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# YouTube-Archiver
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Manage a collection of YouTube video archives
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## Dependencies
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In order to use Accord's Library - YouTube-Archiver, you will need to download a few executables from other projects:
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- [https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases](youtube-dl)
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- [https://github.com/wez/atomicparsley/releases](AtomicParser)
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- [https://ffmpeg.org/download.html](FFmpeg)
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You'll also need to create a `cookies.txt` file that will provide credentials for youtube-dl to use. This is optional, but it is the only way to archive aged-restricted videos. To generate this `cookies.txt` file, you can use the extension called [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/get-cookiestxt/bgaddhkoddajcdgocldbbfleckgcbcid](Get-cookies.txt) by Rahul Shaw. Simply log in YouTube and click on the extension icon to extract the cookies.
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All the executables and the cookies.txt file needs to be included at the root of the repository.
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## Usage
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- Simply write down video UIDs in the `video-append-uid.txt` file (i.e. dQw4w9WgXcQ). One UID by line, do not include the rest of the URL.
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- Run `script-list.py`
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- The output video is located (by default) in `output/[UID]`
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## Result
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The resulting archive is composed as follows:
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- The video, in the highest quality possible for the audio and video (limited to codex compatible with the MP4 container format).
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- Highest quality thumbnail, saved as JPG or WebP
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- A `.description` file containing the original description of the video
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- A `.info.json` file containing most if not all metadata publicly available about the video (duration, uploader, channel_id, tags, available qualities...)
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- A `.vtt` file for each subtitle language available.
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In addition to the archive, a `collection.csv` is generated. In includes the list of archived videos currently present in the output folder. For each archive, a few information is included: the uploader, the video title, its publication date, its url, and its duration.
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