Data Hoarder

I use an automated Downloader to download subscribed videos when they are uploaded to watch at my convience ad free.

I actually purchased a copy of '4K Video Downloader' for this very purpose, and previously used Internet Download Manager for many years (I still use IDM as a backup as 4k sometimes can't download videos with particular settings). I was able to save a few pulled videos this way, and have an extensive collection I can look back on. It is a kick to see postage-stamp sized videos of memes I was watching in the mid 2000's. I don't keep everything I download, but I download everything I watch.

We need a torrent site just for these.

I've been having a helluva time finding Sesame Street episodes from the 70s.

On my rack I have a little emblem that says 'Archive Everything' - it's a cute animal looking over a set of folders. I archive what I can.

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i have (checks drive) about 4 TIB of archived youtube content, there is a non zero chance i have something you want if you like the same stuff i do lol.

Somewhere between 7-14 thousand videos. I havent checked the real number.

It's content i like mostly, with some definite deletions later on. Archived for posterity since if i don't do it nobody else will, even though unlikely to go bunk. It could happen someday :)

Amen to this.

or me casualty saving music I like into a playlist, revisitng it a year later

"57 tracks that are no longer available are hidden"

My yt-dlp is running most nights, but I've gotta stop... I'm never going to get around to watching everything.

Could you share the Britney Spears??? :)

A really prolific chill music channel called Quantum Foam Sounds recently bit the dust, taking tons of obscure albums with unique art made by the channel with it. Fortunately the admin of the channel posted about a week earlier about what might be coming down the line, and I grabbed all the ones that were important to me (like, seriously, some of them have become things I HAVE to listen to at least once a week.)

You can import Youtube playlists into Jdownloader and download for example your "Liked Videos". You can also use "Google Takeout" to export all you files, playlists and history to CSV.