Some scripts to archive youtube channels or playlists using yt-dlp.
Fill the channels.txt and/or the playlists.txt file with the channels/playlists youtube urls you want to archive (the playlists have to be public or unlisted) and run the corresponding script dl_channels.sh/dl_playlists.sh.
./dl_channels.sh
./dl_playlists.sh
- yt-dlp
Some systemd service files are provided to automatically run the scripts. They are provided in the systemd-service folder.
The service file is the one running the script. The timer file allows the service to be run at a specific time.
The service files assumes the repository is located at ~/Documents/youtube-archiver. You can change it by modifying the WorkingDirectory in the service files.
You can also change the timer files, by default it will run the script every day at 2 am.
cp systemd-service/* ~/.config/systemd/user/
systemctl --user daemon-reload
# one time run
systemctl --user start youtube-archiver_channels.service
# activating the timers
systemctl --user enable --now youtube-archiver_channels.timer
systemctl --user enable --now youtube-archiver_playlists.timer
# see the status of either the service or the timer
systemctl --user status youtube-archive_playlists.service
systemctl --user status youtube-archive_playlists.timer