From 4a36d569c3ae43259acf52d7ff414a2ed47f9163 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:35:33 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] tell how to find youtube playlist feeds --- doc/tips/using_the_web_as_a_special_remote.mdwn | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/tips/using_the_web_as_a_special_remote.mdwn b/doc/tips/using_the_web_as_a_special_remote.mdwn index 1fbf17dc1a..656148832d 100644 --- a/doc/tips/using_the_web_as_a_special_remote.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/using_the_web_as_a_special_remote.mdwn @@ -94,8 +94,12 @@ either load the short url in a browser to get the full url, or you can force use of quvi with redirect detection, by prepending "quvi:" to the url. -To download a youtube playlist, find the feed associated with that -playlist, and pass it to `git annex importfeed`. +To download a youtube playlist, you need to find the feed associated with that +playlist, and pass it to `git annex importfeed`. There does not seem to be +an easy link anywhere to get the feed, but you can construct its url +manually. For a playlist like +"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4F80C7D2DC8D9B6C", the +feed is "http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/PL4F80C7D2DC8D9B6C" ## podcasts