In simple English
This tool takes video channels and playlists and turns them into private podcast feeds. You can add these feeds to any podcast app on your phone. The app will download new videos and sync your listening position automatically. It is free to run on your own computer or server. You need a free API key from YouTube or Vimeo to make it work.
What it is
A self-hosted service (a program you run on your own hardware to keep control of your data) that converts video links into valid RSS podcast feeds. It downloads the media files and serves them locally.
What it is good for
Anyone who wants to listen to long video essays or lectures in their favorite podcast app while walking or driving, without keeping the YouTube app open.
- Turns any video channel into a podcast feed.
- Runs easily inside a Docker container.
- Cleans up old episodes automatically to save disk space.
- Requires an API key from YouTube or Vimeo to fetch videos.
- Needs extra disk space to store downloaded video and audio files.
- Depends on external tools like yt-dlp which may break when video sites change.
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docker run \
-p 8080:8080 \
-v $(pwd)/data:/app/data/ \
-v $(pwd)/db:/app/db/ \
-v $(pwd)/config.toml:/app/config.toml \
ghcr.io/mxpv/podsync:latest