tsia / youtube-dl-plex

• install youtube-dl
• clone this into /usr/local/scripts/youtube
• setup cronjob. for example: */15 * * * * flock --no-fork --exclusive --nonblock /var/lock/plex-youtube.lock -c '/usr/local/scripts/youtube/download.sh > /var/log/plex-youtube.log'
• setup subscriptions webinterface:
  • cp subscriptions-web.service /etc/systemd/system/
  • systemctl daemon-reload
  • systemctl enable --now subscriptions-web

this script downloads to /storage/plex/media/youtube/ and deletes old files after 14 days. this can be configured in download.sh and youtube-dl.sh

you may need to change the path to youtube-dl in youtube-dl.sh

Subscription URLs can be Youtube Channel URLs or any other URL that is supported by youtube-dl

Subscription Web Interface is listening on Port 8080 by default. Can be changed in subscription-web.service