A subscription wrapper for youtube-dl playlists
Project description
ytcc
Command line tool to keep track of your favourite playlists on YouTube and many other places.
The second beta release of ytcc 2.0.0 is out! Read the migration guide before upgrading to 2.0.0 or later! If you are looking for older versions, check the Release page and the v1 branch.
Installation
From PyPI
pip install ytcc
Arch Linux
Install ytcc-git from the AUR. The ytcc will be upgraded to version 2.0.0, when it has a stable release.
Without installation
You can start ytcc directly from the cloned repo, if all the requirements are installed.
./ytcc.py --help
Hard requirements:
Optional requirements:
Migrating from version 1
Versions 2.0.0 and later are not compatible with previous databases and configuration files! You need to follow several steps to migrate your subscriptions to 2.0.0 or later. Unfortunately, you will lose the watched status of all videos during this process.
- Export your subscriptions with ytcc 1.8.5 before upgrading to 2.0.0 or later
ytcc --export-to subscriptions.opml
- Upgrade ytcc
- Rename configuration file and database (e.g. with
mv ~/.config/ytcc ~/.config/ytcc.1
) - Import your subscriptions with v2
ytcc import subscriptions.opml
Other options:
- If you think the procedure described above is not worth the effort, you can start from scratch by removing the
~/.config/ytcc
directory. - If you are not satisfied with the options here, write a migration script! See issue 42. Pull Requests welcome ❤
Usage
"Subscribe" to playlists.
ytcc subscribe "Jupiter Broadcasting" "https://www.youtube.com/user/jupiterbroadcasting"
ytcc subscribe "NCS: House" "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRBp0Fe2GpgmsW46rJyudVFlY6IYjFBIK"
Import subscriptions from YouTube's subscription manager export.
ytcc import ~/Downloads/subscription_manager
Fetch metadata of new videos.
ytcc update
List unwatched videos.
ytcc list
List playlist content in JSON format.
ytcc --output json list --playlist "NCS: House" --since 2020-07-07 --watched
Start the interactive terminal interface.
ytcc tui
Mark all videos of a playlist as watched without playing them.
ytcc ls -p "Jupiter Broadcasting" | ytcc mark
Listen to some music without limitations.
ytcc ls -p "NCS: House" | ytcc play --audio-only
Alternative terminal interface built on fzf. Requires fzf version 0.19.0 or newer, preferably after 6f9664d. Otherwise you might experience some issues. Script is available here.
ytccf.sh
# Show help and key bindings
ytccf.sh --help
Configuration
Ytcc searches for a configuration file at following locations:
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ytcc/ytcc.conf
~/.config/ytcc/ytcc.conf
~/.ytcc.conf
If no config file is found in these three locations, a default config file is created at ~/.config/ytcc/ytcc.conf
.
Example config
[ytcc]
# Directory where downloads are saved, when --path is not given
download_dir = ~/Downloads
# Parameters passed to mpv. Adjusting these might break video playback in ytcc!
mpv_flags = --ytdl --ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?1080]+bestaudio/best
# Defines the order of video listings.
# Possible options: id, url, title, description, publish_date, watched, duration, extractor_hash, playlists.
# Every option must be suffixed with :desc or :asc for descending or ascending sort.
order_by = playlists:asc, publish_date:desc
# Default attributes shown in video listings.
# Some ytcc commands allow overriding the default set here in the config.
video_attrs = id, title, publish_date, duration, playlists
# Default attributes shown in playlist/subscription listings.
# Some ytcc commands allow overriding the default set here in the config.
playlist_attrs = name, url, tags
# Path where the database is stored.
# Can be used to sync the database between multiple machines.
db_path = ~/.local/share/ytcc/ytcc.db
# The format of used to print dates
date_format = %Y-%m-%d
# Default failure threshold before a video is ignored.
# When a video could not be updated repeatedly, it will be ignored by ytcc after `max_update_fail` attempts.
# This setting can be overridden with the --max-fail commandline parameter.
max_update_fail = 5
# Default update backlog.
# The update command will only the first `max_update_backlog` videos of a playlist to improve performance.
# This setting can be overridden with the --max-backlog commandline parameter.
max_update_backlog = 20
# Ignore videos that have an age limit higher than the one specified here.
age_limit = 0
# Prompt and table colors. Supports 256 colors. Hence, values between 0-255 are allowed.
# See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#8-bit for the color codes.
[theme]
prompt_download_audio = 2
prompt_download_video = 4
prompt_play_audio = 2
prompt_play_video = 4
prompt_mark_watched = 1
table_alternate_background = 245
[tui]
# The characters to use for selecting videos in interactive mode.
alphabet = sdfervghnuiojkl
# Default action of interactive mode.
# Possible options: play_video, play_audio, mark_watched, download_audio, download_video
default_action = play_video
[youtube_dl]
merge_output_format = mkv
# Format (see FORMAT SELECTION in youtube-dl manpage). Make sure to use a video format here, if you
# want to be able to download videos.
format = bestvideo[height<=?1080]+bestaudio/best
# Output template (see OUTPUT TEMPLATE in youtube-dl manpage)
outputtemplate = %(title)s.%(ext)s
# If a merge is required according to format selection, merge to the given container format. One of
# mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv
mergeoutputformat = mkv
# Loglevel options: quiet, normal, verbose
loglevel = normal
# Limit download speed to the given bytes/second. Set 0 for no limit.
# E.g. limit to one megabyte per second
#ratelimit = 1000000
ratelimit = 0
# Set number of retries before giving up on a download.
# Set 0 for no retries.
retries = 0
# Subtitles for videos. If enabled and available, automatic and manual subtitles for selected
# languages are embedded in the video.
#subtitles = en,de
subtitles = off
# Embed the youtube thumbnail in audio downloads. Transforms the resulting file to m4a, if
# enabled.
thumbnail = on
# Skips livestreams in download command
skip_live_stream = true
Reporting issues
Create a new issue on the GitHub issue tracker.
Describe the issue as detailed as possible and please use the issue templates, if possible!
Important: do not forget to include the output of ytcc bug-report
in bug reports.
It also might help a lot to run ytcc with the --loglevel debug
option and include the output in your report.
Development
We recommend developing inside a virtualenv.
- Set up a virtualenv
- Install development dependencies:
pip install -r devrequirements.txt
Run the following commands before every pull request and fix the warnings or errors they produce.
mypy ytcc
pytest
pylint ytcc
pydocstyle ytcc
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