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I've been using Tube Archivist to archive my YouTube playlists, but I've hit a portability snag. It stores all metadata in its internal database and saves video files with non-readable filenames. This makes the archive unreadable without the software and its database, which defeats the point of long-term archival storage.

Are there any tools that:

  • Archive playlists with human-readable filenames (or let you control the naming scheme)
  • Have an API for queuing archival jobs
  • Store metadata in portable formats (e.g., sidecar JSON or YAML)
  • Don’t require additional software to interpret the archive
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[–] tegbains@lemmy.ca 17 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I changed over to PinchFlat instead for Tube Archivist for these reasons. It’s even easier to setup than TA. I have mine hooked up to store the files on an SMB share that JellyFin can read. https://github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat

[–] Xariq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Were you able to migrate your existing tubearchivist videos and metadata? I would love to switch to pinchflat, but it wouldn't be feasible for me to redownload my entire library

[–] tegbains@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago

No I had to start from scratch sort of. PinchFlat lets you choose a start date for downloading newer videos.

I decided to age out of my old TA library and keep the ones I wanted. Not perfect but it was an okay trade off to get away from TA’s naming system