Ecosyste.ms: Awesome
An open API service indexing awesome lists of open source software.
https://github.com/woefe/ytcc
Command line tool to keep track of your favorite playlists on YouTube and many other places.
https://github.com/woefe/ytcc
command-line mpv python3 video youtube youtube-dl
Last synced: 19 days ago
JSON representation
Command line tool to keep track of your favorite playlists on YouTube and many other places.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/woefe/ytcc
- Owner: woefe
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2015-09-23T14:27:44.000Z (about 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-01-01T12:20:35.000Z (12 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-11-13T19:05:12.791Z (29 days ago)
- Topics: command-line, mpv, python3, video, youtube, youtube-dl
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 521 KB
- Stars: 180
- Watchers: 9
- Forks: 20
- Open Issues: 8
-
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: COPYING
- Security: SECURITY.md
Awesome Lists containing this project
- alternative-front-ends - ytcc
README
# ytcc
Command line tool to keep track of your favorite playlists on YouTube and many other places.
## Installation
```shell script
pip install ytcc
```
Alternative installation methods are described in the [documentation](https://github.com/woefe/ytcc/tree/master/doc/install.md).
## Usage
Add "subscriptions".
```shell script
# Any playlist supported by yt-dlp (or youtube-dl)
ytcc subscribe "Jupiter Broadcasting" "https://www.youtube.com/c/JupiterBroadcasting/videos"
ytcc subscribe "NCS: House" "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRBp0Fe2GpgmsW46rJyudVFlY6IYjFBIK"
ytcc subscribe "Neus" "https://soundcloud.com/neus/tracks"
# RSS feed podcasts
ytcc subscribe "LINUX Unplugged" "https://linuxunplugged.com/rss"
ytcc subscribe "Darknet Diaries" "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/darknetdiaries"
```
Import subscriptions from [Google Takeout](https://takeout.google.com/).
*Hint*: When requesting a takeout make sure to select only the YouTube data, otherwise the takeout might take quite long to complete.
```shell script
ytcc import ~/Downloads/Takeout/Youtube/subscriptions/subscriptions.csv
```
Fetch metadata of new videos.
```shell script
ytcc update
```
List unwatched videos.
```shell script
ytcc list
```
List playlist content in JSON format.
```shell script
ytcc --output json list --playlist "NCS: House" --since 2020-07-07 --watched --unwatched
```
List all videos as RSS feed.
```shell script
ytcc --output rss list --watched --unwatched
```
Start the interactive terminal interface.
```shell script
ytcc tui
```
Mark all videos of a playlist as watched without playing them.
```shell script
ytcc ls -p "Jupiter Broadcasting" | ytcc mark
```
Listen to some music without limitations.
```shell script
ytcc ls -p "NCS: House" | ytcc play --audio-only
```
**Alternative terminal interface with thumbnail support.**
Requires [fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf) version 0.23.1 or newer, optionally [curl](https://curl.se/) and either [ueberzug](https://github.com/seebye/ueberzug) or [kitty](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/).
The script is automatically installed on most platforms during installation of ytcc.
If it's not installed, you can download it from [here](https://github.com/woefe/ytcc/tree/master/scripts/ytccf.sh).
```shell script
ytccf.sh
# Show help and key bindings
ytccf.sh --help
```
## Configuration
Ytcc searches for a configuration file at following locations:
1. The file given with `-c` or `--config` options
2. `~/.ytcc.conf`
3. `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ytcc/ytcc.conf` or `~/.config/ytcc/ytcc.conf`
4. `/etc/ytcc/ytcc.conf`
If no config file is found in these locations, a default config file is created at `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ytcc/ytcc.conf` or `~/.config/ytcc/ytcc.conf`
### Example config
```ini
[ytcc]
# Directory where downloads are saved, when --path is not given
download_dir = ~/Downloads
# Downloads videos to subdirectories by playlist name. If a video is on multiple playlists, ytcc
# will download the video only to one subdirectory and symlink it to the other subdirectories.
download_subdirs = on
# 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, reverse, 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 check 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
plain_label_text = 244
[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]
# Format (see FORMAT SELECTION in yt-dlp 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 yt-dlp manpage).
# Note that the output template will be prefixed with the `download_dir` directory and the name of
# the playlist if `download_sub_dir` is enabled.
output_template = %(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
merge_output_format = mkv
# 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
# Don't download videos longer than 'max_duration' seconds.
# 0 disables the limit.
max_duration = 9000
# Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames.
restrict_filenames = off
```
### mpv configuration
Ytcc uses [mpv](https://mpv.io) to play videos.
You can configure mpv to integrate nicely with ytcc.
Specifics are documented [here](https://github.com/woefe/ytcc/tree/master/doc/mpv.md).
## Reporting issues
Create a new issue on the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/woefe/ytcc/issues/new).
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.
1. Set up a [virtualenv](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/)
2. Install development dependencies: `pip install -r devrequirements.txt`
Run the following commands before every pull request and fix the warnings or errors they produce.
```shell script
mypy ytcc
pytest
pylint ytcc
pydocstyle ytcc
```