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I hate how removed videos don't retain a title. It's one thing for a video to be taken down, it's another to see a mystery box taunting me from my favorites pla
by kipchak 7y ago
I hate how removed videos don't retain a title. It's one thing for a video to be taken down, it's another to see a mystery box taunting me from my favorites playlist. What forbidden knowledge (cat video) is forever lost to time?
- herpderperator 7y agoDepending on how long ago it was removed, if you Google the YouTube video ID, you may find the title in the search results.
- tiborsaas 7y agoThat's what I did, I managed to recover dozens of music titles from my favourite playlist.
- Thorrez 7y agoHave you tried archive.org?
- kipchak 7y agoAh, good idea! I had figured the odds of it being indexed were unlikely but it's there from 2011. Seeing older YouTube is always nostalgic.
- dredmorbius 7y agoDoes the Wayback Machine help here? Otherwise: I've got the same complaint. I've learnt not to rely on YouTube as a durable reference. I should remember to try the Archive more often. Unfortunately, many third-party sites haven't, and frequently point at dead links.
- Ruthalas 7y agohttps://youtuberecover.com/ https://youtuberecover.com/ is a project designed to preserve the metadata of YouTube videos, searchable via original url. They have a decent database, and you can add videos to it! No affiliation, I just found it recently, and it may suit your use-case.