Installation

To download this script and its dependencies, copy and paste the following commands into your bash terminal. This assumes that you already have Python3 installed.

# Install Dependencies
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ffmpeg wget



# Download Script
sudo wget https://github.com/Valkryst/Automated_YouTube_Downloads/blob/main/download.sh



# Modify the script's permissions to allow it to be run.
sudo chmod +x download.sh

With the script downloaded, you must then perform these steps:

• Move the script into its own folder.

  • e.g. ~/downloading/youtube

• Edit the script and make the following change:

  • Change /home/ubuntu/GitHub/Automated_YouTube_Downloads to point to the folder in which you placed the script.

• Run the script to generate all necessary files and folders.

• Add a cron job to run the script at a set interval.

  • e.g. 0 * * * * /bin/bash ~/downloading/youtube/download.sh > ~/downloading/youtube/download.log

Usage

1. Find a video on YouTube, or any of the sites supported by yt-dlp, and copy the URL.

2. To download the full video, add the URL to a new line in video_urls.txt.

3. To download just the audio, add the URL to a new line in audio_urls.txt.

4. When the script runs, it will download all audio and video files to their respective audio and video folders.

Important Notes

Do not edit the audio_urls.txt or video_urls.txt files if lockfile.tmp exists. This file indicates that the script is currently running and it will most likely ignore any new URLs added to the _urls.txt files.

If you add a playlist URL, it will download the entire playlist, regardless of whether the URL points to a specific video in the playlist.