April 18, 20224 yr On 11/21/2021 at 9:24 AM, cdiv said: If anyone's interested, here's the YTDL_OPTIONS string I'm using. It'll embed english subtitles and chapter markers (for videos that have them). It'll also fix the permissions on the downloaded video. (The downloaded subtitles file will be deleted, change already_have_subtitle to true to keep it) {"writesubtitles": true, "subtitleslangs": ["en", "-live_chat"], "postprocessors": [{"key": "Exec", "exec_cmd": "chmod 0664", "when": "after_move"}, {"key": "FFmpegEmbedSubtitle", "already_have_subtitle": false},{"key": "FFmpegMetadata", "add_chapters": true}]} After copying and pasting this to YTDL_OPTIONS , the subtitles and chapters work but the permissions still dont. I still cant delete files. I also tried to change the chmod to 777 but it made no difference. Does anyone have any suggestions?
April 19, 20224 yr So I figured out that the permissions issue is at the folder level, it is fine at the file level. When something is downloaded it creates a folder with the creators name and then the file inside is the video. When I use Krusader to check the permissions the file is correct with read/write but the folder is read only. Can anyone offer any suggestions on how to fix this. I really want to use this program but unless I can get the permissions set correctly I wont be able too. Thanks in advance.
May 4, 20224 yr Its been a couple weeks and I still cant the permissions working properly. Is there anyone that can offer any advice?
May 16, 20224 yr The umask is not set to unraid's expected 000 (or even 002) value in order to read/write these files, and defaults to the docker image's default 022. Some containers in unraid use the UMASK variable for docker containers to change this, but manually adding this parameter to the template doesn't result in the umask actually being set to 000 or 002 since it's not built into the app. According to https://codeyarns.com/tech/2017-07-21-how-to-set-umask-for-docker-container.html and https://forums.unraid.net/topic/32629-how-to-edit-a-dockerfile-locally/ the only way to go about this as-is would be to clone the MeTube repo locally, create a script which sets the umask to 000 when the container is run, then add that script in as the entrypoint of the local copy of the dockerfile. Doing this obviously keeps you from updating the container from its remote repo, which stinks, so the above solution seems unreasonably hacky. The current behavior is that the files created by MeTube are -rw-r--r-- when we'd hope they'd be -rw-rw-rw. We can't delete them or move them without hitting up the terminal on the unraid box itself to manually set perms as-is. If the maintainer could throw ENV UMASK 0000 into the startup script, I think we'd be in good shape. Other references: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/39289-adapting-container-user-and-group-ids-to-the-host/ https://forums.unraid.net/topic/32278-docker-container-developer-best-practice-guidelines-for-unraid/
May 31, 20224 yr Hi all, I haven't touched this docker yet, but seeing the issues with permissions, I've got an arm-chair solution here. You can use something like inotify-command to watch output directory and run a chmod script every time theres a change. I'll try it out myself as well later. EDIT: It's the next day and I've done this now. It was pretty simple and seems to be working. Here's my script for inotify-command, just be sure to change the "WATCH_DIR:" to whatever the directory mapped in YOUR inotify-command container is (I believe it's dir1 by default). WATCH_DIR=/tubesync SETTLE_DURATION=5 MAX_WAIT_TIME=05:00 MIN_PERIOD=00:01 COMMAND="chmod 777 -R $WATCH_DIR" USER_ID=0 GROUP_ID=0 UMASK=0000 IGNORE_EVENTS_WHILE_COMMAND_IS_RUNNING=1 USE_POLLING=no DEBUG=0 On 5/4/2022 at 4:45 PM, Tonitram said: Its been a couple weeks and I still cant the permissions working properly. Is there anyone that can offer any advice? On 4/19/2022 at 5:34 PM, Tonitram said: So I figured out that the permissions issue is at the folder level, it is fine at the file level. When something is downloaded it creates a folder with the creators name and then the file inside is the video. When I use Krusader to check the permissions the file is correct with read/write but the folder is read only. Can anyone offer any suggestions on how to fix this. I really want to use this program but unless I can get the permissions set correctly I wont be able too. Thanks in advance. Edited June 1, 20224 yr by naturalcarr I actually did the thing I was talking about
June 4, 20224 yr On 5/4/2022 at 4:45 PM, Tonitram said: Its been a couple weeks and I still cant the permissions working properly. Is there anyone that can offer any advice? This worked for me: in Unraid, Tools > New Permissions selects all Disks and then whichever shares you are trying to fix and run it.
