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Tinker: /* One script with multiple personalities */

2025-10-07T14:58:35Z

One script with multiple personalities

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:58, 7 October 2025
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	BOBstyle=""		BOBstyle=""
	AUDIOonly=""		AUDIOonly=""
	~~FORMAT~~="-t mp4"		FILETYPE="-t mp4"

	while (( "$#" ));		while (( "$#" ));
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	"-a")		"-a")
	AUDIOonly="--extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0"		AUDIOonly="--extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0"
	~~FORMAT~~="-t mp3"		FILETYPE="-t mp3"
	echo Extracting audio only		echo Extracting audio only
	shift		shift
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	OPTIONS="$SIMULATE $LIMITrate $TIMEspan $WITHcookies $PAUSEbetween $AUDIOonly"		OPTIONS="$SIMULATE $LIMITrate $TIMEspan $WITHcookies $PAUSEbetween $AUDIOonly"
	OPTIONS+=" --no-overwrites --write-description $~~FORMAT~~"		OPTIONS+=" --no-overwrites --write-description $FILETYPE"

	echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"		echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

Tinker: /* Errors noted, but not researched */

2025-10-07T04:26:46Z

Errors noted, but not researched

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:26, 7 October 2025
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	In 00000000-ERRORS:		In 00000000-ERRORS:
	* <nowiki>WARNING: [youtube] ('Connection aborted.', RemoteDisconnected('Remote end closed connection without response')). Retrying (1/3)...</~~niwiki~~>		* <nowiki>WARNING: [youtube] ('Connection aborted.', RemoteDisconnected('Remote end closed connection without response')). Retrying (1/3)...</nowiki>

Tinker: /* Even more options? */

2025-10-07T04:25:35Z

Even more options?

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:25, 7 October 2025
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	= Even more options? =		= Even more options? =
	<span style="color: rgb(186, 55, 42);" >'''<span style="font-size: 24pt;" >WIP</span>'''</span>		<span style="color: rgb(186, 55, 42);" >'''<span style="font-size: 24pt;" >WIP</span>'''</span>

			= Errors noted, but not researched =
			In console output:
			* <nowiki>[download] 57.7% of 15.24MiB at 65.83KiB/s ETA 01:40[download] Got error: ("Connection broken: ConnectionResetError(104, 'Connection reset by peer')", ConnectionResetError(104, 'Connection reset by peer')). Retrying (1/10)...</nowiki>

			In 00000000-ERRORS:
			* <nowiki>WARNING: [youtube] ('Connection aborted.', RemoteDisconnected('Remote end closed connection without response')). Retrying (1/3)...</niwiki>

Tinker: /* One script with multiple personalities */

2025-10-06T06:38:49Z

One script with multiple personalities

← Older revision		Revision as of 02:38, 6 October 2025
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	echo -e OPTIONS:		echo -e OPTIONS:
	echo -e \\t -BOB = Grant Style Folder Structure		echo -e \\t -BOB = Grant Style Folder Structure
			echo -e \\t -a = Download audio only $into MP3 files$
	echo		echo
	echo -e \\t -s = simulate this run		echo -e \\t -s = simulate this run
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	TIMEspan=""		TIMEspan=""
	BOBstyle=""		BOBstyle=""
			AUDIOonly=""
			FORMAT="-t mp4"

	while (( "$#" ));		while (( "$#" ));
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	BOBstyle="True"		BOBstyle="True"
	echo Using Grant Style Folder Structure		echo Using Grant Style Folder Structure
			shift
			;;

			"-a")
			AUDIOonly="--extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0"
			FORMAT="-t mp3"
			echo Extracting audio only
	shift		shift
	;;		;;
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	ARCHfile=$DEST/11111111-ARCHIVE		ARCHfile=$DEST/11111111-ARCHIVE

	OPTIONS="$SIMULATE $LIMITrate $TIMEspan $WITHcookies $PAUSEbetween"		OPTIONS="$SIMULATE $LIMITrate $TIMEspan $WITHcookies $PAUSEbetween $AUDIOonly"
	OPTIONS+=" --no-overwrites --write-description ~~-t mp4~~"		OPTIONS+=" --no-overwrites --write-description $FORMAT"

	echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"		echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

