Notes for EMC productions mass mashups

Command to bulk download (basic, slower)

youtube-dl "ytsearchall:#digitaldrumlineproject" --config-location $HOME/EMC/youtube-dl.config

Command to bulk download (fast, more complex)

youtube-dl "ytsearchall:#digitaldrumlineproject" --dump-json --flat-playlist | jq -r ".url" | parallel --shuf -j4 --retries 10 youtube-dl --config-location $HOME/EMC/youtube-dl.config -- :::

Command to normalize audio

ffmpeg-normalize $HOME/EMC/Raw/**/*.mp4 -of $HOME/EMC/Normalized --extension mp4 -c:a aac

Needed Software

Needed software:
- HomeBrew (brew.sh)
- youtube-dl
- ffmpeg
- parallel
- jq
- ffmpeg-normalize (pip install ffmpeg-normalize)

youtube-dl.config

# place this in $HOME/EMC/youtube-dl.config
-f best[ext=mp4]/best
-o "$HOME/EMC/Raw/%(title)s %(id)s %(uploader)s.%(ext)s"

--recode mp4
--default-search ytsearch
--mark-watched

--sub-lang en --write-auto-sub --write-sub --embed-subs

--add-metadata
--xattrs