ytdl-sub/docs/source/prebuilt_presets/tv_shows.rst
Jesse Bannon 8d5d2be6a7
[FEATURE] TV Show Collection multi-url, s00 support (#1391)
Closes https://github.com/jmbannon/ytdl-sub/issues/1251, https://github.com/jmbannon/ytdl-sub/issues/1290
Required for https://github.com/jmbannon/ytdl-sub/issues/1383

Adds both s00 support and multi-url support per season, up to 11 URLs currently. This can and should be extended, but with a more principled approach instead of the current method: AI generating boiler-plate YAML 🙂 

```
   Plex TV Show Collection:
     = Music:
       "~Beyond the Guitar":
         s00_name: "Specials"
         s00_url:
           - "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXzguOdulAI"
           - "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGwYDvaGAz0"
         s01_name: "Videos"
         s01_url:
           - "https://www.youtube.com/c/BeyondTheGuitar"
           - "https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondTheGuitarAcademy"
         s02_name: "Covers"
         s02_url: "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE62gWlWZk5NWVAVuf0Lm9jdv_-_KXs0W"
```
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===============
TV Show Presets
===============
Player-Specific Presets
-----------------------
``ytdl-sub`` provides player-specific versions of certain presets, which apply settings
to optimize the downloads for that player.
The following actions are taken based on the indicated player:
Kodi
~~~~
* Everything that the Jellyfin version does
* Enables ``kodi_safe`` NFOs, replacing 4-byte unicode characters that break kodi with
````
Jellyfin
~~~~~~~~
* Places any season-specific poster art in the main show folder
* Generates NFO tags
Emby
~~~~
* Places any season-specific poster art in the main show folder
* Generates NFO tags
* For named seasons, creates a ``season.nfo`` file per season
Plex
~~~~~~~~
* :ref:`Special sanitization
<config_reference/scripting/entry_variables:title_sanitized_plex>` of numbers so Plex
doesn't recognize numbers that are part of the title as the episode number
* Converts all downloaded videos to the mp4 format
* Places any season-specific poster art into the season folder
----------------------------------------------
TV Show by Date
---------------
TV Show by Date will organize something like a YouTube channel or playlist into a tv
show, where seasons and episodes are organized using upload date.
Example
~~~~~~~
Must define ``tv_show_directory``. Available presets:
* ``Kodi TV Show by Date``
* ``Jellyfin TV Show by Date``
* ``Emby TV Show by Date``
* ``Plex TV Show by Date``
.. code-block:: yaml
__preset__:
overrides:
tv_show_directory: "/tv_shows"
Plex TV Show by Date:
# Sets genre tag to "Documentaries"
= Documentaries:
"NOVA PBS": "https://www.youtube.com/@novapbs"
"National Geographic": "https://www.youtube.com/@NatGeo"
"Cosmos - What If": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJno6oFF9nLGuwXNGYHmE8U"
# Sets genre tag to "Kids", "TV-Y" for content rating
= Kids | = TV-Y:
"Jake Trains": "https://www.youtube.com/@JakeTrains"
"Kids Toys Play": "https://www.youtube.com/@KidsToysPlayChannel"
= Music:
# TV show subscriptions can support multiple urls and store in the same TV Show
"Rick Beato":
- "https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato"
- "https://www.youtube.com/@rickbeato240"
Advanced Usage
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you prefer a different season/episode organization method, you can set the following
override variables.
.. code-block:: yaml
__preset__:
overrides:
tv_show_directory: "/tv_shows"
tv_show_by_date_season_ordering: "upload-year-month"
tv_show_by_date_episode_ordering: "upload-day"
Or for a specific preset
.. code-block:: yaml
"~Kids Toys Play":
url: "https://www.youtube.com/@KidsToysPlayChannel"
tv_show_by_date_season_ordering: "upload-year-month"
tv_show_by_date_episode_ordering: "upload-day"
The following are supported. Be sure the combined season + episode ordering include the
year, month, day, i.e. upload-year + upload-month-day.
