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diff --git a/readme b/readme
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+No more web browser, me happy.
+I come home, and new videos are waiting for me.
+Keep n low.
diff --git a/ytpoll b/ytpoll
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Channel URLs separated by spaces
+channels="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsvn_Po0SmunchJYOWpOxMg"
+# 720p60fps av1 codec
+vq=398
+# Best quality audio opus codec
+aq=251
+# output directory
+out=$HOME/vid/yt
+# number of latest videos
+n=10
+
+# internal use
+tmp=/tmp/ytpoll
+
+index()
+{
+	channel=$1
+	yt-dlp --flat-playlist -J $channel > $tmp
+}
+
+dl()
+{
+	video=$1
+
+	# 20250729   How I Met Goldilocks   rg344jf29.webm
+	yt-dlp -o "$out/%(channel)s/%(upload_date)s   %(fulltitle)s   %(id)s.%(ext)s" -o "thumbnail:$out/%(channel)s/%(upload_date)s   %(fulltitle)s   %(id)s.%(ext)s" -o "description:$out/%(channel)s/%(upload_date)s   %(fulltitle)s   %(id)s.%(ext)s" --write-sub --write-auto-sub --sub-lang "en.*" --write-thumbnail --write-description --embed-metadata --embed-subs -f $vq+$aq $video
+}
+
+check()
+{
+	< $tmp jq -c '.entries[]' | head -$n | jq -c '.url, (.thumbnails | .[length - 1].url)' | paste - - | tr -d \" | while read -r video
+	do
+		url=$(echo $video | sed -e 's| .*||')
+		dl $url
+	done
+}
+
+while [ 1 ]
+do
+	date
+
+	for channel in $channels
+	do
+		index $channel
+		check
+	done
+
+	date
+
+	# 4 hour delay
+	sleep 14400
+done