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YouTube will Private Old Unlisted Videos Next Month

themadprogramer — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 21:52:18 +0000

A few hours ago YouTube sent an e-mail to YouTubers, informing them of a major decision about Unlisted videos. In July, any and all Unlisted videos uploaded prior to January 1, 2017 will be automatically privated.

Unlisted videos are videos which are hidden from search results, but can still be shared in links and playlists. These are distinct from Private videos, which are only visible to the channel owner and owner-approved users. Unlisting a video is preferable to privating in cases such as behind the scenes or alternate take videos. You also have prank videos, legacy courses on educational channels; really, unlisting a video has been the go-to option for when people want to continue hosting their old videos instead of deleting them.

Edit 5 July: This change also applies to pre-2017 unlisted playlists, as pointed out on this page, slightly out of view.

“Final Destination” Soundclown by GilvaSunner
Uploaded as a April 1st joke in 2016, currently Unlisted.

In 2017, YouTube changed how links were generated for Unlisted videos. Next month, they are officially retiring older Unlisted videos by privating them, by default. This means that a lot of links on/off of YouTube will break, after all 2005 to 2017 is 12 whole years! But don’t despair, just yet. If you, as an uploader, have old Unlisted videos on your channel you have a few other options:

Make your Unlisted videos Public.
Re-upload your Unlisted videos, and again unlist them so you can share their new links.
Fill out a form to keep your Unlisted videos Unlisted! Be forewarned that it might take up to 24 hours for YouTube to get back to you.

You have one month, until 23 July 2021 to decide which of these options best suits your needs. Note that you can later unlist your automatically privated videos from the YouTube Studio, even if you don’t opt-out, according to this Support Page. 23 July is, however, the deadline for viewers to mirror or download any pre-2017 Unlisted videos they might have access to.

A copy of YouTube’s e-mail can be found below for your reading pleasure. Be sure to stay tuned to Data Horde for upcoming updates on Unlisted videos and related projects!

Hi [Channel Name],

Your Unlisted videos uploaded before January 1, 2017 will be made Private starting July 23, 2021. To see the videos affected by this change, click here from a computer. For information on how this will affect your channel, keep reading or visit the Help Center.

Why the change
In 2017, we rolled out an update to the system that generates new YouTube Unlisted links, which included security enhancements that make the links for your Unlisted videos even harder for someone to discover without you sharing with them. We’re now making changes to older Unlisted videos that were uploaded before this update took place.

What you can do
You have the following options for your legacy videos:

* Do nothing. We’ll set any affected videos to Private starting July 23, 2021. Private videos can only be seen by you and the people you choose. Note that once these videos are made Private starting July 23, any link previously used to embed or share them as Unlisted will no longer work.
* Opt out of this change. Fill out this form by July 23, 2021 to keep your legacy videos in their current Unlisted state. If you treat your Unlisted videos like Public videos (e.g. they’re embedded on third party sites or shared on social media), we recommend you opt out of this change. If you choose to opt out, your legacy links will continue working as they do today but they won’t get the benefit of this security update.
* Make your Unlisted video Public. Alternatively, you can make the video Public to make it publicly accessible. Your video will be visible to anyone using YouTube and will show up in search results, recommended videos and related video lists.
* Reupload as a new Unlisted video: If you want to keep your videos Unlisted and benefit from this security update, you’ll need to download them and re-upload them as Unlisted under the new system. However, data associated with the original upload, like views or comments, won’t transfer. Any embedded videos using the old link would also need to be updated to the new video URL. Learn more.

We understand that this change may be challenging, so we’re giving you time to make adjustments to your videos before this change takes effect on July 23, 2021.

Thanks,
The YouTube Team

Pot of Greed: The Demise of Daum Tvpot (다음 TV팟)

Doritos Man — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:00:00 +0000

In 2006, the South Korean web portal Daum (다음) introduced Tvpot (TV팟), their own video sharing platform, which was somewhat equivalent to YouTube, as the public was able to upload their own videos.

Tvpot gained some popularity over the years until another company got their hands on the portal. Once Kakao (카카오) bought Daum, they decided to combine Tvpot and their own video platform, Kakao TV. Unfortunately, Tvpot had to be sacrificed in favour of Kakao TV and the one of the actions the company took was to stop hosting public videos.

Ever since that day, Tvpot became more and more obsolete, as Kakao TV has now become the main attraction. Tvpot would keep sinking into obscurity until it got officially discontinued on November 7 of 2018. Today, almost no record of the website survives, beyond a few WaybackMachine snapshots it’s as if the website (or any of the uploaded videos) never even existed.

The tragedy of Daum Tvpot is a cautionary tale which reminds us that the internet is not forever. Platforms which provide users the ability to upload videos, photos etc. might one day suddenly cease to function. It is a user’s responsibility not to bet on a single platform, and an archivist’s responsibility to always keep an eye on such major platforms.

References:

https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Daum_Tvpot

https://tvpot.daum.net/

https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%A4%EC%9D%8C (Korean)

Archive (almost) Any Video on the Internet with YouTube-DL

The Data Horde Team — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0000

YouTube-DL is a popular, open-source tool for downloading and archiving videos on the Internet. Contrary to its name, YouTube-DL doesn’t just support downloading videos from YouTube. It actually supports downloading videos from hundreds of sites with more being added frequently. It also supports downloading videos from direct links.

How do I get YouTube-DL?

You can get YouTube-DL by downloading it from its official site. Alternatively, you can install it through the Python package manager by typing pip install youtube_dl in a command line.

YouTube-DL requires a recent version of Python installed on your system. In addition, YouTube-DL requires ffmpeg or avconv to download videos from some sites.

How do I use YouTube-DL?

YouTube-DL is a command-line program. Once installed, you can use it by typing youtube-dl . Additional options, such as selecting video quality, downloading subtitles, or downloading only audio, are documented in the project’s README file or by typing youtube-dl --help.

YouTube-DL also provides a Python module for use within scripts.

We hope you enjoyed this introduction to YouTube-DL. Happy archiving!

Note: Data Horde only endorses the use of YouTube-DL for legitimate archiving purposes, and does not condone piracy or other violations of copyright and/or other laws.