Tinker at 05:08, 6 October 2025

2025-10-06T05:08:23Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:08, 6 October 2025
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	= About the weirdness that is YouTube naming conventions =		= About the weirdness that is YouTube naming conventions =
	When looking at a channel page:		== When looking at a channel page: ==

	<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/@</nowiki>'''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Tinker001</span>'''		<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/@</nowiki>'''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Tinker001</span>'''

	The '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">bold purple</span>''' part is the channel name		The '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">bold purple</span>''' part is the channel name
	~~----~~
	When watching a video:		== When watching a video: ==

	<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=</nowiki>'''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">y8o7qkmiDso</span>'''		<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=</nowiki>'''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">y8o7qkmiDso</span>'''

	The '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">bold purple</span>''' part is the video name		The '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">bold purple</span>''' part is the video name
	~~----~~
	When watching a playlist:		== When watching a playlist: ==

	<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=</nowiki><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);" >'''oizvS01ovHE'''</span>&list='''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">PLLG8IgBGD4eUG2n6p3GGfkQ-KPceDuuWj</span>'''&pp=gAQB		<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=</nowiki><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);" >'''oizvS01ovHE'''</span>&list='''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">PLLG8IgBGD4eUG2n6p3GGfkQ-KPceDuuWj</span>'''&pp=gAQB
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	Bonus fun bit: The <span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);" >'''bold green'''</span> part is actually the name of the video being watched inside that playlist.		Bonus fun bit: The <span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);" >'''bold green'''</span> part is actually the name of the video being watched inside that playlist.

	~~----~~		= Cookies! =
	For the potentially required cookie file, see [https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Extractors#exporting-youtube-cookies Exporting YouTube cookies]		For the potentially required cookie file, see [https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Extractors#exporting-youtube-cookies Exporting YouTube cookies]

Tinker: /* Gettin' Fancy... One script with multiple personalities */

2025-10-06T05:05:57Z

Gettin' Fancy... One script with multiple personalities

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:05, 6 October 2025
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	For the potentially required cookie file, see [https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Extractors#exporting-youtube-cookies Exporting YouTube cookies]		For the potentially required cookie file, see [https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Extractors#exporting-youtube-cookies Exporting YouTube cookies]

	= ~~Gettin' Fancy...~~ One script with multiple personalities =		= One script with multiple personalities =
	Yup...		Yup...

Tinker: /* YTvid */

2025-10-06T05:05:23Z

YTvid

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 ----
 For the potentially required cookie file, see [https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Extractors#exporting-youtube-cookies Exporting YouTube cookies]
 = Gettin' Fancy... One script with multiple personalities =

Tinker: /* YTchan */

2025-10-06T05:05:04Z

YTchan

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Tinker: /* About the weirdness that is YouTube naming conventions */

2025-10-06T04:33:22Z

About the weirdness that is YouTube naming conventions

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 done
 </syntaxhighlight>
 = Even more options? =
 <span style="color: rgb(186, 55, 42);" >'''<span style="font-size: 24pt;" >WIP</span>'''</span>

Tinker: /* YTchan */

2025-10-06T04:33:06Z

YTchan

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:33, 6 October 2025
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			= About the weirdness that is YouTube naming conventions =
			When looking at a channel page:

			<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/@</nowiki>'''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Tinker001</span>'''

			The '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">bold purple</span>''' part is the channel name
			----
			When watching a video:

			<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=</nowiki>'''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">y8o7qkmiDso</span>'''

			The '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">bold purple</span>''' part is the video name
			----
			When watching a playlist:

			<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=</nowiki><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);" >'''oizvS01ovHE'''</span>&list='''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">PLLG8IgBGD4eUG2n6p3GGfkQ-KPceDuuWj</span>'''&pp=gAQB

			The '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">bold purple</span>''' part is the playlist name

			Bonus fun bit: The <span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);" >'''bold green'''</span> part is actually the name of the video being watched inside that playlist.

	= YTchan =		= YTchan =