Season Ordering
"""""""""""""""
``tv_show_by_date_season_ordering`` supports one of the following:
* ``upload-year`` (default)
* ``upload-year-month``
* ``release-year``
* ``release-year-month``
Episode Ordering
""""""""""""""""
``tv_show_by_date_episode_ordering`` supports one of the following:
* ``upload-month-day`` (default)
* ``upload-month-day-reversed``
* Reversed means more recent episodes appear at the top of a season by having a lower
value.
* ``upload-day``
* ``release-day``
* ``release-month-day``
* ``release-month-day-reversed``
* ``download-index``
* Episodes are numbered by the download order. **NOTE**: this is fetched using the
length of the download archive. Do not use if you intend to remove old videos.
TV Show by Date presets use the following for defaults:
.. code-block:: yaml
tv_show_by_date_season_ordering: "upload-year"
tv_show_by_date_episode_ordering: "upload-month-day"
TV Show Collection
------------------
TV Show Collections set each URL as its own season. If a video belongs to multiple URLs
(i.e. a channel and a channel's playlist), the video will only download once and reside
in the higher-numbered season.
Two main use cases of a collection are:
1. Organize a YouTube channel TV show where Season 1 contains any video not in a
'season playlist', Season 2 for 'Playlist A', Season 3 for 'Playlist B', etc.
2. Organize one or more YouTube channels/playlists, where each season represents a
separate channel/playlist.
Today, ytdl-supports up to 40 seasons with 11 URLs per season.
Example
~~~~~~~
Must define ``tv_show_directory``. Available presets:
* ``Kodi TV Show Collection``
* ``Jellyfin TV Show Collection``
* ``Emby TV Show Collection``
* ``Plex TV Show Collection``
.. code-block:: yaml
__preset__:
overrides:
tv_show_directory: "/tv_shows"
Plex TV Show Collection:
= Music:
# Prefix with ~ to set specific override variables
"~Beyond the Guitar":
s01_name: "Videos"
s01_url: "https://www.youtube.com/c/BeyondTheGuitar"
s02_name: "Covers"
s02_url: "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE62gWlWZk5NWVAVuf0Lm9jdv_-_KXs0W"
Other notable features include:
* TV show poster info is pulled from the first URL in s01.
* Duplicate videos in different URLs (channel /videos vs playlist) will not download twice.
* The video will attributed to the season with the highest number.
* Individual seasons support both single and multi URL.
* s00 is supported for specials.
.. code-block:: yaml
"~Beyond the Guitar":
s00_name: "Specials"
s00_url:
- "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXzguOdulAI"
- "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGwYDvaGAz0"
s01_name: "Videos"
s01_url:
- "https://www.youtube.com/c/BeyondTheGuitar"
- "https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondTheGuitarAcademy"
s02_name: "Covers"
s02_url: "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE62gWlWZk5NWVAVuf0Lm9jdv_-_KXs0W"
Advanced Usage
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you prefer a different episode organization method, you can set the following
override variables.
.. code-block:: yaml
__preset__:
overrides:
tv_show_directory: "/tv_shows"
tv_show_collection_episode_ordering: "release-year-month-day"
Or for a specific preset
.. code-block:: yaml
"~Beyond the Guitar":
tv_show_collection_episode_ordering: "release-year-month-day"
s01_name: "Videos"
s01_url: "https://www.youtube.com/c/BeyondTheGuitar"
s02_name: "Covers"
s02_url: "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE62gWlWZk5NWVAVuf0Lm9jdv_-_KXs0W"
The following are supported.
Episode Ordering
""""""""""""""""
``tv_show_collection_episode_ordering`` supports one of the following:
* ``upload-year-month-day`` (default)
* ``upload-year-month-day-reversed``
* ``release-year-month-day``
* ``release-year-month-day-reversed``
* ``playlist-index``
* Only use ``playlist-index`` episode formatting for playlists that will be fully
downloaded once and never again. Otherwise, indices can change.
* ``playlist-index-reversed``
TV Show Collection presets use upload-year-month-day as the default.