yt-ca (youtube channel archiver)

project im working on a bit

todo/have done

todo

• create pip package so you can just python -m yt_archiver 'channel id' 'download_path'

future

• add html, js and css code so the user can use the application better

finished

• make setup.py:

  • downloads needed packages, gets needed data from user.

• add a fast way to convert videos to different file types:

  • using ffmpeg basically all video file types are supported.

• allow the user to change settings:

  • running setup.py again will let you change settings.

• add video optimazation:

  • allowing the user to do api video optimization with Freeconvert.com video optimization (needs api key, not good for big channels).
  • also letting the user do local optimization using ffmpeg.

• show user information:

  • using psutil and platform to get storage, os, other drives.

• improve video download speed:

  • using the concurrent fragments ydl_opts and setting it to 5.

• optimize youtube api calls:

  • saving called data locally then calling it when the user calls the same channel id.

• clean code up:

  • seperated the functions in archiver.py into group files.

• prevent youtube bot detection:

  • when detected the code will retry then if it fails again it will change the user agent (doesnt work for cli version).

• cli:

  • added cli.py so if the user has the needed api data they can download a channel without needing a api key.
  • the user can also compress and convert videos within the cli using the -c and -cv argurments.
  • compressing and converting using moviepy instead of ffmpeg.

• bypass config.py:

  • while adding the needed data that is called from the youtube api inside a folder called yt_data a user can basically remove the needing for config.py (this comes with the exception of not using local ffmpeg)

• adding more options to cli:

  • -c --compress allows the user to use l (~30%), m (~50%) or h (~65%) to compress to X of the original bitrate (using moviepy)
  • -cv --convert lets the user convert to differet video file formats (using moviepy)