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Something like Sonarr but for Youtube? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 6 days ago by major_jellyfish@lemmy.ca to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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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?

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[-] wowleak@sh.itjust.works 81 points 6 days ago

https://github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat

[-] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago

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

[-] running_system@feddit.org 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

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

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago

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

[-] WbrJr@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

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

[-] blackbarn@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

Works great to convert certain channels to podcasts as well.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 24 points 6 days ago

You're looking for TubeArchivist

[-] theRealBassist@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

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

[-] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

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

[-] Certainly_No_Brit@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 6 days ago

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

[-] paperd@lemmy.zip 13 points 6 days ago

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

[-] isles@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

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

[-] rutrapio@jlai.lu 10 points 6 days ago

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

[-] scott@lem.free.as 3 points 5 days ago

I moved from TubeArchivist to Pinchflat. Very good.

[-] Lemmchen@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago

Why the switch?

[-] scott@lem.free.as 3 points 5 days ago

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

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

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 3 points 3 days ago

Not with this setup, no. I specifically didn't want The Algorithmâ„¢ involved.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Alright, cool. Thanks for replying!

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

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

[-] plz1@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

YoutubeDL-Material would fit the bill

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