Hey, all!
I’ve been manually importing each and every video I download from YouTube into my setup for Plex/Jellyfin, manually changing the date to the correct day it was uploaded, manually copy and pasting the description (if it has one that matters, and not just some links to websites or whatever. More so the ones that say “join me today as we go through this old series and learn more about the…” stuff like that), and even manually setting the thumbnail/“poster” for the video. I’ve been using JDownloader2 for this, as it is GUI (pretty necessary for me, but I am willing to see what else people recommend!) based and works really well.
This was fine for awhile, because I was just doing a video here and there. Last week, I downloaded an entire playlist, and am now seeing that my method is very, very, very cumbersome for what I have downloaded now. I did go through a few of them to manually import, and will continue to do so on my days I am too tired to do much else, but I wanted to ask this wonderful community on better methods. Hopefully, we can get my methods more refined and less manual!
I saw this, and it looks good. I also know about Pinchflat , and was really excited for that one, but alas, my TrueNAS Scale did not like that very much! (permissions issue I am sure, but I’ve already fought with the permissions on TrueNAS Scale, and I just don’t know what the hell it wants from me, but oh well!)
Pinchflat looks more like what I’d need, but I also like to see what other more experienced people might’ve found or any recommendations they may have!
Thank you for taking the time to read and help! :)
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This will have a rather steep learning curve but it’s honestly great.
ytdl-sub
It’s based off of yt-dlp with express intention of automating downloads and metadata for whichever media server you use.
It’s very customizable and works extremely well once setup correctly. Oh and it integrates with SponsorBlock!
As much as I hate using discord for FOSS projects and technical support, their discord was actually quite helpful in getting me up to speed.
The question is whether you will even be able to download what you desire, since YouTube now experiments with DRM.
i don’t care so much about dates and order, i use Downie (sounds rude but it’s just a media downloaded for mac) to download whatever i would normally watch on youtube and stick it in a folder that jellyfin is pointed at. It’s been amazing, all the videos i want, no ads, no buffering, and any speed i care for.
I use pinchflat to download media, then Jellyfin Youtube Metadata Plugin. It works very well, and it’s let me block the youtube app for my kids but still give them specific content.
https://github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat https://github.com/ankenyr/jellyfin-youtube-metadata-plugin
TubeSync
Thank you!
I see that it has a container image for use. TrueNAS Scale has given me some issues before, but since it is being recommended, I will give it a go!
