airikr / YouTube video downloader

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# Add this line to crontab -e as sudo (sudo su) to automate the whole thing # As it is right now, videos will be downloaded from YouTube every 6 hour (00:00 > 06:00 > 12:00 > 18:00 > repeat) 0 */6 * * * /bin/bash /mnt/ExtSSD/Backups/Bash/dlyt.sh >> /mnt/ExtSSD/Backups/Bash/dlyt.log 2>&1

#!/bin/bash ############################################################################### # dlyt.sh # # YouTube → Jellyfin Downloader & Organizer # # Downloads recent YouTube videos from channels listed in channels.txt, # organizes them into a Jellyfin-friendly folder structure, generates NFO files, # converts thumbnails from WEBP to JPG, and cleans up unnecessary files. # # Features: # - Downloads up to 5 videos per channel (configurable via --playlist-end) # - Skips live, upcoming, long (>2h) videos, or titles containing "WAN" # - Sorts episodes by upload_date # - Creates Season 01 and Specials (shorts) # - Generates tvshow.nfo with channel description # - Converts thumbnails from WEBP → JPG # - Cleans up info.json and description files after NFO creation # - Removes orphaned or leftover files # - Changes ownership to jellyfin for proper library access # # Dependencies: # - yt-dlp # - jq # - ImageMagick (magick command) # - Bash ≥4 ############################################################################### set -euo pipefail # Abort on errors, unset variables are errors, pipeline failures propagate # BASE DIRECTORIES BASE="/dir/to/folder" # Root for all downloads YTDLP="$BASE/yt-dlp" # Folder for downloads CHANNELS="$BASE/channels.txt" # List of channels mkdir -p "$YTDLP" # Create download folder if missing sudo chown -R user:user "${YTDLP}" # Temporarily give ownership to the user to allow writing echo "===== yt-dlp download =====" # Download videos with yt-dlp yt-dlp \ --ignore-errors \ --no-overwrites \ --continue \ --restrict-filenames \ --windows-filenames \ --playlist-end 5 \ \ --dateafter now-10days \ \ --match-filter "!is_live & live_status!=is_upcoming & duration<7200 & title!*=WAN" \ \ --format "(bestvideo[ext=mp4][height<=1080]/bestvideo[height<=1080])+(bestaudio[ext=m4a]/bestaudio)/best[ext=mp4]/best" \ --merge-output-format mp4 \ \ --write-info-json \ --write-description \ --write-thumbnail \ --embed-chapters \ --sponsorblock-mark all,-preview,-filler,-interaction \ --download-archive "$YTDLP/downloaded.txt" \ \ --output "$YTDLP/%(uploader)s/%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s" \ \ -a "$CHANNELS" || true echo "===== Organizing channels =====" # Folder layout for each channel: # SHOW/ <- Root folder for channel (e.g., "SciManDan") # ├─ Season 01/ <- Regular episodes (longer than 240s) # │ ├─ S01E01 - Title1 [ID].mp4 # │ ├─ S01E02 - Title2 [ID].mp4 # │ ├─ ... # │ ├─ S01E01 - Title1 [ID].webp <- optional, converted later to .jpg # │ └─ S01E02 - Title2 [ID].webp # ├─ Specials/ <- Shorts (<241s (=4min)) # │ ├─ S00E01 - Short1 [ID].mp4 # │ ├─ S00E02 - Short2 [ID].mp4 # │ └─ ... # ├─ tvshow.nfo <- Generated channel NFO # ├─ poster.jpg <- First JPG in channel, copied as poster # └─ other leftover files <- cleaned up by the script # Iterate over each channel folder find "$YTDLP" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | while read -r SHOW; do mkdir -p "$SHOW/Season 01" "$SHOW/Specials" # Create Season/Specials folders ep1=1 # Season 01 episode counter ep0=1 # Specials (shorts) episode counter # Sort episodes by upload_date: get date|jsonfile, sort by date, then cut jsonfile find "$SHOW" -maxdepth 1 -name "*.info.json" | while read -r JSON; do DATE=$(jq -r '.upload_date // "00000000"' "$JSON") # Use default 00000000 if missing echo "$DATE|$JSON" # Format: YYYYMMDD|jsonfile done | sort | cut -d'|' -f2 | while read -r JSON; do # Explanation of pipe: # 1. `jq` extracts upload_date from each .info.json # 2. `echo "$DATE|$JSON"` pairs date with filename # 3. `sort` sorts alphabetically → chronological because YYYYMMDD # 4. `cut -d'|' -f2` returns only the filename, in sorted order BASEFILE="${JSON%.info.json}" # Base filename without extension MP4="$BASEFILE.mp4" # Corresponding video file [ ! -f "$MP4" ] && continue # Skip if video missing TITLE=$(jq -r '.title' "$JSON") # Video title DESC=$(jq -r '.description // ""' "$JSON") # Video description (empty if missing) DATE=$(jq -r '.upload_date' "$JSON") # Upload date ID=$(jq -r '.id' "$JSON") # YouTube video ID DURATION=$(jq -r '.duration // 0' "$JSON") # Duration in seconds AIRED="${DATE:0:4}-${DATE:4:2}-${DATE:6:2}" # Convert YYYYMMDD → YYYY-MM-DD # Determine Season / Specials based on duration if [ "$DURATION" -lt 241 ]; then SEASON=0 EP=$(printf "%02d" "$ep0") # Zero-padded episode SAFE_TITLE=$(echo "$TITLE" | cut -c1-120) # Truncate long titles to 120 chars DEST="$SHOW/Specials/S00E$EP - $SAFE_TITLE [$ID]" ep0=$((ep0+1)) # Increment specials counter else SEASON=1 EP=$(printf "%02d" "$ep1") SAFE_TITLE=$(echo "$TITLE" | cut -c1-120) DEST="$SHOW/Season 01/S01E$EP - $SAFE_TITLE [$ID]" ep1=$((ep1+1)) # Increment season counter fi mkdir -p "$(dirname "$DEST")" # Ensure destination folder exists mv "$MP4" "$DEST.mp4" # Move video to organized folder # Move WEBP thumbnail to match episode name if [ -f "$BASEFILE.webp" ]; then mv "$BASEFILE.webp" "$DEST.webp" fi # Create episode NFO cat > "$DEST.nfo" <<EOF # Mapping of episode files: # For each episode DEST: # DEST.mp4 <- main video # DEST.webp <- original thumbnail (moved) # DEST.jpg <- converted thumbnail via ImageMagick # DEST.nfo <- episode metadata # # This ensures Jellyfin recognizes the episode with proper thumbnail and metadata. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <episodedetails> <title>$TITLE</title> <season>$SEASON</season> <episode>$((10#$EP))</episode> # Convert to decimal, handle leading zeros <airikred>$AIRED</airikred> <premiered>$AIRED</premiered> <plot><![CDATA[$DESC]]></plot> <uniqueid type="youtube">$ID</uniqueid> </episodedetails> EOF rm -f "$BASEFILE.info.json" "$BASEFILE.description" # Cleanup metadata done echo "===== Generating tvshow.nfo for $(basename "$SHOW") =====" # tvshow.nfo & poster.jpg: # - tvshow.nfo contains channel title, studio, and channel description (plot) # - poster.jpg is copied from the first .jpg found in channel (episode thumbnail) # # Jellyfin reads this for series overview in the library. if [ ! -f "$SHOW/tvshow.nfo" ]; then # Attempt to grab channel description from first info.json CHANNEL_JSON=$(find "$SHOW" -maxdepth 1 -name "*[[]*.info.json" | head -n 1) if [ -n "$CHANNEL_JSON" ]; then SHOW_DESC=$(jq -r '.description // ""' "$CHANNEL_JSON") else SHOW_DESC="" fi cat > "$SHOW/tvshow.nfo" <<EOF <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <tvshow> <title>$(basename "$SHOW")</title> <studio>YouTube</studio> <plot><![CDATA[$SHOW_DESC]]></plot> </tvshow> EOF fi # Ensure poster.jpg exists for the channel if [ ! -f "$SHOW/poster.jpg" ]; then THUMB=$(find "$SHOW" -type f -iname "*.jpg" | head -n 1) [ -n "$THUMB" ] && cp "$THUMB" "$SHOW/poster.jpg" fi done echo "===== Removing old JPGs in channel root =====" # Remove unnecessary JPGs from root (except poster.jpg) for CHANNEL in "$YTDLP"/*; do [ -d "$CHANNEL" ] || continue find "$CHANNEL" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*.jpg" ! -name "poster.jpg" -exec rm -f {} + done echo "===== Converting WEBP thumbnails to JPG with ImageMagick =====" # Conversion process: # - Each *.webp file in the channel folder tree is converted to *.jpg # - Original *.webp is deleted later # - JPG filename matches video DEST, so Jellyfin can use it automatically # Example: # /SciManDan/Season 01/S01E01 - Title1 [ID].webp -> S01E01 - Title1 [ID].jpg # Convert WEBP thumbnails to JPG find "$YTDLP" -type f -name "*.webp" | while read -r WEBP; do JPG="${WEBP%.webp}.jpg" magick "$WEBP" "$JPG" # magick CLI converts webp → jpg done echo "===== Removing WEBP files =====" find "$YTDLP" -type f -name "*.webp" -delete # Remove WEBP after conversion echo "===== Cleaning up leftover channel metadata =====" # Remove any leftover .info.json and .description files for CHANNEL in "$YTDLP"/*; do [ -d "$CHANNEL" ] || continue find "$CHANNEL" -maxdepth 1 -type f \( \ -name "*.info.json" -o \ -name "*.description" \ \) -exec rm -f {} + done echo "===== Cleaning orphaned NFO and JPG files =====" # Delete any leftover orphaned NFO/JPG if MP4 is missing for CHANNEL in "$YTDLP"/*; do [ -d "$CHANNEL" ] || continue find "$CHANNEL" -type f \( -name "*.info.json" -o -name "*.description" \) -exec rm -f {} + done echo "===== Change owner rights to Jellyfin =====" sudo chown -R jellyfin:jellyfin "${YTDLP}" # Final ownership for Jellyfin access echo "===== ALL DONE ====="