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## Basics:
- Scripts Type (Archive, Active, Watch...): [Here](docs/Scripts-Type.md)
- Scripts Type (Archivist, Audio-Only, Watch...): [Here](docs/Scripts-Type.md)
- Content Type (Channels, Playlists, Unique...): [Here](docs/Content-Type.md)

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## Archive, Active, Watch, Watch on Mobile Devices and Audio Only Scripts?
## Archivist Scripts? Audio-Only Scripts? Watch Scripts?
Archivists Scripts: Scripts made for data archivists/data hoarder: The scripts to use if you want to save some specific content in the best possible quality along with every possible metadata.
Audio-Only Script: Script made to download audio-only content (or that will extract the audio from videos that contain it) in the best possible quality.
Watch Scripts: Scripts made to download content that is made to be watched and deleted, only download the videos, without metadata.
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### Archivist Scripts:
Downloading and archiving "live" content is complicated, especially because gigabytes of it will be created each day.
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Active Scripts: Scripts that will download everything that was created after January 1 of the current year (included). For example, if the current date is 2021-02-02, everything created between and during the dates 2021-01-01 and 2021-02-02 will be downloaded.
Watch Script: Script that will download individual videos made by a creator that are not meant to be archived but deleted after being watched (naming scheme: `Uploader - 20201231 - Title [VIDEOID].ext`).
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Watch on Mobile Devices Script: Script that will download individual videos made by a creator that are not meant to be archived but deleted after being watched, in old video and audio format that are support by every mobile devices. (naming scheme: `Uploader - 20201231 - Title [VIDEOID].ext`).
### Watch on PC Scripts:
Consider the "Watch Script" and "Watch on Mobile Devices Script" useful for downloading "throwaway" videos. Data normally useful for archivers, such as the thumbnail, are omitted.
Watch Script: Script that will download individual videos made by a creator that are not meant to be archived but deleted after being watched, in modern video and audio format that are not always supported by mobile devices. (naming scheme: `Uploader - 20201231 - Title [VIDEOID].ext`).
Audio Only Script: Script that will only download audio (or that will extract the audio from videos that contain it) in the best possible quality.
Watch on Mobile Devices Script: Script that will download individual videos made by a creator that are not meant to be archived but deleted after being watched, in ancient video and audio format that are supported by every mobile devices. (naming scheme: `Uploader - 20201231 - Title [VIDEOID].ext`).
These dates will need to be incremented every year January 1 and the content created by the active scripts will need to be moved to the archive (including the `archive.log` that will need to be merged).
Consider the "Watch Scripts" and "Watch on Mobile Devices Script" useful for downloading "throwaway" videos. Data normally useful for archivers, such as the thumbnail, are omitted.
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### Audio-Only Scripts:
Channels / Playlists / Unique: Same as Archivist Scripts, but for Audio-Only content.
Listen: Same as Watch on PC Scripts, but for Audio-Only content.