# automated-youtube-dl

_Automated YouTube Archival_

Download, compress, and send your YouTube videos.

### Installation

1.  Install Python 3.7

    1.  This won't uninstall or overwrite any other python versions.

    ```console-bash
    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install software-properties-common
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
    sudo apt install python3.7
    sudo python3.7 -m pip install pip
    ```

2.  Install youtube-dl

    1.  `sudo python3.7 -m pip install youtube-dl`

3.  Install jq

    1.  `sudo apt-get install jq`

### Usage

`python3.7 youtubedl-big-archive.py <url of youtube video, channel, or playlist> --output <name of 7z archive>`

**Arguments:**

-   `file` The URL of the YouTube video, channel, playlist, or path to a txt file with URLs. Positional
-   `--playlists`, `-pl` Is the input file a list of playlists? Enables the sequential renaming of the 7z archives
-   `--output`, `-o` The name of the 7z archive to create. If unset no 7z archive is created
-   `--encrypt`, `-e` Encrypt the compressed 7z archive. If set will ask for password
-   `--password`, `-p` Provide the password to encrypt the compressed 7z archive with. Don't combine `--encrypt` and `--password`
-   `--no-update`, `-nu` Don't update any Pip packages. You'd want to update because youtube-dl updates so much
-   `--max-size`, `-m` Max size of video in mb. Default is 2000 mb (2 gb)
-   `--check-size`, `-c` Verify the video is smaller than the max size and skip if not
-   `--cmd`, `-c` Use the bash (commandline) youtube-dl instead of the embedded python version