tubearchivist-frontend/docs/Channels.md

Channels Overview and Channel Detail Page

The channels are organized on two different levels:

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 from the drop down menu. 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.

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 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.
• Note: Adding a link to a YouTube channel name is not yet supported, for example: https://www.youtube.com/c/TomScottGo will fail.

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.
• 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.