youtube-upload

Introduction

Youtube-upload is a command-line script that uploads videos to Youtube.

Youtube-upload should work on any platform (GNU/Linux, BSD, OS X, Windows, ...) that runs Python.

Dependencies

• Python 2.6 or 2.7
• Python Google API

Download & Install

$ wget https://github.com/tokland/youtube-upload/archive/master.zip
$ unzip master.zip
$ cd youtube-upload-master
$ sudo python setup.py install

• If you don't want (or you can't) install software on the computer, run it directly from sources:

  $ cd youtube-upload-master
  $ PYTHONPATH=. python youtube_upload/youtube_upload.py ...
  

Usage examples

• Upload a video:

  $ youtube-upload --title="A.S. Mutter" --description="A.S. Mutter plays Beethoven" \
               --category=Music --tags="mutter, beethoven" anne_sophie_mutter.flv
  pxzZ-fYjeYs
  

• Upload a video with your own client_secrets.json:

  $ youtube-upload --title="A.S. Mutter" --description="A.S. Mutter plays Beethoven" \
               --category=Music --tags="mutter, beethoven" 
               --client-secrets=my_client_secrets.json anne_sophie_mutter.flv
  pxzZ-fYjeYs
  

• Split a video with ffmpeg

Youtube currently limits videos to <2Gb and <15' for almost all users. You can use the Bash example script to split it before uploading:

$ bash examples/split_video_for_youtube.sh video.avi
video.part1.avi
video.part2.avi
video.part3.avi

• Use a HTTP proxy

Set environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy:

$ export http_proxy=http://user:password@host:port
$ export https_proxy=http://user:password@host:port
$ youtube-upload ....

Caveats

• The package includes a default file but if you plan to use a heavy usage of the script, please create and use your own authentication file.

• If a video does not comply with Youtube size limitations you must split it before using ffmpeg/avconv or any other tool.

More

• License: GNU/GPL v3.

• Open a issue.

• Support the developer with a donation.