All versions after 2.20 failing to download readable songs

[PaisleyArtMachine]

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What happened?

All songs downloaded with versions of tidal-dl after 2.20 are downloading garbage tracks that cannot be read by any software. Windows media player fails to read, virtual dj fails to read (my use case). 2.20 works fine but lacks the symlink feature and is a little bit buggy.

Version App

2.20

What operating system do you use?

Windows

Version OS

Windows 11 Pro 24H2

Relevant log output

No log output, everything appears to work correctly except the tracks are unusable.

Your settings

{
    "skip_existing": true,
    "lyrics_embed": false,
    "lyrics_file": false,
    "video_download": false,
    "download_delay": false,
    "download_base_path": "C:\\Users\\paisl\\Music\\TidalMusic",
    "quality_audio": "LOSSLESS",
    "quality_video": "360",
    "format_album": "Albums/{album_artist} - {album_title}{album_explicit}/{track_volume_num_optional}{album_track_num}. {artist_name} - {track_title}",
    "format_playlist": "Playlists/{playlist_name}/{artist_name} - {track_title}",
    "format_mix": "Mix/{mix_name}/{artist_name} - {track_title}",
    "format_track": "Tracks/{artist_name} - {track_title}{track_explicit}",
    "format_video": "Videos/{artist_name} - {track_title}{track_explicit}",
    "video_convert_mp4": false,
    "path_binary_ffmpeg": "C:\\ffmpeg\\bin\\ffmpeg.exe",
    "metadata_cover_dimension": "1280",
    "metadata_cover_embed": false,
    "cover_album_file": false,
    "extract_flac": false,
    "downloads_simultaneous_per_track_max": 20,
    "download_delay_sec_min": 3.0,
    "download_delay_sec_max": 5.0,
    "album_track_num_pad_min": 1,
    "downloads_concurrent_max": 1,
    "symlink_to_track": false,
    "playlist_create": false
}

[orbittwz]

I would check the settings again... if you are aiming at FLAC, try to pay attention to those settings...

[PaisleyArtMachine]

It's every bitrate. Low high lossless, master, doesn't matter. All files are corrupted. As far as flac settings, which are you referring to? Why would 2.20 work but no following versions of tidal-dl?

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On Wed, May 21, 2025, 10:58 AM orbittwz ***@***.***> wrote: *orbittwz* left a comment (exislow/tidal-dl-ng#443) <#443 (comment)> I would check the settings again... if you are aiming at FLAC, try to pay attention to those settings... — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#443 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AB4FA3W5FCK27SO5FHFBTML27SPAXAVCNFSM6AAAAAB5O424Z6VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDQOJYGQ3TKMRXGU> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[sleepyheaad]

try to download at lesser Chunk per track, and lesser track. I've faced corruption because too many downloads happening at same time, maybe this will help. refer to "tidal-dl-ng cfg" for more proper explanation.

[PaisleyArtMachine]

Do you mean multiple downloads simultaneously, or too many in the download list? I'm currently only at 1 download allowed at a time. But again, why would 2.20 work but none of the following releases?

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On Thu, May 22, 2025, 8:04 AM sleepyheaad ***@***.***> wrote: *sleepyheaad* left a comment (exislow/tidal-dl-ng#443) <#443 (comment)> try to download at lesser Chunk per track, and lesser track. I've faced corruption because too many downloads happening at same time, maybe this will help. refer to "tidal-dl-ng cfg" for more proper explanation. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#443 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AB4FA3TQWPGZG6VUWIXHXZT27XDOBAVCNFSM6AAAAAB5O424Z6VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDSMBRGE2TSNJRGA> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[ottworks]

this bug is because the URL is now being written to the file; url is not a valid id3 tag. this ffmpeg command will render the file usable again:

ffmpeg -i input.mp3 -map_metadata 0 -metadata url= -c copy output.mp3

here is a batch script that you can drag files onto to fix them in bulk:

@echo off
if [%1]==[] goto :eof
:loop
move %1 "%~dpn1_old%~x1"
ffmpeg -i "%~dpn1_old%~x1" -map_metadata 0 -metadata url= -c copy %1
del "%~dpn1_old%~x1"
shift
if not [%1]==[] goto loop

[PaisleyArtMachine]

Thank you so much for the explanation and potential fix. Can I ask why the url is being written to the file if it corrupts it? Maybe don't do that?

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On Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 5:56 PM Ott ***@***.***> wrote: *ottworks* left a comment (exislow/tidal-dl-ng#443) <#443 (comment)> this bug is because the URL is now being written to the file; url is not a valid id3 tag. this ffmpeg command will render the file usable again: ffmpeg -i input.mp3 -map_metadata 0 -metadata url= -c copy output.mp3 — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#443 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AB4FA3WPUC5RED752ANDT5T3FHXVDAVCNFSM6AAAAAB5O424Z6VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZTAMBSGI3DSNZVGM> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>