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@@ -12,12 +12,16 @@ If you need to archive a YouTube channel with lots of existing videos, this tool |
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## Installation |
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To install, clone the repository to a directory on your machine. Then, navigate to that directory in a terminal and run: |
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``` |
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python3 -m venv venv |
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source venv/bin/activate |
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pip install -r requirements.txt |
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``` |
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This will create a virtual environment for the tool and install all dependencies required to run. |
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## Dependencies |
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This tool depends on: |
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@@ -54,8 +58,6 @@ If <delete_videos> is set to True, videos and metadata will be deleted from the |
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To run the bot, simply run youtube2peertube.py. The bot will run indefinitely until stopped. |
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You will need to make sure all dependencies are met. |
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The first time a channel is found in the config, the most recent videos returned by the youtube RSS endpoint are mirrored, and a new entry is added to channels_timestamps.csv with the timestamp of the last video. Subsequently each channel is checked for an entry in channels_timestamps.csv and only videos later than the last timestamp for the channel's entry are mirrored. The tool decides if it is the first time a channel is found based on whether it has an entry in channels_timestamps.csv. It is designed this way so that the tool can be stopped and restarted without attempting to upload duplicate videos when restarted. |
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After that, the tool polls all channels in config.toml periodically based on the parameter <poll_frequency> which is in minutes, and mirrors all new videos for each channel as they are found. |
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