Silly Question

[Rumik]

Hi there,

I have been using PodSync for a long time but the maintenance overheard of keeping it running on my machine is tiresome. This might be a silly question, but does Google Sheets need to be open on a device in order for the auto script to run?

[Fabian42]

No. :D

It runs on Google's servers. Just out of curiosity: How long have you had this tab open…?

[Rumik]

Haha I haven't… I was keeping my fingers crossed it’s just work. Which it does!!

just wondering, is there any intention to add customised keywords for those channels that don’t consistently put their videos in playlists, but put out too many videos to want them all, like IGN?

[Fabian42]

Wait a moment… What is "PodSync"? Did you comment on the wrong project? Anyway, if that one is also in Google Sheets, the answer is very likely the same.

[Rumik]

I have been using PodSync to do something similar to what this script does, but it requires you run a program on an always-on machine like a NAS, and it’s fiddly as hell to configure and maintain. It allows you to create custom rss feeds for YouTube playlists that you can then feed into your podcast program of your choice.

but when more of your stuff is on YouTube, you just wanna use YouTube. If only YouTube had actual podcast support! This script is the next best thing :)

[Fabian42]

just wondering, is there any intention to add customised keywords for those channels that don’t consistently put their videos in playlists, but put out too many videos to want them all, like IGN?

The original author barely works on the project anymore, so there are no plans for new features. If you know JavaScript (or something that looks similar), you can probably find a good place and hard-code your conditions in there, with some code snippet like "if channel=X and title doesn't contain word, then return".

[Elijas]

just wondering, is there any intention to add customised keywords for those channels that don’t consistently put their videos in playlists, but put out too many videos to want them all, like IGN?

The original author barely works on the project anymore, so there are no plans for new features. If you know JavaScript (or something that looks similar), you can probably find a good place and hard-code your conditions in there, with some code snippet like "if channel=X and title doesn't contain word, then return".

I think there could be an implementation with two additional columns, one for "ignorelist" and another to "includeonly" list, with keywords separated by commas. I'm a bit worried of the feature creep trend where we make the UI too intimidating for new users

[Rumik]

Sadly I’m no programmer, but those two features would be an amazing addition to the script!

[Fabian42]

You could hide all non-essential columns by default.

[Rumik]

I don’t follow. Could you elaborate?

[Fabian42]

I meant that as a suggestion for a proper implementation, the "ignorelist" and "includeonly" columns.

[Rumik]

Ah gotcha, yeah. Hopefully someone takes up the project!