youtube-upload's Introduction

Introduction

Youtube-upload is a command-line script that uploads videos to Youtube (it should work on any platform -GNU/Linux, BSD, OS X, Windows, ...- that runs Python).

Dependencies

Python 2.6 or 2.7. Python 3.0 is NOT supported.
Python Google API

Install

$ wget https://github.com/tokland/youtube-upload/archive/master.zip
$ unzip master.zip
$ cd youtube-upload-master
$ sudo python setup.py install

If you don't want (or you can't) install software on the computer, run it directly from sources:

$ cd youtube-upload-master
$ PYTHONPATH=. python youtube_upload/youtube_upload.py ...

Examples

Upload a video

$ youtube-upload --title="A.S. Mutter" --description="A.S. Mutter plays Beethoven" \
                 --category=Music --tags="mutter, beethoven" anne_sophie_mutter.flv
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Upload a video with your own client_secrets.json:

$ youtube-upload --title="A.S. Mutter" --description="A.S. Mutter plays Beethoven" \
                 --category=Music --tags="mutter, beethoven" 
                 --client-secrets=my_client_secrets.json anne_sophie_mutter.flv
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Split a video with ffmpeg

Youtube currently limits videos to <2Gb and <15' for almost all users. You can use the example script to split it before uploading:

$ bash examples/split_video_for_youtube.sh video.avi
video.part1.avi
video.part2.avi
video.part3.avi

Use a HTTP proxy

Set environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy:

$ export http_proxy=http://user:password@host:port
$ export https_proxy=http://user:password@host:port
$ youtube-upload ....

Caveats

The package includes a default client_secrets.json file. If you plan to make a heavy use of the script, please create and use your own OAuth 2.0 file.
If a video does not comply with Youtube size limitations you must split it (using ffmpeg/avconv, for example).

License: GNU/GPLv3.
Bugs: Open a issue.
New features: I'll try to fix bugs, but, to add functionality, please send a pull request.
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