diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/settings/actions.md b/mkdocs/docs/settings/actions.md index 665e22c..bb6b288 100644 --- a/mkdocs/docs/settings/actions.md +++ b/mkdocs/docs/settings/actions.md @@ -24,6 +24,33 @@ Add a matching *.info.json* file with the media file. Both files need to have th The import process then looks for the 'id' key within the JSON file to identify the video. + +Sometimes you may need to create this file manually, The following are the absolute minimum required tags for manual importing. + +`thumbnail` can be left blank or null, however it is required to be present. If blank the thumbnail will be extracted from the video file on import. +``` +{ + "id": "", + "channel_id": "", + "title": "", + "upload_date": "", + "thumbnail": null +} +``` +However, you may fill out additional tags if they are known for a more complete result. +``` +{ + "id": "", + "channel_id": "", + "title": "", + "upload_date": "", + "description": null, + "categories": null, + "thumbnail": null, + "tags": null, + "view_count": null +} +``` ### Method 2: Detect the YouTube ID from filename, this accepts the default yt-dlp naming convention for file names like: