tubearchivist-frontend/docs/Channels.md

Channels Overview and Channel Detail Page

The channels are organized on two different levels, similar as the playlists:

Channels Overview

Accessible at /channel/ of your Tube Archivist, the Overview Page shows a list of all channels you have indexed.

• You can filter that list to show or hide subscribed channels with the toggle. Clicking on the channel banner or the channel name will direct you to the Channel Detail Page.
• If you are subscribed to a channel a Unsubscribe button will show, if you aren't subscribed, a Subscribe button will show instead.

The Subscribe to Channels button opens a text field to subscribe to a channel. You have a few options:

• Enter the YouTube channel ID, a 25 character alphanumeric string. For example UCBa659QWEk1AI4Tg--mrJ2A
• Enter the URL to the channel page on YouTube. For example https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBa659QWEk1AI4Tg--mrJ2A
• Enter the channel name for example: https://www.youtube.com/c/TomScottGo.
• Enter the video URL for any video and let Tube Archivist extract the channel ID for you. For example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tdiKTSdE9Y
• Add one per line.

The search icon opens a text box to search for indexed channel names. Possible matches will show as you type.

Channel Detail

Each channel will get a dedicated channel detail page accessible at /channel/<channel-id>/ of your Tube Archivist. This page shows all the videos you have downloaded from this channel plus additional metadata.

• If you are subscribed to the channel, an Unsubscribe button will show, else the Subscribe button will show.
• You can Show the channel description, that matches with the About tab on YouTube.
• The Mark as Watched button will mark all videos of this channel as watched.
• The button Delete Channel will delete the channel plus all videos of this channel, both media files and metadata.
• The button Find Playlists will go out to youtube and look for playlists belonging to this channel and index all with at least one video downloaded. Only do this for channels where you care about playlists as this will slow down indexing new videos for having to check which playlist this belongs to.
• The button Show Playlists will go to the playlists page and filter the list to only show playlists from this channel.