yt-backup

 [](https://github.com/MarkTuddenham/yt-backup/pkgs/container/yt-backup)

Backup your favourite YouTube channels using yt-dlp

Install from crates.io bash cargo install --locked yt-backup

Run with the default config location <config_dir>/yt-backup/config.toml or ./config.toml bash yt-backup or specify a config path bash yt-backup --config /path/to/config.toml

Configuration

Example configuration:

```toml rootdirpath = "/path/to/backup/" # directory to download everything to (default "./") linktype = "hard" # "hard" or "soft" use symlinks or hard links (default "hard") ytdlpconfig_path = "/path/to/configs/yt-dlp.config"

playlists = [ # download the below playlists but unassociated with a channel. "PLUeHTafWecAVblNx278wBxkIQXw7iJws3" ]

[[channels]] name = "JapaneseToolsAustralia"

url defaults to "https://youtube.com/c/"

[[channels]] name = "English Country Life" url = "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGzRPk4-weg4odbYNCjujJA" ```

Example yt-dlp configuration:

-f "bestvideo[height>=720]+bestaudio/best" -ciw --all-subs --embed-subs --no-progress --no-colors --write-thumbnail --write-description -r 3M

Docker

bash docker run \ -v $(pwd)/path/to/video/store:/app/data \ -v $(pwd)/yt-dlp.config:/app/yt-dlp.config \ -v $(pwd)/config.toml:/app/config.toml \ --name yt-backup \ ghcr.io/marktuddenham/yt-backup:latest with config

```toml rootdirpath = "/app/data/" ytdlpconfigpath = "/app/yt-dlp.config"

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