youtube-dl-wrapper

bash wrapper script for youtube-dl with menu to fetch an entire Playlist, Channel or just 1 URL as video/audio/both

A Bash Wrapper Script for youtube-dl Util

• Just a shell script that uses standard profiles to simplify using youtube-dl
• Uses an .env file for storing user-configuration for application dir, batch file location & where to save downloads.
• Allows reading from batch files dedicated to 'purpose' such as urls, channels, playlists
• Has profiles for getting videos, audio versions (or extractions) , or both.
• See the youtube-dl site: https://youtube-dl.org/

Terminal Prompts

output from the REQUIRED .env settings

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.CONFIG PARAMS in .env
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SCRIPT_DIR                              : 
YTU_DEST                                : /media/media2/v/ytu
YTU_LOG                                 : ytu.log
YTU_LIST                                : ytu-list.txt
OPT_USE_LIST                            : 
OPT_ARCHIVE_FILE_VIDEO        : --download-archive /media/media2/ytu/archive-video.txt
OPT_ARCHIVE_FILE_AUDIO        : --download-archive /media/media2/ytu/archive-audio.txt
OPT_ARCHIVE_FILE              : --download-archive /media/media2/ytu/archive-video.txt
OPT_BATCH_FILE                : --batch-file /media/media2/ytu/ytu-list.txt
OPT_BATCH_FILE_URLS           : --batch-file /media/media2/ytu/ytu-list.txt
OPT_BATCH_FILE_PLAYLIST       : --batch-file /media/media2/ytu/ytu-playlist.txt
OPT_BATCH_FILE_CHANNEL        : --batch-file /media/media2/ytu/ytu-channellist.txt
OPT_BATCH_FILE_VIDEOS         : --batch-file /media/media2/ytu/ytu-videoslist.txt
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Passed Args ( if any )

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Current URL                   : 
Current DATEAFTER             : 
Current List Setting          : 
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List locations ( build from env vars )

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Current List Location URLS    : --batch-file /media/media2/ytu/ytu-list.txt
Current List Location PLAYLIST: --batch-file /media/media2/ytu/ytu-playlist.txt
Current List Location CHANNEL : 
Current List Location VIDEOS  : 
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Prompt1 - Read from a 'batch' list ?

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-----  READ from LIST? Y/N ------
-----  OR    TAIL LOG? T --------
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Prompt2 - If NO, ENTER URL

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Read URL and DATEAFTER
Type...>https://youtu.be/PtdYnhnoGI0

• CTRL-V saves typing
• Any URL youtube-dl takes can be entered
• a second PARAM for the DATEAFTER option can be entered also in the form of: YYYYMMDD

Prompt3 - Media Type: Audio, Video, or Both

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Current media type: -f best/bestvideo+bestaudio
  -----  Set media type ------   
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V - VIDEO
A - AUDIO
B - BOTH
Select Option...: a
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A
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OPT_MEDIATYPE                 : -f bestaudio[ext=mp3]/bestaudio/best -x --audio-format mp3  --audio-quality 0 --keep-video --embed-thumbnail
OPT_ARCHIVE_FILE              : --download-archive /media/media2/ytu/archive-audio.txt
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Prompt4 - Job Type: Single URL, Entire Playlist, All Videos, Entire Channel

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----------- SELECT JOB TYPE ------------------------
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1 - SINGLE VIDEO      - list=--batch-file /media/media2/ytu/ytu-list.txt
2 - PLAYLIST BY URL   - 
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3 - PLAYLIST PAGE ALL - list=ytu-playlist.txt
4 - VIDEOS   PAGE ALL - list=ytu-videoslist.txt
5 - CHANNEL  PAGE ALL - list=ytu-channellist.txt
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6 - SINGLE VIDEO      - list=NOLIST
7 - View LOG:                   - ytu.log
8 - READ URL and DATEAFTER
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0 - EXIT
Select option and press ENTER or CTRL-C to ABORT:  1
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• These options do assume URL types

• Channel Page download expects:

  https://www.youtube.com/channel/ABCDEFGHIKJ

• Videos Page download expects:

  https://www.youtube.com/channel/ABCDEFGHIKJ/videos

• Playlist works best with a Playlist Page ( but should scrape the playlist from ANY URL in the playlist) : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?listABCDEFGHIKJ

Command Output

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ENTERED  : 1
Geting single URL ( dont get entire playlist )
READY TO START???? Press ENTER or CTRL-C to ABORTy
NOT using BATCHFILE, using https://youtu.be/PtdYnhnoGI0
COMMAND STRING: /media/media2/ytu/youtube-dl --console-title --verbose -f bestaudio[ext=mp3]/bestaudio/best -x --audio-format mp3  --audio-quality 0 --keep-video --embed-thumbnail  --write-all-thumbnails --write-description --write-info-json --ignore-errors --no-overwrites --restrict-filenames --download-archive /media/media2/ytu/archive-audio.txt --no-playlist  --output /media/media2/v/ytu/%(uploader)s/audio/%(title)s-%(id)s-audio.%(ext)s  https://youtu.be/PtdYnhnoGI0