OTR Downloader

OTR-dl a python script for archiving Old Time Radio shows from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Collection.

Install

requirment

• You need to have python v3 installed on your machine.

Start by cloning the repo to your computer

$  git clone https://github.com/muse-sisay/OTR-Downloader

Next change directory to the repository and install the required python modules:

$ cd OTR-Downloader/
$ python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage Examples

$ python3 otr-dl.py https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Dragnet_Singles

: download show in the current directory as the script.

$ python3 otr-dl.py -o ~/Music/OTR/ https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Dragnet_Singles

: download to ~/Music/OTR

$ python3 otr-dl.py -f links.txt

: show links are read from links.txt. Use this when you have multiple show to download.

My Recommendation

If you don't know where to start, I have added some of my favourite old time radio shows to links.txt. You can run the following command to download them

$ python3 otr-dl.py -f links.txt

They list includes :

• Sherlock Holmes : featuring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. ( People say Basil Rathbone was the best Sherlock Holmes ever but I beg to diffrer, I say Tom Conway was the best Sherlock Holmes ever. Whom do you think played Sherlock Holmes best?)

• Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police

• Dragnet : open this and mellow back listening to this

• X-Minus One

There is a nice list of shows over on reddit. Old Time Radio for beginners. While you are at it check out the sub-reddit :).