ytdl-sub/docs/source/prebuilt_presets/helpers.rst
Ross Patterson 60ff645750
[DOCS] Consistent headings, newlines, wraps (#1293)
I've been running into variations in style in the docs I've edited so far. I've been
including changes for consistency in with other commits but in many cases that makes one
part of one doc more consistent with the rest but less consistent with itself. It seems
like a bit of cleanup may be in order.

This change applies the following conventions:

- Section heading heirarchy:
  #. ``=`` with overline for document title, IOW first heading
  #. ``-``
  #. ``~``
  #. ``"``

- Two newlines before ``-`` sections for readability

- A newline between every section of any level and the first line of text

- Wrap paragraph lines at 88 characters to match Python's Black

I've only applied these changes to those ``*.rst`` files that aren't generated.

In the future, I might suggest another bulk change to match [the Sphinx conventions for
section
headings](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/basics.html#sections).
2025-08-20 20:20:19 -07:00

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==============
Helper Presets
==============
.. hint::
See how to apply helper presets :doc:`here </prebuilt_presets/index>`
Only Recent
-----------
To only download a recent number of videos, apply the ``Only Recent`` preset. Once a
video's upload date is outside of the range, or you hit max files, older videos will be
deleted automatically.
.. code-block:: yaml
__preset__:
overrides:
# Set to a non-zero value to only keep this many files at once per sub
only_recent_max_files: 0
only_recent_date_range: "7days"
Plex TV Show by Date | Only Recent:
= Documentaries:
"NOVA PBS": "https://www.youtube.com/@novapbs"
To prevent deletion of files, use the preset ``Only Recent Archive`` instead.
Filter Keywords
---------------
``Filter Keywords`` can include or exclude media with any of the listed keywords. Both
keywords and title/description are lower-cased before filtering.
Default behavior for Keyword evaluation is ANY, meaning the filter will succeed if any
of the keywords are present. This can be set to ANY or ALL using the respective
``_eval`` variable.
Supports the following override variables:
* ``title_include_keywords``, ``title_include_eval``
* ``title_exclude_keywords``, ``title_exclude_eval``
* ``description_include_keywords``, ``title_exclude_eval``
* ``description_exclude_keywords``, ``title_exclude_eval``
.. tip::
Use the `~` tilda subscription mode to set a subscription's list override variables.
Tilda mode allows override variables to be set directly underneath it.
.. code-block:: yaml
Plex TV Show by Date | Filter Keywords:
= Documentaries:
"~NOVA PBS":
url: "https://www.youtube.com/@novapbs"
title_exclude_keywords:
- "preview"
- "trailer"
"~To Catch a Smuggler":
url: "https://www.youtube.com/@NatGeo"
title_include_keywords:
- "To Catch a Smuggler"
= Sports:
"~Maple Leafs Highlights":
url: "https://www.youtube.com/@NHL"
title_include_eval: "ALL"
title_include_keywords:
- "maple leafs"
- "highlights"
Filter Duration
---------------
``Filter Duration`` can include or exclude media based on its duration.
Supports the following override variables:
* ``filter_duration_min_s``
* ``filter_duration_max_s``
.. tip::
Use the `~` tilda subscription mode to set a subscription's list override variables.
Tilda mode allows override variables to be set directly underneath it.
.. code-block:: yaml
Plex TV Show by Date | Filter Duration:
= Documentaries:
"~NOVA PBS":
url: "https://www.youtube.com/@novapbs"
filter_duration_min_s: 120 # Only download videos at least 2m long
= Sports:
"~Maple Leafs Highlights":
url: "https://www.youtube.com/@NHL"
filter_duration_max_s: 180 # Only get highlight videos less than 3m long
Chunk Downloads
---------------
If you are archiving a large channel, ``ytdl-sub`` will try pulling each video's
metadata from newest to oldest before starting any downloads. It is a long process and
not ideal. A better method is to chunk the process by using the following preset:
``Chunk Downloads``
It will download videos starting from the oldest one, and only download 20 at a time by
default. You can change this number by setting the override variable
``chunk_max_downloads``.
.. code-block:: yaml
__preset__:
overrides:
chunk_max_downloads: 20
Plex TV Show by Date:
# Chunk these ones
= Documentaries | Chunk Downloads:
"NOVA PBS": "https://www.youtube.com/@novapbs"
"National Geographic": "https://www.youtube.com/@NatGeo"
# But not these ones
= Documentaries:
"Cosmos - What If": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJno6oFF9nLGuwXNGYHmE8U"
Once the entire channel is downloaded, remove the usage of this preset. It will then
pull metadata from newest to oldest again, and stop once it reaches a video that has
already been downloaded.