music can be organised however you like.
I like how I can run it the leave it to do all the work in the background with me needing to monitor it or it be too intrusive as I work on something else, but the other two options may be more suitable if you prefer to work with a graphical interface and aren't too comfortable with the command line."