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61b3e146 1# Import videos guide
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61b3e146 3You can use this script to import videos from all [supported sites of youtube-dl](https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html) into PeerTube.
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4Be sure you own the videos or have the author's authorization to do so.
5
6 - [Installation](#installation)
7 - [Usage](#usage)
8
9## Installation
10
11## Prerequisites
12
13You need at least 512MB RAM to run the script.
35501c0f 14Importation can be launched directly from a PeerTube server (in this case you already have dependencies installed :+1:) or from a separate server, even a dekstop PC.
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16### Dependencies
17
35501c0f 18 * [PeerTube dependencies](dependencies.md)
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20### Installation
21
35501c0f 22Clone the PeerTube repo to get the latest version:
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24```
25git clone https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube.git
35501c0f 26CLONE="$(pwd)/PeerTube"
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27```
28
29Run ``yarn install``
30```
31cd ${CLONE}
32yarn install
33```
34
35Build server tools:
36```
37cd ${CLONE}
38npm run build:server
39```
40
41
42## Usage
43
44You are now ready to run the script :
45
46```
47cd ${CLONE}
245dc51d 48node dist/server/tools/import-videos.js -u "PEERTUBE_URL" -U "PEERTUBE_USER" --password "PEERTUBE_PASSWORD" -t "TARGET_URL"
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49```
50
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51 * PEERTUBE_URL : the full URL of your PeerTube server where you want to import, eg: https://peertube.cpy.re/
52 * PEERTUBE_USER : your PeerTube account where videos will be uploaded
53 * PEERTUBE_PASSWORD : password of your PeerTube account
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54 * TARGET_URL : the target url you want to import. Examples:
55 * YouTube:
56 * Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/ChannelId
57 * User https://www.youtube.com/c/UserName or https://www.youtube.com/user/UserName
58 * Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blabla
59 * Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/xxxxxx
60 * Dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/xxxxx
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62 The script will get all public videos from Youtube, download them and upload to PeerTube.
63 Already downloaded videos will not be uploaded twice, so you can run and re-run the script in case of crash, disconnection...