Spotify-downloader: Show which Youtube video is downloaded + Add option to remove cutoff prevention (function that adds empty seconds at the end)

[RowanSkie]

I've been actually using SpotDL since it's v2 release, and what I liked there is the ability to choose which video is to be used especially when the song's very old, and it's not international. Now with improved algorithms and a better selection (plus the 1-3 second cutoff prevention added), I'm a little paranoid if the song has multiple versions available and I want to ensure that I'm getting the correct one.

The song I've downloaded is:
https://open.spotify.com/track/7mmnql6xmYP03z5f3VVQSI?si=A08LClOUQUCHKz1CcAoOew
(Sharon Cuneta - High School)

The closest Youtube DL match is this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DC4TDNESEE

However, that song is also a rename of the same song with a different length (which is why I don't like the cut-off prevention SpotDL adds) called "High School Life":
https://open.spotify.com/track/0E1n7KS1iBw4iaGgItFfu0?si=vAoMe8n2Tg-P4Xs1Hu4IUw

The downloaded audio for "Sharon Cuneta - High School Life" via SpotDL v3 adds _6 seconds_ to the actual song, unless the Youtube video it took is _not_ the actual video, as it's really just 3:43. (The one I downloaded from SpotDL v2 and with manual Youtube video selection is 3:45, which shows as 3:44 sadly but I lived with it. The one it can probably choose is this video when I download it via SpotDL v3 is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clBb19oNou8)

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[MikhailZex]

Well, that's not a feature a lot of user would use, we don't want to build up a large codebase that we can't maintain. That being said, we will not be implementing this.

Theres an update coming to the download sub-module to make it easier to use as a library. You could use that to write up a script for yourself. Alternatively, fork spotDL, make the changes and we'll put a link to your fork on out home page for others who want the same functionality.

[MikhailZex]

Secondary notes,

1. I just checked, only 2 seconds of silence is appended to the tracks. Removing this will result in you randomly loosing the last 10-15 seconds of your song.

2. spotDL v3 has nothing to do with YoutubeDL, we source our search results from YouTube Music (all oftheir big data goodness)

3. Theres a limit to how accurate we can get, that seems to be 99% accuracy (that's just 10 mistakes in 1000 songs, we ran a sample test with 800 songs)

4. Dude, spotdl v3 is much easier to use as a library, just download your song manually and apply metadata using spotDL.

[MikhailZex]

The spotDL match is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DC4TDNESEE&list=RDAMVM1DC4TDNESEE which is from Sharon Cuneta's official channel ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[RowanSkie]

I apologize for the stuff I asked, and I guess I'll see to attempt to make it. Glad to know that we're actually using an actual music database instead of Youtube itself, haha!

[MikhailZex]

Chill. Everyone rages over minor things once in a while.