agentskillexchange Archive online videos and metadata to the Internet Archive with Tubeup
Download a supported video URL with yt-dlp and upload the preserved file plus metadata to archive.org as a repeatable preservation job.
Prerequisites
Python 3.10+, pipx, yt-dlp, ffmpeg, Deno, Internet Archive account
Installation
Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- pipx ensurepath
- Use pipx to install the required python packages.
- pipx install "yt-dlp[default,curl-cffi]" internetarchive tubeup
- pipx upgrade-all ; deno upgrade
Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Linux VPS with Python 3.10 or higher and pipx installed
- Install ffmpeg, pip3 (typically python3-pipx or in Arch python-pipx), and Deno (external java script support required by yt-dlp for Youtube extractor).
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
tubeup uses yt-dlp to download a Youtube video (or any other provider supported by yt-dlp), and then uploads it with all metadata to the Internet Archi...
This script strongly recommends Linux or some sort of POSIX system (such as macOS), preferably from a rented VPS and not your personal machine or phone.
Reccomended system specifications:
Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bibanon/tubeup/HEAD/README.md