ROADMAP

• Have the new videos from subscriptions listed in the terminal and let used choose the ones to download.
  • or : auto-download all videos from subscriptions every x week.
• Cleaner logs folder naming.
• Once the video is downloaded, delete it from the watch later playlist.
• Add the name of the yt chanel at the end of the filename.

YouTube Watch Later Downloader

A small vibe-coded C program that provides a cleaner and more controlled environment around yt-dlp for downloading a YouTube Watch Later playlist.

The goal is mainly personal and educational use (I plan to rewrite the program in Python myself and add features later, see the Roadmap below).

Features

• Clean, curated terminal output
• Separate detailed and human-readable logs
• Automatic log cleanup
• Watch Later archive tracking
• POT server management
• Quality safeguard requiring at least 1080p when the POT server is unavailable
• Download progress and final run summary
• Automatic cleanup of the POT server when finished
• Uses concurrent fragments for faster downloads

The actual video extraction and downloading is still handled by yt-dlp.

Requirements

The following must be installed and available in your PATH:

• yt-dlp
• node
• curl

The bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider server is also required.

Compilation

clang -O2 -Wall -Wextra -o ytdl_wl ytdl_wl.c

Then:

./ytdl_wl

Configuration

Paths and a few settings are currently defined directly in the C source, including:

• Download directory
• POT server location
• Log location
• Download archive
• Browser used for cookies
• Log retention periods
• Quality settings

These should be adjusted before running the program on another machine.

About

This is an independent C implementation of a personal yt-dlp-based workflow, created with Claude assistance from the original Python implementation and specific requirements for the desired behavior.

It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the yt-dlp project.

License

Released under the Unlicense. See LICENSE.