Download the latest [release](https://github.com/TheFrenchGhosty/TheFrenchGhostys-YouTube-DL-Archivist-Scripts/releases), do not use the `master` branch unless you are ready to redownload EVERYTHING.
**Warning for Windows users**: Because Windows is using a path length limit of 260 characters, you might have problems when downloading videos with long title (or even videos with short one if your path is long), supposedly there is ways to disable this limit but during my testing I couldn't make it to work. Using `C:\YouTube-DL\`*should* work.
Put the folders `Active Scripts`, `Archive Scripts` and `Watch Script` of your OS in the created folder (Read the section named "[Archive, Active, Watch, Watch on Mobile Devices and Audio Only Scripts?](https://github.com/TheFrenchGhosty/TheFrenchGhostys-YouTube-DL-Archivist-Scripts#archive-active-watch-watch-on-mobile-devices-and-audio-only-scripts)" to understand the differences).
Add content to a 'Source - XXXXXX.txt' file depending of what type of content you want to download (Read the section named "[Channels, Playlists and Unique Scripts?](https://github.com/TheFrenchGhosty/TheFrenchGhostys-YouTube-DL-Archivist-Scripts#channels-playlists-and-unique-scripts)" to understand the differences).
(Windows) Open Powershell in the folder of the script you want to use and run `[SCRIPT].ps1`**or** Open a `.ps1` file directly (Note: if you open a `.ps1` file directly, the Powershell window will automatically close when the script is done, this isn't recommended).
Sponsorblock is fully usable with the videos downloaded by this script thanks to [MPV_Sponsorblock](https://github.com/po5/mpv_sponsorblock) by [po5 / Eva](https://github.com/po5) since this [issue](https://github.com/po5/mpv_sponsorblock/issues/5).
To use it you just have to set: `local_pattern = " %[([%a%d%-_]+)].[mw][kpe][v4b]m?$"` in `sponsorblock.lua`. Note that this will send/leak to the Sponsorblock server everything that use this naming including "[CRCs in anime-style naming](https://github.com/TheFrenchGhosty/TheFrenchGhostys-YouTube-DL-Archivist-Scripts/issues/1#issuecomment-633000802)".
Watch Script: Script that will download individual videos made by a creator that are not meant to be archived but deleted after being watched (naming scheme: `Uploader - 20201231 - Title.ext`).
Watch on Mobile Devices Script: Script that will download individual videos made by a creator that are not meant to be archived but deleted after being watched, in old video and audio format that are support by every mobile devices. (naming scheme: `Uploader - 20201231 - Title.ext`).
These dates will need to be incremented every year January 1 and the content created by the active scripts will need to be moved to the archive (including the `archive.log` that will need to be merged).
`--format "(bestvideo[vcodec=av01][height>=4320][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9.2][height>=4320][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9][height>=4320][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=av01][height>=4320]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9.2][height>=4320]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9][height>=4320]/bestvideo[height>=4320]/bestvideo[vcodec=av01][height>=2880][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9.2][height>=2880][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9][height>=2880][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=av01][height>=2880]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9.2][height>=2880]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9][height>=2880]/bestvideo[height>=2880]/bestvideo[vcodec=av01][height>=2160][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9.2][height>=2160][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9][height>=2160][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=av01][height>=2160]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9.2][height>=2160]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9][height>=2160]/bestvideo[height>=2160]/bestvideo[vcodec=av01][height>=1440][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9.2][height>=1440][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9][height>=1440][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=av01][height>=1440]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9.2][height>=1440]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9][height>=1440]/bestvideo[height>=1440]/bestvideo[vcodec=av01][height>=1080][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9.2][height>=1080][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9][height>=1080][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=av01][height>=1080]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9.2][height>=1080]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9][height>=1080]/bestvideo[height>=1080]/bestvideo[vcodec=av01][height>=720][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9.2][height>=720][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9][height>=720][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=av01][height>=720]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9.2][height>=720]/bestvideo[vcodec=vp9][height>=720]/bestvideo[height>=720]/bestvideo)+(bestaudio[acodec=opus]/bestaudio)/best"` : Tell youtube-dl to download the best quality available prioritizing the most compressed/recent codecs. (Original idea by [Veloldo](https://redd.it/c6fh4x), partial implementation of 1440p and 4320p by [miko](https://github.com/TheFrenchGhosty/TheFrenchGhostys-YouTube-DL-Archivist-Scripts/commit/3763eb7a2291754cfd2bccfab65449ba9d758887)([Merge Request on Gitlab](https://gitlab.com/TheFrenchGhosty/TheFrenchGhostys-YouTube-DL-Archivist-Scripts/-/merge_requests/2)).
(Watch on Mobile Script) `--format "(bestvideo[vcodec=avc1][height>=1080][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=avc1][height>=1080]/bestvideo[vcodec=avc1][height>=720][fps>30]/bestvideo[vcodec=avc1][height>=720]/bestvideo)+(140/bestaudio)/best"` : Tell youtube-dl to download old video and audio format that are support by every mobile devices.
(Audio Only Scripts) `--format "(bestaudio[acodec=opus]/bestaudio)/best"` : Tell youtube-dl to download best audio quality available prioritizing the most compressed/recent codecs.
`--sleep-interval 5 --max-sleep-interval 30` : Tell youtube-dl to pause between 5 and 30 seconds between 2 download to avoid getting "429 - Too Many Requests". Original idea by [BioSchokoMuffin](https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/cr8t0k/can_you_answer_a_few_questions_i_have_about/ex3megb/).
`--download-archive archive.log` : Tell youtube-dl to write every video that has been downloaded in `archive.log` to automatically skip them next time the script is started.
(Playlists Scripts) `--output "%(playlist)s (%(uploader)s)/%(upload_date)s - %(title)s/%(upload_date)s - %(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s"` : Tell youtube-dl to download the videos in folders and subfolders, using the naming scheme `PlaylistName - Uploader/20191231 - Title/20191231 - Title [VIDEOID].ext`.
(Archive Scripts) `--datebefore "$(( $(date +%Y) -1))"1231` (Linux) `--datebefore "$($(get-date -Format yyyy)/1 - 1)1231"` (Windows) : Tell youtube-dl to download everything that was created before December 31 (included), of the past year.
(Archive Scripts) `--dateafter "$(date +%Y)"0101` (Linux) `--dateafter "$(get-date -Format yyyy)0101"` (Windows) : Tell youtube-dl to download everything that was created after January 1 (included), of the current year.