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Petter1@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Time to pirate YT content and upload to usenet to be automatically downloaded using sonarr

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Gutless2615@ttrpg.network ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Yes but literally throwing together a script to download the days subscription videos to a jellyfin media drive would be stupidly simple.

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Petter1@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Sure, but not as convenient 🤷🏻

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irreticent@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

“Stupidly simple” might be overselling it when it comes to the masses adopting it. Not everyone is adept at “throwing together a script.”

That being said, I’m all for helping the masses adapt.

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Gutless2615@ttrpg.network ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

“Give me a Python script using yt-dlp that I can run on a cronjob that will download the videos from any of my subscribed channels since the last time the script was run”

You can use the following Python script to download videos from your subscribed channels since the last run. This script uses yt-dlp and stores the last download timestamp to track new videos.

First, ensure you have yt-dlp installed:

pip install yt-dlp

Then, create a script called download_videos.py:

import os
import json
import subprocess
from datetime import datetime

# Configuration
last_run_file = 'last_run.json'
download_directory = 'downloads'

# Ensure the download directory exists
os.makedirs(download_directory, exist_ok=True)

# Load the last run time
if os.path.exists(last_run_file):
    with open(last_run_file, 'r') as f:
        last_run = json.load(f)['last_run']
else:
    last_run = datetime.now().isoformat()

# Update the last run time to now
current_run = datetime.now().isoformat()

# Command to get videos from subscribed channels since the last run
command = [
    'yt-dlp',
    '--download-archive', 'archive.txt',
    '--output', f'{download_directory}/%(title)s.%(ext)s',
    '--date-after', last_run,
    '--no-post-overwrites',
    '--merge-output-format', 'mp4',
    'https://www.youtube.com/channel/CHANNEL_ID',  # Replace with your channel URL
]

# Run the command
subprocess.run(command)

# Save the current run time
with open(last_run_file, 'w') as f:
    json.dump({'last_run': current_run}, f)

print("Download complete. Next run will check for videos since:", current_run)

Setting Up the Cron Job

Make the script executable:
```
chmod +x download_videos.py
```
Open your crontab:
```
crontab -e
```
Add a line to run the script at your desired interval (e.g., daily at 2 AM):
```
0 2 * * * /path/to/python /path/to/download_videos.py
```

Notes

Replace CHANNEL_ID in the script with your actual channel IDs or use a playlist URL if preferred.
The archive.txt file keeps track of already downloaded videos to avoid duplicates.
Adjust the paths to Python and your script as needed.

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webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Another example, which i can personally verify has been working fine for months. It works a bit different to the above, it downloads the latests 2* vids that are not already downloaded and runs once every hour.

Channels i am “subscribed” too are stored in a single text file, it also uses the avc1 codec because i found p9 and p10 had issues with the jellyfin client on my tv

looks like this, i added categories but i don’t actually use them in the script besides putting them in a variable, lol. Vid-limit is how many of the latests vids it should look at to download. The original reason i implemented that is so i could selectively download a bulk of latests vids if i wanted to.

Cat=Science
Name=Vertitasium
VidLimit=2
URL=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA

Cat=Minecraft
Name=EthosLab
VidLimit=2
URL=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFKDEp9si4RmHFWJW1vYsMA

#!/bin/bash


# Define the directory to store channel lists and scripts
script_dir="/.../YTDL"

# Define the base directory to store downloaded videos
base_download_dir="/.../youtubevids"

# Change to the script directory
cd "$script_dir"

# Parse the Channels.txt file and process each channel
awk -F'=' '
  /^Cat/ {Cat=$2}
  /^Name/ {Name=$2}
  /^VidLimit/ {VidLimit=$2}
  /^URL/ {URL=$2; print Cat, Name, VidLimit, URL}
' "$script_dir/Channels.txt" | while read -r Cat Name VidLimit URL; do
    # Define the download directory for this channel
    download_dir="$base_download_dir"
    
    # Define the download archive file for this channel
    archive_file="$script_dir/DLarchive$Name.txt"
    
    # Create the download directory if it does not exist
    mkdir -p "$download_dir"
    
    # If VidLimit is "ALL", set playlist_end option to empty, otherwise set it to --playlist-end <VidLimit>
    playlist_end_option=""
    if [[ $VidLimit != "ALL" ]]; then
        playlist_end_option="--playlist-end $VidLimit"
    fi
yt-dlp \
        --download-archive "$archive_file" \
        $playlist_end_option \
        --write-description \
        --write-thumbnail \
        --convert-thumbnails jpg \
        --add-metadata \
        --embed-thumbnail \
        --match-filter "!is_live & !was_live & original_url!*=/shorts/" \
        --merge-output-format mp4 \
        --format "bestvideo[vcodec^=avc1]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best" \
        --output "$download_dir/${Name} - %(title)s.%(ext)s" \
        "$URL"
        
done

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speeding_slug@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
It already exists, even as a Docker. Not as simple as an *arr style interface, but it works great.

(ytdl-sub)[github.com/jmbannon/ytdl-sub]

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- Gutless2615@ttrpg.network ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Well you know what they say “Great minds think quicker than mine and probably have already had that thought.”
  
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PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Honestly, it would probably be easier to just build a *arr program specifically for downloading YouTube videos directly. Tie it into the rest of the *arr suite, with naming conventions for Plex/Jellyfin.

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- Petter1@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I would install that, but I fear scraping youtube will be a arms race, soon, similar to other streaming services
  
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