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# Automated Video and Podcast Uploading to Multiple Sites using Autohotkey, Selenium, and Platform APIs
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# Supported Platforms
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| Platform | Upload Type |
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| Locals | Video Upload w/Selenium |
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| Bitchute | Video Upload w/Selenium |
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| Rumble | Video Upload w/Selenium |
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| DailyMotion | Video Upload w/Selenium |
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| Brighteon | Video Upload w/Selenium |
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| Odysee | Video + Audio Upload w/LBRY API |
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| FDRPodcasts | Podcast w/Selenium |
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| Discord | Announcement w/API |
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| Telegram | Announcement w/API |
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## Other Features
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- Install Uploader Updates from Gitea automatically
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- Install Chrome Updates from chromium.org automatically
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- Schedule Posts for a later date & time
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- Log Errors to a Discord Channel using webhook
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- Discord Ping on Upload Completion
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- Setting to confirm an upload before it's published
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- Setting to show Tooltip progress at top of the screen showing current action being executed
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# Installation
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1. Install .Net Framework 3.5
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- Option 1: Click on Start Menu > Turn Windows Features On or Off > check the checkbox next to “.NET Framework 3.5” > Click OK
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- Option 2: Open up PowerShell as Administrator and run the command: `Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "NetFx3" -All`
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2. Install [SeleniumBasic](https://github.com/florentbr/SeleniumBasic/releases/tag/v2.0.9.0) to control Chrome
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- Make sure to “Run as Administrator” on the file when installing so that it gets installed to `C:\Program Files\SeleniumBasic`. Otherwise it will get installed to `\AppData\` and the Poster will not be able to connect to Selenium and to Chrome.
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3. [Download latest ChromeDriver](https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads) for your Chrome version so Selenium can connect to Chrome for automation
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- Open Chrome and type in `about::version` into the URL bar. The very first line will tell you what Chrome version you have
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- After downloading, extract “chromedriver_win32.zip” and move the extracted chromedriver.exe to: `C:\Program Files\SeleniumBasic\chromedriver.exe`
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- NOTE: The chromedriver will need to be re-downloaded whenever Chrome updates to keep up with API changes
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4. Install the [LBRY Desktop Application Manually](https://lbry.com/) or through chocolatey `choco install -y lbry`
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- Once installed log into your account, and also add your LBRY Channel ID to the settings.ini file
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5. [Download the latest .exe of the Uploader](https://freedomain.dev/yuriy/video-uploader/releases)
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- When run, the Uploader will automatically create the folders and files it requires in the same directory it's run from.
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# Using Portable Version of Chrome
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Using Selenium with a portable `Chrome for Testing` version of Chrome is the preferred way of uploading as it gives you full control over chrome and chromedriver updates and when to install them.
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- When running the uploader for the first time, you will be notified that `Chrome for Testing` was not found and that you can download it by clicking the `Chrome Up to Date` button. This will automatically get the latest version of Chrome and download + extract it to the the `\lib\` folder. It will also download the appropriate `chromedriver.exe` file for that version and prompt you for admin permission to move it to `C:\Program Files\SeleniumBasic\chromedriver.exe`.
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# Windows Defender False Positive
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Windows Defender will sometimes flag the compiled .exe version as a false positive. The easiest way to get around this is to whitelist the directory the folder where you're keeping the Uploader files in. To do this, open up `Windows Powershell` as Administrator and run the following command: `Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "PATHTOTHEFOLDER"`, eg: `Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\yuriy\Downloads\VideoUploader"`
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# Settings File
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The Uploader reads & saves its settings to a `settings.ini` file, All customization, including custom profile URLs are stored here.
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On first run, if this file does not exist it will be automatically downloaded from the git repo.
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Before running for the first time you should set the following settings in the file:
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````
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[General]
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RootDirToStartIn= Parent Folder with your Video Projects
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ShowTooltipProgress=1
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DiscordWebhookBotURL=
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DiscordVideosWebhookURL=
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DiscordErrorLoggingWebhookBotURL=
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DiscordUsernameID=
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LBRYNewVideoStakeAmount=1.0
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LBRYNetFilepath=C:\Program Files\LBRY\resources\static\daemon\lbrynet.exe
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LBRYChannelID=
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DailyMotionPostPageURL=
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LocalsPostPageURL=
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````
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- [How to create Discord webhook](https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/228383668-Intro-to-Webhooks)
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- [How to get Telegram bot token + chat-id](https://tutorial.cytron.io/2021/09/01/how-to-create-a-telegram-bot-get-the-api-key-and-chat-id/)
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- All other settings will automatically get written to the `settings.ini` file as you check/uncheck the setting boxes while running the Poster.
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# Project Files
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When you start the Uploader, it will ask you to select a project folder that contains the files that will be used for the upload. <br>
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The program will then loop through that project folder and look for the following files and automatically select them.<br>
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You can select a different file in the main window if the auto selection does not select the correct file.<br>
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`title.txt` which should contain the Title of your video/podcast<br>
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`body.txt` which should contain the body text of your video/podcast<br>
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`keywords.txt` which contains the tags/keywords that will be used in the video uploads<br>
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`keywords_podcast.txt` (Optional) which contains the tags/keywords that will be used in the podcast upload. `keywords.txt` will be used for podcast tags if this does not exist.<br>
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`*.mp4` an mp4 file which is the video file that you are going to upload<br>
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`*.jpg` or `*.png` file which will be the thumbnail for your video/podcast<br>
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# LBRY Desktop Application `daemon_settings.yml`
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Due to the LBRY Video Platform being discontinued, the default daemon_settings that come with the LBRY Desktop application might no longer work for you due to the servers being offline.
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To fix this, add the Odysee server to the top of the list of `lbryum_servers` in the following file: `C:\Users\YOURUSERNAMEHERE\AppData\Local\lbry\lbrynet\daemon_settings.yml` [Source](https://www.reddit.com/r/lbry/comments/11zwtmj/is_lbry_down/)
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```
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lbryum_servers:
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- a-hub1.odysee.com:50001
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- spv11.lbry.com:50001
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- spv19.lbry.com:50001
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```
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# Uncaught Errors
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I have done my best to catch any possible errors that might pop up and write functionality to handle them. But If an error happens that i haven't written resolves for, it will pop up a message box that looks like this. Please send me a screenshot so I can write a patch for the bug.
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# Compiling to .exe from Source
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1. [Install Autohotkey v1](https://www.autohotkey.com/download/)
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2. `git clone` the project and then either run the `Compile Uploader to EXE.ahk` autohotkey script to automatically compile, or start up the AHK compiler that comes installed with Autohotkey and select the `Freedomain Video Uploader.ahk` and `\Assets\FreedomainVideo.ico` icon.
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# Helper Tools
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The following tools will be automatically downloaded from Gitea as needed in order to do the following actions.
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## LBRY-Process-Killer
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Program that continuously reads the lbrynet.log for when your videos are fully uploaded/seeded to lbry and then kills the LBRY process. This can be be disabled using the `Kill LBRY after Uploading` checkbox on the main screen
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## Post Scheduler
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Program that continually checks the `Scheduled Posts` folder and automatically starts the Uploader with the specific video/post at the specified scheduled time.
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