HOW TO BACKUP YOUTUBE CHANNELS (Pro)

[lonewolfx]

Installing Youtube-DL

sudo snap install youtube-dl

or

sudo apt install youtube-dl

Preparing

mkdir /tmp/channel; cd /tmp/channel

Get the URL of the channel in my case ‘As I Lay Dying’:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC05WaqA-0OLM5Y7NmmHq1hw

Downloading

You can directly download ALL videos from a channel by using this command:

youtube-dl -f best -ciw -o “%(title)s.%(ext)s” -v <url-of-channel>

youtube-dl -f best -ciw -o “%(title)s.%(ext)s” -v https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC05WaqA-0OLM5Y7NmmHq1hw

Explanation

-f, –format FORMAT — Video format code. The special name “best” will pick the best quality.

-c, –continue — Force resume of partially downloaded files

-i, –ignore-errors — Continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a channel

-w, –no-overwrites — do not overwrite files

-o, –output — Output filename template, this example functions similarly to the old –title option

-v, –verbose — Print various debugging information

Downloading Playlists

First of all, get the playlist. It can either be the direct URL or the ID.

URL Example:

ID Example : PLCQ95L4288YTuUZ0KInDA1koNlIyMoPNO

youtube-dl -i -f mp4 –yes-playlist ‘https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btL3cI1grAo&list=PLCQ95L4288YTuUZ0KInDA1koNlIyMoPNO’

Download Single Video

youtube-dl -i -f mp4

You can also download it as mp3:

youtube-dl -i –audio-format mp3 -x

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