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# 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`
4. Install ffmpeg
1. `sudo apt install ffmpeg`
### 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