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I need something and hopefully i dont have to invent the wheel.

I want to subscribe to youtube channels and have new videos automatically detected and downloaded to local storage. Bonus points for jellyfin intergration but i can live without.

I know not too hard to rig something like this uo with youtube-dl but if there is an existing solution that would be amazing.

Anybody know?

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[–] [email protected] 84 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

How would one connect this to jellyfin while preserving thumbnails etc?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Pinchflat allows to download and/or embed thumbnails and subtitles, as well as creates nfo files. I am using it together with Jellyfin and it works totally fine

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

It has options for providing metadata, thumbnails, etc for jellyfin automatically, by pulling the metadata from the youtube page.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Works great to convert certain channels to podcasts as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Damn that looks cool. I'm disappointed in how many projects are only for Docker though :(

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Docker is a bit of a pain to learn but it really helps once you start figuring things out!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I would not even say so. It tool me maybe a weekend to und erstand the concepts. I had no other selfhosting experience before. Specialy docker compose is almost plug and play

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I agree. I am forced to use dockers with Unraid and I really don't like them. For me, the benefits are very limited compared to the extra hassle. I think they have become so popular on Linux because they sidestep so many issues related to distro fragmentation. This is yet another example of how the "freedom" of Linux prevents long term innovation and general OS improvements. Especially in terms of UX.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I second this. Tube archivist is amazing and it integrates well with jellyfin

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

It also has a Firefox extension that add download and subscribe buttons for Tubearchivist directly on youtube website.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago

TubeArchivist works well for me. It also has a metadata plugin for Jellyfin

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

ytdl-sub is by far the lightest weight of all of them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yep, it's what I use, though I remember having some difficulty with the initial setup, its been very reliable since.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Definitly look at pinchflat. Does exactly this. :) Easy to set up, and it runs so smoothly !

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I moved from TubeArchivist to Pinchflat. Very good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's much more lightweight, handles Plex integration much better and automatically cuts out ads, promotions, etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Any way to get YouTube's recommendations as well, and not just subscriptions? I mainly watch stuff from my recommendations, which are usually exactly what I want to see. Been honing my alg for decades. 😅

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not with this setup, no. I specifically didn't want The Algorithm™ involved.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Alright, cool. Thanks for replying!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've been using Tubesync but the pinch one linked looks much cooler and easier

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah I switched from tubesync to pinchflat and haven’t looked back. Much more friendly UI.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Was it easy to get something like plex to have it show up correctly? I remember it was a pain to get tubesync to name things in a way that plex accepted it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah much easier, that’s why I switched, I can’t quite remember the specifics now because it’s just worked for the past few months but it lets you set up the file naming and folder structure in a way that Plex can handle.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

4k-videodownloader does this. Only paid version, but it's a one time payment of 5 dollars or something like that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

YoutubeDL-Material would fit the bill