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README.md

TheFrenchGhosty's Ultimate YouTube-DL Scripts Collection

The ultimate collection of scripts for YouTube-DL.

🎉 Thanks for 1000 stars! 🎉

Associated Reddit /r/Datahoarder post: Here for 3.0.0 | Here for 2.0.0 | Here for 1.0.0.

Features:

  • Copylefted libre software (AGPLv3+ licensed)
  • Download content in the best possible quality, better than every other software, period.
  • Download all kind of content: channels, playlists and individual videos
  • Download audio only content, in the best possible quality
  • Content separated in two to be easier to archive
  • Dedicated scripts to download videos destined to be watched and deleted on a PC
  • Dedicated scripts to download videos destined to be watched and deleted on a Mobile device
  • Easily expandable for users familiar with yt-dlp / youtube-dl
  • SponsorBlock integration using mpv_sponsorblock by @po5
  • Jellyfin integration using Jellyfin YouTube Metadata Plugin by @ankenyr
  • No Contributor License Agreement
  • No Code of Conduct

Donate:

Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/TheFrenchGhosty

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Installation (Linux):

Install yt-dlp and ffmpeg (optionnally, install atomicparsley, it's required for embedding thumbnails into m4a files).

Download the latest release and follow the included ReadMe, do not use the master branch unless you are ready to re-download EVERYTHING.

Installation (Windows):

Installation using WSL (recommended): TODO

Installation using Cygwin, Git Bash or similar: Here

Usage:

Create a folder where you want your videos downloaded in a drive where you have enough space available.

Put the folders Archivist Scripts, Audio-Only Scripts and Watch Scripts in the created folder (See the documentation to understand the differences).

Add content to a 'Source - XXXXXX.txt' file depending of what type of content you want to download (See the documentation to understand the differences).

Open a terminal in the folder of the script you want to use and run ./[SCRIPT].sh.

Done.

Documentation:

Basics:

  • Scripts Type (Archivist, Audio-Only, Watch...): Here

  • Content Type (Channels, Playlists, Unique...): Here

Advanced:

  • SponsorBlock implementation: Here

  • Region Restriction: Here

  • Details: Here

Contact:

If you want to get in touch with me, or other users of my projects, feel free to join the Matrix room of one of my other project PussTheCat.org: #pussthecat.org:pussthecat.org.

If you want to contact me privately, see: https://pussthecat.org/about/.