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# TubeSync
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## Advanced usage guide - importing existing media
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This is a new feature in v0.9 of TubeSync and later. It allows you to mark existing
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downloaded media as "downloaded" in TubeSync. You can use this feature if, for example,
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you already have an extensive catalogue of downloaded media which you want to mark
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as downloaded into TubeSync so TubeSync doesn't re-download media you already have.
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## Requirements
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Your existing downloaded media MUST contain the unique ID. For YouTube videos, this is
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means the YouTube video ID MUST be in the filename.
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Supported extensions to be imported are .m4a, .ogg, .mkv, .mp3, .mp4 and .avi. Your
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media you want to import must end in one of these file extensions.
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## Caveats
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As TubeSync does not probe media and your existing media may be re-encoded or in
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different formats to what is available in the current media metadata there is no way
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for TubeSync to know what codecs, resolution, bitrate etc. your imported media is in.
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Any manually imported existing local media will display blank boxes for this
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information on the TubeSync interface as it's unavailable.
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## Steps
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### 1. Add your source to TubeSync
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Add your source to TubeSync, such as a YouTube channel. **Make sure you untick the
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"download media" checkbox.**
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This will allow TubeSync to index all the available media on your source, but won't
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start downloading any media.
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### 2. Wait
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Wait for all the media on your source to be indexed. This may take some time.
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### 3. Move your existing media into TubeSync
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You now need to move your existing media into TubeSync. You need to move the media
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files into the correct download directories created by TubeSync. For example, if you
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have downloaded videos for a YouTube channel "TestChannel", you would have added this
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as a source called TestChannel and in a directory called test-channel in Tubesync. It
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would have a download directory created on disk at:
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`/path/to/downloads/test-channel`
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You would move all of your pre-existing videos you downloaded outside of TubeSync for
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this channel into this directory.
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In short, your existing media needs to be moved into the correct TubeSync source
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directory to be detected.
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This is required so TubeSync can known which Source to link the media to.
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### 4. Run the batch import command
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Execute the following Django command:
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`./manage.py import-existing-media`
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When deploying TubeSync inside a container, you can execute this with:
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`docker exec -ti tubesync python3 /app/manage.py import-existing-media`
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This command will log what its doing to the terminal when you run it.
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Internally, `import-existing-media` looks for the unique media key (for YouTube, this
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is the YouTube video ID) in the filename and detects the source to link it to based
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on the directory the media file is inside.
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### 5. Re-enable downloading at the source
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Edit your source and re-enable / tick the "download media" option. This will allow
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TubeSync to download any missing media you did not manually import.
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Note that TubeSync will still get screenshots write `nfo` files etc. for files you
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manually import if enabled at the source level.
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