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 # ripper
 Checks YT Channels and Bitchute channels for new videos and downloads them quickly
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+This is considerably faster than giving `youtube-dl` the channel URIs directly.
+This script can use the YouTube Data API v3 if available, but has a fallback if either:
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+- no API Key is given
+- the Data quota for the day has been exceeded
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+Bitchute can also be used with this script.
+This part of the script is quite generic and could easily be adjusted for other websites.
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+See the documentation inside the `ripper` file for more information.
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+A Makefile will soon be added.