rss-youtube-downloader

Experimenting a bit with RSS + auto-downloading videos from YouTube.

Release History

• 0.8.1: Fixed download paths.
• 0.8: New library used for displaying Windows notifications; create download folder if it doesn't exist; downloading files in .mp4 instead of default .webm for improved compatibility; using external downloader to improve download speeds; added SponsorBlock to remove promo segments from videos.
• 0.7: Added code to create a download folder if it doesn't exist; added different download path for Windows.
• 0.6.1: Removed unnecessary code; added comments.
• 0.6: Rewrote some core logic to better handle new files.
• 0.5: Checking multiple feeds at once; changed variables from snake_case to camelCase; improved messages.
• 0.4.1: Tiny fix to platform check.
• 0.4: Added notifications.
• 0.3: Fixed the script on macOS; added checker to avoid duplicates; re-wrote the script to handle multiple videos.
• 0.2: Added RSS reader so now the script downloads the latest video from the RSS feed.
• 0.1: Initial release.

Versioning

Using SemVer.

License

Acknowledgements

• feedparser to read RSS feeds
• yt-dlp to download videos
• ChatGPT
• Icons from Flaticon
• PNG → ICO conversion with ConvertICO
• Windows notifications done with: plyer
• macOS notifications done with: pync

Contributing

If you found a bug or want to propose a feature, feel free to visit the Issues page.