How To Make A Media Backup Database For ANY YouTube Channel

I have been looking for a full enterprise backup software for YouTube channels that are not yt-dlp and its command line software and its many offshoots on GitHub that are not the best. One of the problems with GitHub software is that it requires Python and for the love of all that is good they don’t have any executable cause heaven forbid that you make software easy to use. In any case there is a software that can back up YT videos but its only on Linux and Docker, Sadly I have not found any complete softwares but I have found a workaround. What I was looking for in a backup software was:

1. The ability to download an entire channel not just a playlist and singular videos.
2. Download the auto-generated transcripts.
3. Have memory so you do not redownload the videos again.
4. Indexability that looks like a database you can search inside transcripts and it’s laid out with a professional UI.

JDownloader2 is able to do three of the things. Sadly it doesn’t have a database hi-tech design but it can do the rest. Go to the website and download JDownloader and install the software and ffmpeg (thankfully it is bundled) rather than having to go to the website. Once the software is setup go to settings in the top left and you will see the file manager. Click that and select the folder you want the downloads in.

Next turn max simultaneous downloads into 20 which is the most. Then go into settings and click plugins and choose YouTube. Now these are how I have it set but you can do what you would like. For filetype I selected mp3 mp4 subtitle and text (ffmpeg will merge it) having it all selected will download duplicate copies of the video, the thumbnails (img files). Now take your YT channel link and paste it into downloads (ctrl v) and click enter.

It will auto download and should show a timer. As long as you keep the files in the database it will remember what you have downloaded. So this is a good software overall. Unfortunately it is not built for archiving like how a media organization like FOX news may keep archives and transcripts of their shows but its free and good software for a clutch. God bless and Tech Talk To You Later!!!