From 2fca1447b243f22671c0e18b7d365bbaa22cde15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:05:36 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] better document youtube playlists --- ...annex_importfeed_not_working_on_youtube_playlists.mdwn | 8 ++++++++ doc/tips/downloading_podcasts.mdwn | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/bugs/git_annex_importfeed_not_working_on_youtube_playlists.mdwn b/doc/bugs/git_annex_importfeed_not_working_on_youtube_playlists.mdwn index 3b511ca9a9..2306642fc4 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/git_annex_importfeed_not_working_on_youtube_playlists.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/git_annex_importfeed_not_working_on_youtube_playlists.mdwn @@ -29,3 +29,11 @@ For example: This is on Mac OSX 10.10.3, with git-annex installed via homebrew +> You have to give it an url to a RSS feed containing the playlist. +> +> For example, `git annex importfeed +> 'http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/PLz8ZG1e9MPlzefklz1Gv79icjywTXycR-'` +> still works despite there having been various news stories about youtube +> removing RSS functionality. +> +> I've added this example to the documentation. [[done]] --[[Joey]] diff --git a/doc/tips/downloading_podcasts.mdwn b/doc/tips/downloading_podcasts.mdwn index fb875180d0..e11825420d 100644 --- a/doc/tips/downloading_podcasts.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/downloading_podcasts.mdwn @@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ If your git-annex is also built with quvi support, you can also use `git annex importfeed` on youtube playlists. It will automatically download the videos linked to by the playlist. +For this you need an rss file containing links to the videos. +For example, this url currently works: + + ## metadata As well as storing the urls for items imported from a feed, git-annex can