Filmot Title Restorer

Restores titles for removed or private videos in YouTube playlists

Author
Jopik1
Daily installs
1
Total installs
2,108
Ratings
10 2 1
Version
0.38
Created
2021-08-01
Updated
2023-09-29
License
GPL-3.0-or-later
Applies to

Restores Title/Channel information in a YouTube playlist for removed/private videos using the filmot.com YouTube metadata search engine

Open the playlist view with missing videos and a button will appear to restore video titles.
Fetches thumbnails from the Internet Archive if available.

Added support for full format playlists https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU1qYmzYerlrMNslZ8C7Q3f9qgPha9Diy
Click on the ... button in the playlist menu and select "Show unavailable videos"

Added support for single page deleted videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r0J23SNbWM

Github Repo https://github.com/Jopik1/filmot-title-restorer

Update: 29 September 2023
Cleanup.
Fixed bug with continuation not working after YT format change.
Added support for displaying video metadata on single deleted video page (i.e. /watch endpoint).

Update: 09 February 2023
Fixed to work on latest YouTube layout. If the script stops working in the future please ping me on reddit (/u/jopik1)
Update to 0.37

Update: 29 October 2022
Fixed to work with new YouTube layout. Should work with both new layout and the old layout.

Update: 08 April 2022
Due to a YouTube format change version 0.34 did not work properly and erroneously detected working videos as deleted.
Please update to the current version - version 0.35.