YoutubeSync

YoutubeSync will synchronise your iTunes or Rhythmbox Playlists with your Youtube Channel. Generate the configuration files and select the Playlists you want to sync.

All the Youtube Playlists will be Private.

Features

• Easy to use and one-time setup
• Use with cron jobs and have automatic syncs with your Youtube Playlists
• Option to Auto-delete Youtube playlists if you remove them from your Library
• Set the listing-type of each of your playlists: Private (default), Unlisted or Public
• Uses OAuth-2.0 for maximum security of the End-User
• Compatibility: Python 2 and 3

Usage

To run YoutubeSync just run this on your Terminal: python YoutubeSync.py

You can see the help like this: python YoutubeSync.py --help

The first run will ask you to create a configuration file. The default location for a configuration file is at ~/Documents/.ytSync.conf. However, you can specify the location of your configuration file when you create it.

To use a configuration file which isn't located at the default location, do as follows: python YoutubeSync.py /path/to/configuration_file.conf

On the first run, you will also get a OAuth prompt. It should open a Google Login page, and once you login and authorize the App, the OAuth response will be fetched automatically and saved to the same directory as YoutubeSync.

Setup

Dependency Installation

To install the dependencies that YoutubeSync needs, run sh install_dependencies.sh.

(You will need root priviledges, so you will probably need to prepend sudo to that command).

Google API Keys and OAuth

You need to create a Project on the Google Developers console. Follow these steps:

1. Enable the Youtube-Data-API.
2. Go to Credentials and create an API Key for YoutubeSync
3. Create OAuth Client ID, for Application-Type: Other.

You will need to download the OAuth Credentials JSON file to the same directory as YoutubeSync and save it as client_secrets.json. You should also edit YoutubeSync.py and set the API Key at the G__gleAPIKey variable.

Notes & Warnings

• Please note that if you have a Playlist on Youtube with the same name on your Music Library, IT WILL BE OVERWRITTEN.
• If you remove a song from your local Playlist, it will be removed from the Youtube Playlist.
• Not all songs can be found. This means that sometimes the Youtube Playlists might have less songs than your iTunes or Rhythmbox playlist. The script will warn you about those songs.
• For insurance reasons, the sync process works one way. If you add/remove a song in your Youtube Playlist, it won't be added or removed on your local Playlist.
• If you add a song on the Youtube playlist, it won't be downloaded to your computer. This is to prevent piracy.
• YoutubeSync is under heavy testing. Please test it yourself before you make any automated syncs to your Youtube channel.

HOWTO

You can find a simple tutorial on how to set up YoutubeSync with cron to have automated syncs here...

License

Copyright 2016 Antonios Katzourakis

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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