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What I really want is all my subscriptions to get auto-downloaded into Plex. And for Plex to have better library management tools from the player, so I can dele

What I really want is all my subscriptions to get auto-downloaded into Plex. And for Plex to have better library management tools from the player, so I can delete after watching or move to a category. Then show me all the algorithmic stuff when I'm on the website so I can find better stuff to subscribe to.

josteink 5y ago
From a user-perspective that would be a great user experience, but would remove any possible way for YouTube to show you ads and pay the bills (and keep you “engaged”). Could be a premium-only feature, I guess?
Nextgrid 5y ago
The algorithmic stuff could actually be good if you could use it on demand and control its parameters, like a supercharged search page. There are times I want to discover new content, it would be nice to be able to set the algorithm's parameters just right for a particular topic and see what it has to offer, then rinse and repeat for other topics.
bobmagoo 5y ago
I was actually looking at building a script like this. Have you found anything that does it already? If not, I was just going to make a small python script with readonly access to my Youtube account that pulls down my Watch Later video IDs and feeds them to youtube-dl on my NAS. Sounds like a fun Christmas vacation project.
- enzoaguado 5y ago
  There are multiple articles automating this task using youtube-dl. There's also a recent project called tubesync[0] that provides a GUI and advertises itself as the sonarr/radarr for Youtube [0] https://github.com/meeb/tubesync https://github.com/meeb/tubesync
nirav72 5y ago
I've been using TubeArchivist for grabbing newly posted videos in my subscriptions. It will grab the meta info and thumbnails as well. Has a built in video player, so you can watch the videos directly within the web app. https://github.com/bbilly1/tubearchivist https://github.com/bbilly1/tubearchivist Another one I've used before is Tubesync- although it doesn't have a built-in player. But it has the ability to integrate with Plex. https://github.com/meeb/tubesync https://github.com/meeb/tubesync
- thebiblelover7 5y ago
  Tubearchivist is great! They even added support for ARM which means that you can put it on your RPi or smth.
scrollaway 5y ago
A Plex UI for YouTube would be fantastic indeed. Does that exist?

josteink 5y ago

From a user-perspective that would be a great user experience, but would remove any possible way for YouTube to show you ads and pay the bills (and keep you “engaged”). Could be a premium-only feature, I guess?

Nextgrid 5y ago

The algorithmic stuff could actually be good if you could use it on demand and control its parameters, like a supercharged search page. There are times I want to discover new content, it would be nice to be able to set the algorithm's parameters just right for a particular topic and see what it has to offer, then rinse and repeat for other topics.

bobmagoo 5y ago

I was actually looking at building a script like this. Have you found anything that does it already? If not, I was just going to make a small python script with readonly access to my Youtube account that pulls down my Watch Later video IDs and feeds them to youtube-dl on my NAS. Sounds like a fun Christmas vacation project.

enzoaguado 5y ago
There are multiple articles automating this task using youtube-dl. There's also a recent project called tubesync[0] that provides a GUI and advertises itself as the sonarr/radarr for Youtube [0] https://github.com/meeb/tubesync https://github.com/meeb/tubesync

nirav72 5y ago

I've been using TubeArchivist for grabbing newly posted videos in my subscriptions. It will grab the meta info and thumbnails as well. Has a built in video player, so you can watch the videos directly within the web app. https://github.com/bbilly1/tubearchivist https://github.com/bbilly1/tubearchivist Another one I've used before is Tubesync- although it doesn't have a built-in player. But it has the ability to integrate with Plex. https://github.com/meeb/tubesync https://github.com/meeb/tubesync

thebiblelover7 5y ago
Tubearchivist is great! They even added support for ARM which means that you can put it on your RPi or smth.

scrollaway 5y ago

A Plex UI for YouTube would be fantastic indeed. Does that exist?