Pirate YouTube

WARNING: This repo only supports Linux at this time

Do you have an ever growing list of "Watch Later" videos? Do you also have a significant amount of time coming up where you won't have access to the Internet? Like, say, a flight to Taiwan?

This repo has a solution!

Simply:

• Create a batch.txt file with URls to YouTube videos
• Run docker compose up
• View your videos at http://localhost:8080
• ...PROFIT!!!

Okay, it's not quite that simple. See Usage for actual steps.

Usage

Create data directory

With sudo (or with root), run the following:

• sudo sh init-data-dir.sh

Populate 'batch.txt'

Add URLs to batch.txt, by running:

echo "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-YBDTqX_ZU" | sudo tee -a "data/batch.txt"

You can also use a text editor, as long as you do so with sudo/root, or run: chown -R 1337 data/batch.txt

Download YouTube Vidoes

Start yt-dlp container:

sudo docker compose up ytdlp

Start/Configure Jellyfin

Start Jellyfin:

sudo docker compose up jellyfin

Configure Jellyfin:

• Connect to http://localhost:8080
• Next -> Add User -> Add Media Library
• Content type -> Mixed Movies and Shows
• Display name: Pirate YouTube
• Click + on Folders
• Add /media/pirate-youtube
• Click Ok
• Click Ok (again)
• Click Next, Next, Next (Your choice on "Remote Access")
• Click Finish
• "Sign In"
• Click hamburger menu in top-left (three horizontal bars)
• Administration -> Dashboard -> Scan All Libraries
• Click the "House" icon
• Profit!!!

FAQ

Why not youtube-dl?

At the time of this writing, the last release of youtube-dl was 2023/12/17 which was non-functional with current YouTube URLs

How do I add more videos?

• Add URLs to data/batch.txt (make sure you use sudo or root)
• Run docker compose up ytdlp in an another terminal
• In Jellyfin (http://localhost:8080):
  • Login as admin, then goto the "Dashboard" and "Scan All Libraries"

How do I remove videos?

• Remove relevant commented URL in data/batch.txt (NOTE: use sudo or root)
• In Jellyfin (http://localhost:8080):
  • Login as admin, goto "My Media", then "Pirate YouTube", and "Delete Media"