Hey everyone! I'm a huge YouTube user, but I struggle with keeping things organized due to my ADHD. I've ended up with tons of playlists filled with thousands of random videos, and I really want to sort through them, remove the stuff I don't want, and categorize the rest. Manually going through 10k+ videos is just not feasible for me. I'm hoping to find some tools, apps, or plugins that can help make this process easier, maybe even automate some of it. Any suggestions?
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Have you checked out Tartube? It seems like it could work well for what you need. You can also create a spreadsheet using yt-dlp by running a command to get your playlist's info. It's a bit technical, but I wrote a program that makes a SQLite database for tracking playlists across multiple platforms like YouTube and Vimeo. Then you can use tools like DBeaver to manage your data.
I think it could be a cool idea to create a small web extension for this! I'm happy to give it a shot if you're willing to wait a couple of weeks for me to test it out and develop something interesting.
Haha, I’ve got all the time in the world! No pressure at all. If you decide to create something, I’d love to hear back from you! <3
Thanks for the suggestion! It sounds like you've got a good grasp of this stuff. Just to clarify, would this process create a type of personal database of video links in a spreadsheet that gathers metadata similar to how digital photos hold Exif data?