yt-dlp automation ideas
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GayInThePNW · 2023-12-28 22:05

Does anyone automate the yt-dlp videos they download? When you are on
your phone or other device and see a video you want to own, what
process do you use to obtain it using yt-dlp? I was thinking of a
static web page that you submit a URL that executes a script to
download the video or perhaps there is a web-based yt-dlp docker
container I'm missing. I checked out tubesync and its awesome for
youtube videos but not "other" videos.

Thanks,
Videoless in Seattle


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Legitimate_Farm_3095 · 2023-12-28 22:19

can't help with "other" videos but when it comes to youtube i just
save them to certain playlists. every night yt-dlp runs and grabs
anything new. maybe you can do something similar with the "other"
videos if yt-dl supports it

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koriwi · 2023-12-28 22:53

ive built something similar but for youtube music playlists.

just quick n dirty and the success html page is missing so i dont spam
this comment section toooo much.
\`\`\`ts
import express from "express";
import { spawnSync } from "child\_process";
const app = express();
app.get("/", (req, res) => {
  res.sendFile(\_\_dirname + "/index.html");
});
app.get("/success", (req, res) => {
  res.sendFile(\_\_dirname + "/success.html");
});
app.get("/download/playlist", (req, res) => {
  const { url } = req.query;
  let downloadURL: URL;
  try {
downloadURL = new URL(String(url));
  } catch (error) {
res.status(400).send("Invalid URL");
return;
  }
  const downloadDir = "\~/Downloads";
  // run yt-dlp
  spawnSync("yt-dlp", \[
"--embed-metadata",
"--audio-quality",
"0",
"--audio-format",
"opus",
"--output",
\`${downloadDir}/%(playlist\_title)s/%(channel)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s\`,
"-x",
downloadURL.toString(),
  \]);
  const result = spawnSync("beet", \[
"import",
"-ql",
"import.log",
"-m",
downloadDir,
  \]);
  console.log(result.stdout.toString());
  console.log(result.stderr.toString());
  if (result.stderr.toString() !== "") {
res.status(500).send(result.stderr.toString());
return;
  }
  res.redirect("/success");
});
app.listen(3210, () => console.log("listening on port 3210"));
\`\`\`

\`\`\`html





  YT2Beets

html, body {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
body {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
.container {
padding: 50px;
font-family: sans-serif;
color: white;
border-radius: 15px;
filter: drop-shadow(0 0 10px black);
text-shadow: 0 0 10px black;
background-color: rgb(252, 52, 52);
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
\#form-content {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
\#playlist-label {
font-size: 30px;
margin: 10px;
}
\#playlist {
width: 500px;
height: 30px;
border-radius: 5px;
border: none;
margin: 10px;
padding: 5px;
font-size: 20px;
}
\#playlist-button {
border-radius: 5px;
border: 1px solid white;
margin: 10px;
padding: 15px;
font-size: 20px;
background-color: rgb(252, 52, 52);
color: white;
cursor: pointer;
}
\#playlist-button:hover {
background-color: white;
color: rgb(252, 52, 52);
}




YouTube Playlist to beets converter


Playlist URL:

Download






\`\`\`

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koriwi · 2023-12-28 22:55

just replace the beets lines with something you want to do with the
file(s)/folder after you are done downloading

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brightwoof · 2023-12-28 23:27

Jeeze that's brilliant and simple.

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Legitimate_Farm_3095 · 2023-12-28 23:32

it should grab the highest quality by default. if not there is
probably a switch to add to make it happen.

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brightwoof · 2023-12-28 23:32

Apparently it grabs highest quality with audio and video stitched
together which is generally 720p

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Kali0z · 2023-12-29 00:49

If you want a website to enter the URL to download, then there is
[https://github.com/manbearwiz/youtube-dl-
server](https://github.com/manbearwiz/youtube-dl-server) \- I use it
to download one-off videos

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helmut72 · 2023-12-29 01:31

This fork of youtube-dl-server supports yt-dlp and it's also a
bookmark possible:

[https://github.com/nbr23/youtube-dl-
server](https://github.com/nbr23/youtube-dl-server)

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Square_Lawfulness_33 · 2023-12-29 05:17

I know this isn't yt-dlp but Jdownloader does this already. Also there
is pyload which is a webgui for multiple scripts including yt-dlp.

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5197799 · 2023-12-30 19:04

I'm a little late to the convo, but I do.

I use [this](https://github.com/Jeeaaasus/youtube-dl) docker image to
automate my videos downloads. I use four separate instances.

*  YouTube Channels
*  "Other" channels
*  Miscellaneous "other" videos
* Experimenting on turning YouTube channels into audio for podcasts.

Works....incredibly well for me. And the instructions are simple and
very clear to follow.