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posted ago by illiac-iv ago by illiac-iv +12 / -0

Lifted from thread https://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/303811386

ILLUSTRATION FOR HOWTO https://files.catbox.moe/csb421.png

JANUARY 20TH ALL VIDEOS ON THE "WHITEHOUSE" YOUTUBE WILL BE DELETED. TRUMP'S YT IS LIKELY TO BE REMOVED.

Link to White House YT: https://www.youtube.com/c/WhiteHouse/videos Link to Trump's YT: https://www.youtube.com/Donaldtrump/videos

HOWTO

DOWNLOAD ALL VIDEOS NOW! USE JDOWNLOADER 2 AND SET IT UP WITH FFMPEG: https://jdownloader.org/jdownloader2

WHEN YOU DOWNLOAD, FOR BEST QUALITY MAKE SURE YOU SELECT "WEBM" (VP9) INSTEAD OF MP4, AND SELECT THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION!

NOTE: JDOWNLOADER 2 IS MORE POWERFUL THAN "YOUTUBE-DL" AND PROVIDES GREATER CONTROL, AND IS FASTER.

FOR BEST FILENAMES, IN THE YOUTUBE "PLUGINS" SECTION IN JDOWNLOADER 2 CONFIGURE THE VIDEO FILENAME FIELD AS FOLLOWS. THIS WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE! THIS WILL TAG THE FILES PROPERLY WITH THE CORRECT DATE AND INFO ABOUT THE RESOLUTION AND CODEC.

DATE[yyyy-MM-dd] - VIDEO_NAME [VIDEOID] [ITAG_VIDEO_ID] [ITAG_AUDIO_ID].EXT

WHEN CONFIGURED LIKE THAT, THE VIDEOS ARE SAVED WITH FILENAMES IN THIS FORMAT: 2021-01-19 - Farewell Address of President Donald J. Trump [6h5_d3DUdR4] [248] [251]

Date is first, which ensures files appear in the correct order. Then name of video. Then video ID. Then video codec, then audio codec. For example, since this is a webm file, "248" here means the video is VP9 at 1080p. And "251" means the sound is Opus. If it was an MP4 file, then it would be "137" (AVC at 1080p) and "140" (AAC sound).

ALSO, DISABLE "SUBFOLDERS" - HOW TO: https://archive.is/Fpxfv

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illiac-iv [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

This was easier than expected. No extra install for Java Enterprise Beans; the installer needs a few plugins, including a commercial one, but it is selected and downloaded automatically.

Progress is slow so far, ca. 1 Mbit/s. (Have much phatter pipes).

The software apparently scans for existing videos on harddisk and gives you an opportunity to skip them.