Something like Sonarr but for Youtube?
from major_jellyfish@lemmy.ca to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 16 Feb 10:56
https://lemmy.ca/post/39211803

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?

#selfhosted

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wowleak@sh.itjust.works on 16 Feb 11:01 next collapse

github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat

neatobuilds@lemmy.today on 16 Feb 11:41 next collapse

Very cool!

RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works on 16 Feb 13:59 next collapse

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

running_system@feddit.org on 16 Feb 18:07 next collapse

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

obviouspornalt@lemmynsfw.com on 16 Feb 21:20 collapse

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

blackbarn@lemm.ee on 16 Feb 15:47 next collapse

Works great to convert certain channels to podcasts as well.

electric_nan@lemmy.ml on 16 Feb 23:28 collapse

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

merthyr1831@lemmy.ml on 17 Feb 10:14 next collapse

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

WbrJr@lemmy.ml on 18 Feb 11:22 collapse

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

JasSmith@sh.itjust.works on 17 Feb 10:29 collapse

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.

rutrapio@jlai.lu on 16 Feb 11:02 next collapse

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

scott@lem.free.as on 16 Feb 22:38 collapse

I moved from TubeArchivist to Pinchflat. Very good.

Lemmchen@feddit.org on 17 Feb 02:47 collapse

Why the switch?

scott@lem.free.as on 17 Feb 07:16 collapse

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

victorz@lemmy.world on 17 Feb 07:35 collapse

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. 😅

scott@lem.free.as on 18 Feb 23:15 collapse

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

victorz@lemmy.world on 19 Feb 11:07 collapse

Alright, cool. Thanks for replying!

neatobuilds@lemmy.today on 16 Feb 11:42 next collapse

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

dizzy@lemmy.ml on 16 Feb 21:43 collapse

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

neatobuilds@lemmy.today on 16 Feb 22:15 collapse

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

dizzy@lemmy.ml on 17 Feb 10:10 collapse

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.

Certainly_No_Brit@discuss.tchncs.de on 16 Feb 11:52 next collapse

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

scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech on 16 Feb 15:10 next collapse

You’re looking for TubeArchivist

theRealBassist@lemmy.world on 16 Feb 23:38 collapse

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

daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 17 Feb 11:42 collapse

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

paperd@lemmy.zip on 16 Feb 17:11 next collapse

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

isles@lemmy.world on 20 Feb 12:28 collapse

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

plz1@lemmy.world on 17 Feb 02:58 next collapse

YoutubeDL-Material would fit the bill

LordWiggle@lemmy.world on 17 Feb 07:51 collapse

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