June 5, 20224 yr 11 hours ago, jacobjezek said: This worked for me: in Unraid, Tools > New Permissions selects all Disks and then whichever shares you are trying to fix and run it. This will fix the permissions for the files you already downloaded but any files downloaded after doing it would still not have the correct permissions. So you will have to keep running this, which isnt really a fix.
June 27, 20224 yr On 11/19/2021 at 11:50 AM, alexta69 said: MeTube supports this method: https://github.com/alexta69/metube#using-browser-cookies I keep seeing this suggested but nowhere do I see anyone responding that they got it to work successfully. Has anyone got this to work?
July 8, 20223 yr Is there anyway to bulk import urls? or maybe format something like a YouTube playlist for downloading stuff not on youtube?
July 14, 20223 yr On 4/10/2022 at 10:32 PM, thompn4 said: I keep getting this error when trying to add a video to download - any ideas? Metube was working for me back in December Error adding URL: ERROR: [youtube:tab] PLc2DXFHTVWiHEfVnxVnMcWJ1jQRoAK6MI: Unable to download API page: <urlopen error [Errno -3] Try again> (caused by URLError(gaierror(-3, 'Try again'))) Im getting this error as well. this is the video im trying to download https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E0QSFHR86I I have downloaded it fine with exe from youtube dlp Edited July 14, 20223 yr by Goldmaster
October 24, 20223 yr Is it possible to get the files in .mkv and h265, or is this something I need to use a seperate container for to process the mp4 file that metube grabs?
November 5, 20223 yr On 9/2/2021 at 11:29 AM, Hawkins12 said: Requesting assistance from anyone familiar with how to set up environment variables for Metube. Here's what I am trying to accomplish. I need to "mount" a cookies.txt file so Metube knows how to properly pull the cookies file when retrieving video. I have a cookies.txt file generated I just need to set an environment variable to recognize it. Below are instructions from the Dev but I am lost on a couple points. I am not sure how to set up the environment variable to recognize the cookies file since Metube doesn't have an appdata folder, etc. Any assistance would be helpful. Based on the above, I mounted the path as follows (note the cookies.txt file is in the "/downloads/Metube/ directory: And here is what I have for Env. Variable...What am I doing wrong?? Has anyone got this to work? I am getting the following error. I followed the gethub instructions to get the cookies and create the cookies.txt file. What I am not clear on is how to enter the YTDL_OPTIONS in the unraid form. The instructions on the gethub page show for a docker compose file but I am unsure how to enter this in the unraid format. A screen shot of a working config like the one above would be great. It would also be helpful to see an example of multiple YTDL_OPTIONS such as subs, audio, etc. Have seen some example strings in this thread but am not sure how to enter it in the Key:, Value: format, unraid uses. Thanks
January 4, 20233 yr Hello. I added a single link for a Youtube clip, yet it seems as though MeTube is cycling through an unending amount of videos as if it is processing a massive playlist. I can't get it to stop, and I can't find a config director where I could wipe out some data to stop MeTube from continuing to grab videos. I have removed the docker from my Unraid setup, re-installed it, and found that despite this the MeTube instance just picks up right where it left off. Is there a good way to reset this?
January 4, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, jackfalveyiv said: Hello. I added a single link for a Youtube clip, yet it seems as though MeTube is cycling through an unending amount of videos as if it is processing a massive playlist. I can't get it to stop, and I can't find a config director where I could wipe out some data to stop MeTube from continuing to grab videos. I have removed the docker from my Unraid setup, re-installed it, and found that despite this the MeTube instance just picks up right where it left off. Is there a good way to reset this? Stop the container, delete the .metube directory in your downloads folder, and start the container again.
February 3, 20233 yr On 11/5/2022 at 10:27 AM, linenoise said: Has anyone got this to work? I am getting the following error. I followed the gethub instructions to get the cookies and create the cookies.txt file. What I am not clear on is how to enter the YTDL_OPTIONS in the unraid form. The instructions on the gethub page show for a docker compose file but I am unsure how to enter this in the unraid format. A screen shot of a working config like the one above would be great. It would also be helpful to see an example of multiple YTDL_OPTIONS such as subs, audio, etc. Have seen some example strings in this thread but am not sure how to enter it in the Key:, Value: format, unraid uses. Thanks Same here...did you figure this out?
February 6, 20233 yr On 2/3/2023 at 8:48 PM, theryno said: Same here...did you figure this out? Same here...
