📖 Description

BandcampDownloader is a Windows application that helps downloading albums from bandcamp.com by retrieving the 128 kbps MP3 files streamed on the website. It aims to ease the life of those who prefer to listen to music on their favorite player rather than on their web browser, but offers only what is already freely available on Bandcamp.

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✨ Features

🎯 Core Functionality

Feature	Description
📥 Download MP3s	From album, track, or artist pages
🏷️ ID3 Tags	Album, Artist, Album Artist, Title, Track #, Year, Lyrics
🖼️ Cover Art	Save to tags and/or folder
📋 Playlists	M3U, PLS, WPL, ZPL formats
🎭 Various Artists	Auto-split "Artist - Title" format
🔄 Resilient	Continues on errors
⚙️ Personalization	Extensive settings including BDF section

🔧 BDF Settings (BandcampDownloaderFixed Exclusive)

The BDF section provides reliability and convenience options for enhanced downloading experience

Feature	Description
✅ Continue on Error	Keeps downloading remaining albums/tracks when errors occur
⏳ Wait for File Ready	Handles race conditions by waiting for files to be fully written
🎨 Split V/A Titles	Properly handles Various Artists releases
⏱️ Ignore Long Tracks	Skips tracks exceeding specified duration
👤 Assign Album Artist	Sets album artist for all tracks (compilations)
📊 Show Track Count	Displays download progress in action bar
🎚️ Force Bitrate	Experimental bitrate conversion
📏 Show Original Size	Displays original vs converted file size
🔔 Toast Notifications	Windows notifications for download events
🐛 Detailed Error Dialog	Shows detailed error information

🎭 Fun Languages

For entertainment purposes, the app includes several joke language options:

Language	Description
🏴‍☠️ Pirate	Arrr! Talk like a pirate
🐱 LOLcat	I can haz cheezburger?
🎭 Shakespearean	Thou shalt speaketh in olde English
⠓⠗⠑⠊ Braille	⠓⠗⠑⠊⠇⠇⠑⠂ (just for fun!)

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🖼️ Screenshots

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📜 Release Notes

See the changelog for detailed version history.

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🌍 Contributing

🈸 Translation

You can help translating the application by going to the Weblate project.

See the documentation for more info.

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📄 License

BandcampDownloader is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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👏 Credits

📚 Dependencies

The list of open-source libraries used by BandcampDownloader can be found on the dependency graph.

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⚠️ Piracy Note

You'll do what you want to do with this app, but remember to buy albums from your favorite artists if you want to support them! 💜

Bandcamp's Stance

From Bandcamp's official statement:

One of my fans showed me a totally easy way that someone could STEAL my music off of Bandcamp using RealPlayer 14.1 beta 3, or RipTheWeb.com, or by going into Temporary Internet Files and renaming blah blah blah. What are you doing about this grave problem?

Nothing. Since streams on Bandcamp are full-length, it's true that someone could use one of the above methods to access the underlying MP3-128. And sure, we could throw some technical hurdles in their way, but if they hit one of those hurdles, it's not like they'd slap their forehead and open their wallet. Instead, they'd just move on to some other site where those restrictions aren't in place, and you'll have squandered the chance to make your own site the premier destination for those seemingly cheap, but enthusiastic, word-spreading, and potentially later money-spending fans. In other words, the few people employing the above methods are better thought of as an opportunity, not a lost sale. If you're still skeptical, this may help.

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