Publish spotDL 4.2.11 (#2277)

Fix flac scanning when no album art present #2238 @joeyballentine
Fix m3u file creation, with correct metadata generation #2258
@Silverarmor

Various documentation changes & updates @Silverarmor 

Bump yt-dlp to 2025.1.15 to attempt to alleviate 403 Forbidden errors.

Author: Silverarmor

.github/workflows/standard-checks.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run Pylint check
         run: |
-          poetry run pylint --fail-under 10 --limit-inference-results 0 --disable=R0917,W0511 ./spotdl
+          poetry run pylint --fail-under 10 --limit-inference-results 0 --disable=R0917 ./spotdl
 
       - name: Run MyPy check
         run: |

.gitignore

@@ -145,6 +145,3 @@ temp/
 # VS Code
 .vscode
 *.txt
-
-# Output Folder
-output/

README.md

@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ For a list of all **options** use ```spotdl -h```
         `spotdl sync {filename}.spotdl`
 
 - `meta`: Updates metadata for the provided song files.
+
 </details>
 
 ## Music Sourcing and Audio Quality
@@ -149,19 +150,13 @@ Check the [Audio Formats](docs/usage.md#audio-formats-and-quality) page for more
 Interested in contributing? Check out our [CONTRIBUTING.md](docs/CONTRIBUTING.md) to find
 resources around contributing along with a guide on how to set up a development environment.
 
-#### Join our amazing community as a code contributor, and help accelerate
+### Join our amazing community as a code contributor, and help accelerate
+
 <br><br>
 <a href="https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/graphs/contributors">
   <img class="dark-light" src="https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=spotDL/spotify-downloader&anon=0&columns=25&max=100&r=true" />
 </a>
-## Donate
-
-help support the development and maintenance of the software ❤️
-
-[![paypal](https://img.shields.io/badge/paypal-%2300457C.svg?&style=for-the-badge&logo=paypal&logoColor=white)](https://paypal.me/kko7)
-[![kofi](https://img.shields.io/badge/kofi-%23F16061.svg?&style=for-the-badge&logo=ko-fi&logoColor=white)](https://ko-fi.com/xnetcat)
 
 ## License
 
 This project is Licensed under the [MIT](/LICENSE) License.
-

docs/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ everyone involved. The community looks forward to your contributions. 🎉
 - [I Want To Contribute](#i-want-to-contribute)
 - [Reporting Bugs](#reporting-bugs)
 - [Suggesting Enhancements](#suggesting-enhancements)
-- [Linting, Formatting and Type-checking](#Linting,-Formatting-and-Type-checking)
-- [Python Documentation](#Python-Documentation)
-- [Overview of the Project Structure](#Overview-of-the-Project-Structure)
-- [Join The Project Team](#Join-The-Project-Team)
+- [Linting, Formatting and Type-checking](#linting-formatting-and-type-checking)
+- [Python Documentation](#python-documentation)
+- [Overview of the Project Structure](#overview-of-the-project-structure)
+- [Join The Project Team](#join-the-project-team)
 
 ## I Have a Question
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ potential bug as fast as possible.
 #### How Do I Submit a Good Bug Report?
 
 > You must never report security related issues, vulnerabilities or bugs to the issue tracker,
-> or elsewhere in public. Instead sensitive bugs must be sent by discord to xnetcat#8144.
+> or elsewhere in public. Instead sensitive bugs must be sent by Discord to Silverarmor (spotDL Discord Owner).
 
 <!-- You may add a PGP key to allow the messages to be sent encrypted as well. -->
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Once it's filed:
   addressed until they are reproduced.
 - If the team is able to reproduce the issue, it will be marked `needs-fix`, as well as
   possibly other tags (such as `critical`), and the issue will be left to be
-  [implemented by someone](#your-first-code-contribution).
+  implemented by someone.
 
 <!-- You might want to create an issue template for bugs and errors that can be used as a guide and that defines the structure of the information to be included. If you do so, reference it here in the description. -->
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ All changes will now affect the poetry installation of the spotDL cli.
 - We use [`pylint`](https://pypi.org/project/pylint/) for linting and expect a score above `9`
 
   ```bash
-  pylint --limit-inference-results 0 --fail-under 9 ./spotdl
+  pylint --fail-under 10 --limit-inference-results 0 --disable=R0917 ./spotdl
   ```
 
 - We use [`black`](https://pypi.org/project/black/) for code formatting

docs/index.md

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Refer to our [Installation Guide](https://spotdl.rtfd.io/en/latest/installation/
 - On Termux
   - `curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/master/scripts/termux.sh | sh`
 - Arch
-  - There is an [Arch User Repository (AUR) package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-spotdl/) for
+  - There is an [Arch User Repository (AUR) package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/spotdl/) for
     spotDL.
 - Docker
   - Build image:
@@ -139,20 +139,13 @@ spotDL uses YouTube as a source for music downloads. This method is used to avoi
 
 spotDL downloads music from YouTube and is designed to always download the highest possible bitrate; which is 128 kbps for regular users and 256 kbps for YouTube Music premium users.
 
-Check the [Audio Formats](usage#audio-formats-and-quality) page for more info.
+Check the [Audio Formats](usage.md#audio-formats-and-quality) page for more info.
 
 ## Contributing
 
-Interested in contributing? Check out our [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING) to find
+Interested in contributing? Check out our [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) to find
 resources around contributing along with a guide on how to set up a development environment.
 
-## Donate
-
-help support the development and maintenance of the software ❤️
-
-[![paypal](https://img.shields.io/badge/paypal-%2300457C.svg?&style=for-the-badge&logo=paypal&logoColor=white)](https://paypal.me/kko7)
-[![kofi](https://img.shields.io/badge/kofi-%23F16061.svg?&style=for-the-badge&logo=ko-fi&logoColor=white)](https://ko-fi.com/xnetcat)
-
 ## License
 
 This project is Licensed under the [MIT](/LICENSE) License.

docs/installation.md

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ We have a dedicated Termux installation script
 
 ### Arch User Repository (AUR) package
 
-[You can find the AUR Package here](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-spotdl)
+[You can find the AUR Package here](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/spotdl)
 
 ## Where does spotDL download songs?
 

docs/usage.md

@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ If you don't want config to load automatically change `load_config` option in co
     "scan_for_songs": false,
     "m3u": null,
     "output": "{artists} - {title}.{output-ext}",
-    "m3u_output": "#EXTINF:{duration}, {artists} - {title}.{output-ext}",
     "overwrite": "skip",
     "search_query": null,
     "ffmpeg": "ffmpeg",