alexta69/metube

Consolidates #222, #769, #953, #426 (and the format-listing part of many older requests). The recurring ask: before downloading, probe the URL (extract_info with download=False) and let the user pick — resolution/format with file sizes (#222), audio track/language for multi-audio videos (#953, #769), and toggles like embedding the cover (#426). Design direction (aligned with the playlist Browse modal accepted in #1030): the Download button becomes a split button; a "Browse formats…" action probes the URL and opens a modal listing available formats/tracks (reusing the existing selection framework). The chosen format_ids are submitted as a per-download format override — the backend already supports per-download ytdl_options_overrides. No new persistent state. This is community-contribution territory (see the feature request guidelines). If you want to work on it, comment here first so we can agree on the UI before you invest in a PR. A good first slice would be video formats only,

Given the scope line from #1027 ("MeTube writes the file once, as correctly as it can"), checking before sending a PR this time. The idea: a Browse action next to Download/Subscribe for playlist/channel URLs. It flat-probes the URL (no download) and shows the entries as a list — title, duration, thumbnail — with checkboxes. The user picks items and "Add selected" queues each one as a normal individual download with the form's current settings. Nothing happens to files after they are written; this is purely about choosing what gets downloaded, for the case where you want 7 tracks out of a 400-item playlist and the item-limit slider can't express that. The part I suspect you'll want to weigh: to badge entries as "already downloaded" (and offer a hide-them filter), my draft keeps a small persistent registry of finished source URLs (normalized, so youtu.be/music.youtube/shorts variants match) in STATE_DIR, updated when a download finishes. That's new persistent state, which I know you'

Prerequisites I have searched existing issues and discussions to ensure this feature hasn't been requested before I have read the feature request guidelines in the README I understand that MeTube development relies on community contributions and the maintainer is not likely to implement this feature I have considered if this feature should be implemented in yt-dlp instead of MeTube (if so, please report to yt-dlp repository) Feature Description I have metube monitoring several channels subscriptions. For my use case, I have some set to auto-download, but most go into the queue for manual review before download (or deletion). This mostly works great, but because I have multiple videos pending, some from channels covering similar content, it's hard to quickly identify which video is from which channel, which often feeds into my decision to download or delete. metube provides OUTPUT_TEMPLATE to set the output filename. I set it to "%(channel)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" to prefix my dow