Download Entire YouTube Channel - all of a user's videos

yt-chanrip() { for i in $(curl -s http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/"$1"/uploads | grep -Eo "watch\?v=[^[:space:]\"\'\\]{11}" | uniq); do youtube-dl --title --no-overwrites http://youtube.com/"$i"; done }
create the function then run 'yt-chanrip username' to download that user's entire channel. uses youtube-dl and the GData API. similar to http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/3154/download-youtube-playlist

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By: m1cawber
2011-01-29 05:52:25
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I'm new to all this and a little lost but would like to try this command. The user's name is GameShowNetwork so how would I run this command for that user? Thanks for this. :D
primetime34 · 785 weeks and 1 day ago
youtube-dl doesn't always work. I would use command #7718 instead to download the video.
RanyAlbeg · 785 weeks ago
I get the following error for every video ERROR: unable to download video (format may not be available) Thoughts?
primetime34 · 785 weeks ago
can't make it work... trying it on cygwin... do I need something besides curl, youtube-dl script, python? it does nothing....
bidomo · 726 weeks and 1 day ago
now that I look at it, youtube-dl could do this on its own the whole time... youtube-dl -citw ytuser:[USERNAME]
Kapow · 724 weeks and 3 days ago
now that I look at it, youtube-dl could do this on its own the whole time... youtube-dl -citw ytuser:[USERNAME]
Kapow · 724 weeks and 3 days ago
clive could use this feature.. its what i used to dl the ones i needed the other day. I may make apost later.
bbelt16ag · 659 weeks ago

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