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Download music from Youtube music with volume normalization

yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser chrome -f "bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best" --embed-thumbnail --embed-metadata --exec "ffmpeg -i {} -filter:a loudnorm -c:v copy {}.2.m4a" "https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=LM"
  • the normalized music is named with a suffix .2.m4a
  • Need to delete the original files manually
  • This method physically change the volume rather than a tag in the file