I’m lazy, so I scripted the moving parts from the howto that I wrote which described how to build a dvd from youtube videos.

The script is easy as pie to use.

Ingredients

• youtube2dvd
• tovid
• youtube-dl.py (mirror; rename to youtube-dl.py)

Recipe

Initial setup

• Make the script executable (chmod +x youtube2dvd)
• Edit the script, and change the first line to point to the location at which you saved youtube-dl.py, i.e.

  
  YOUTUBE=~/scripts/youtube-dl.py
  

Using the script

• Create a text file which lists, one per line, the youtube videos that you want to be on your DVD, e.g.

  
  http://youtube.com/watch?v=m2W5MjMGa14
  http://youtube.com/watch?v=IznjjbPtNiA
  
  

  If you want, you can supply titles that’ll be used in the dvd menu, e.g.

  
  http://youtube.com/watch?v=m2W5MjMGa14 Witching Hour
  http://youtube.com/watch?v=IznjjbPtNiA
  

  Note that you do not have to supply a title for every video. Punctuation may screw things up.

• Save the text file, and run the script, e.g.

  youtube2dvd mylist

• You’re done. The DVD structure is now awaiting you.

Please post problems, suggestions & improvements to the script to the comments section.

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