Tube Archivist

Project Updates

• This update will automatically change and rebuild the video, channel and download queue indexes.
• Tube Archivist Companion browser extension also got an update to control auto start behavior: Release Notes
• If you are a sponsor, the real time monitor client also got an update to control auto start behavior: Release Notes
• It is recommend to run Rescan Filesystem to validate all media file paths before updating, monitor the logs to make sure, this does nothing unexpected.
• At first start, there is a migration command running to index additional metadata from your media files. That includes file size, codec, bitrate, resolution.
  • That process can take some time, depending on various factors, expect this to take around 1 minute per 1000 videos.
  • Log output will show progress and any error messages.
  • The interface will become available again, after that completes.
  • Be patient and grab some popcorn to watch the logs fly by.

Added

• Added video stream metadata indexing like codecs, bitrate, filesize
• Added channel metadata aggregation like total file size, total videos, total playback.
• Added start now for adding to download queue, docs
• Added auto start for subscriptions, docs
• Added extractor language configuration, docs
• Added --format-sort configuration, docs, by @dsander
• Added channel tags indexing for better search results
• [API] Added endpoints to control auto start behavior

Changed

• Changed channel metadata extraction to use yt-dlp instead of custom scraper for better reliability.
• Removed the limit_count config field, use queue control instead

Fixed

• Fixed backup run issue when not initiated with task
• Fixed playlist ID parser for members only playlists, by @mglinski

Hotfix

• I’ve pushed a quick hotfix dealing with #476, if you encounter that, please pull again.