February 18, 20233 yr On 2/6/2023 at 5:05 PM, morethanenough said: Same here... Also same... any answers?
February 21, 20233 yr Traceback (most recent call last): File "app/main.py", line 85, in <module> dqueue = DownloadQueue(config, Notifier()) File "/app/app/ytdl.py", line 195, in __init__ self.queue = PersistentQueue(self.config.STATE_DIR + '/queue') File "/app/app/ytdl.py", line 150, in __init__ with shelve.open(path, 'c'): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/shelve.py", line 243, in open return DbfilenameShelf(filename, flag, protocol, writeback) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/shelve.py", line 227, in __init__ Shelf.__init__(self, dbm.open(filename, flag), protocol, writeback) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dbm/__init__.py", line 95, in open return mod.open(file, flag, mode) _gdbm.error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/downloads/.metube/queue' Setting umask to 022 Creating download directory /downloads and state directory /downloads/.metube User set by docker; running MeTube as 99:100 Changing the "Extra Parameters" from "--user 99:100" to "--user 1000:1000" seems to work. Not sure 1000:1000 is the correct solution.
February 21, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, Jaybau said: Traceback (most recent call last): File "app/main.py", line 85, in <module> dqueue = DownloadQueue(config, Notifier()) File "/app/app/ytdl.py", line 195, in __init__ self.queue = PersistentQueue(self.config.STATE_DIR + '/queue') File "/app/app/ytdl.py", line 150, in __init__ with shelve.open(path, 'c'): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/shelve.py", line 243, in open return DbfilenameShelf(filename, flag, protocol, writeback) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/shelve.py", line 227, in __init__ Shelf.__init__(self, dbm.open(filename, flag), protocol, writeback) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dbm/__init__.py", line 95, in open return mod.open(file, flag, mode) _gdbm.error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/downloads/.metube/queue' Setting umask to 022 Creating download directory /downloads and state directory /downloads/.metube User set by docker; running MeTube as 99:100 Changing the "Extra Parameters" from "--user 99:100" to "--user 1000:1000" seems to work. Not sure 1000:1000 is the correct solution. I was having a problem with the container not being able to search for updates. + some kind of error with the link, not the same as the others. Changing the UID and GID to 1000:1000 fixed it for me. And I was able to put them back to 99:100 and it kept working. Weird, and thanks.
February 23, 20233 yr Is this app still being maintained? How can I keep it up to date? Sorry, I'm not a Linux guy so I'm not sure what to do. Edited February 23, 20233 yr by TimTheSettler
February 24, 20233 yr Regarding updating, I went into the Docker section on the left side in Unraid and clicked a force update... after that, my video downloads are working again!
February 24, 20233 yr On 2/23/2023 at 3:10 AM, TimTheSettler said: Is this app still being maintained? How can I keep it up to date? Sorry, I'm not a Linux guy so I'm not sure what to do. The app is maintained, and when a new yt-dlp version is released, a new MeTube version is automatically built with the newest yt-dlp, and uploaded to docker hub. You need to set up your system to automatically upgrade your containers with the latest image versions (I use https://containrrr.dev/watchtower/ on a regular Linux box, maybe Unraid has already such functionality built in, I don't know, I'm not an Unraid user myself), and then you'll always have the newest version of yt-dlp.
February 24, 20233 yr 5 hours ago, alexta69 said: The app is maintained, and when a new yt-dlp version is released, a new MeTube version is automatically built with the newest yt-dlp, and uploaded to docker hub. You need to set up your system to automatically upgrade your containers with the latest image versions (I use https://containrrr.dev/watchtower/ on a regular Linux box, maybe Unraid has already such functionality built in, I don't know, I'm not an Unraid user myself), and then you'll always have the newest version of yt-dlp. Thanks for the update alexta69. Unraid has a built-in updater and it works for all other apps but not for MeTube. There's a post somewhere saying that the place it looks at might have been changed so it can't find the update info there anymore. 12 hours ago, DanYak said: Regarding updating, I went into the Docker section on the left side in Unraid and clicked a force update... after that, my video downloads are working again! Where do you see "Force Update"? The "Update" option only shows up when Unraid knows there is an update and my problem is that Unraid does not seem to know. Am I the only one who has this problem? Just to be clear, it's only MeTube that is giving me this problem as you can see below. If no one knows then in a couple days I will remove the app and re-install it. Hopefully that will fix it but that's not really the right solution.
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