Automating Downloads#

One of the key capabilities of ytdl-sub is how well it runs without user input, but to take advantage of this you must set up scheduling to execute the commands at some interval. How you set up this scheduling depends on which version of ytdl-sub you downloaded.

Guide for Docker and Unraid Containers

Guide for Linux

Guide for Windows

Docker and Unraid#

The script that will execute automatically is located at /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run-cron.

Access your container at http://localhost:8443/, then in the GUI terminal run these commands:

echo '#!/bin/bash' > /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
echo "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" >> /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
echo "echo 'Cron started, running ytdl-sub...'" >> /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
echo "cd /config/ytdl-sub-configs" >> /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
echo "ytdl-sub --config=config.yaml sub subscriptions.yaml" >> /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
chmod +x /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
chown abc:abc /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron

You can test the newly created script by running:

/config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron

To create the cron definition, run the following command:

echo "# min   hour    day     month   weekday command" > /config/crontabs/abc
echo "  0     */6     *       *       *       /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron" >> /config/crontabs/abc

This will run the script every 6 hours. To run every hour, change */6 to */1, or to run once a day, change the same value to the hour (in 24hr format) that you want it to run at. See the cron tab manpage for more options.

Linux#

crontab -e
0     */6     *       *       *       /config/run_cron

Windows#

To be tested (please contact code owner or join the discord server if you can test this out for us)

ytdl-sub.exe --config \path\to\config\config.yaml sub \path\to\config\subscriptions.yaml
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