Stream Ripper

Paste a stream or video URL, pick a format, and NullPlayer saves it as a tagged file. Find it under Output ▸ Streaming ▸ Rip URL….

What you get

• Formats: FLAC and MP3 for audio, MP4 for video up to 4K.
• Tags and cover art are written to the file.
• .cue sheets are written for the rip.
• Several rips at once. Start more than one and they run at the same time.
• No ads. You get the audio or video itself.
• Add it to your library. Finished files can be imported straight into your library.

Dependencies

Stream Ripper downloads and converts media with two command-line tools. They aren't bundled with NullPlayer. Install both with Homebrew:

brew install yt-dlp ffmpeg

Tool	What it does	Without it
yt-dlp	Fetches the stream or video from the URL	Nothing downloads
ffmpeg	Merges separate video and audio streams into an MP4, and converts audio to FLAC or MP3	Video fails with Postprocessing: ffmpeg not found, and audio isn't converted

NullPlayer looks for them in /opt/homebrew/bin, /usr/local/bin, /opt/local/bin and /usr/bin, which covers Homebrew and MacPorts. Run brew upgrade yt-dlp ffmpeg now and then. Sites change how they serve video, and an old yt-dlp can stop working.

The YouTube library source uses the same two tools.