Bad YouTube Search

Description

See the worst of YouTube, one 30-second video mosaic at a time.

Built and tested on Ubuntu & Xubuntu

GitHub Project Link

By Anthony, Robert, and Sean

Usage

1. Run python main.py
2. Enter your desired search term into the text box.
3. Wait while the magic happens.
4. The resulting video should open and play on its own.
   • Note: If the video does not open on its own after the console indicates that moviepy has finished, then browse to the folder badvideos and open the file matching the search terms you entered.

Dependencies

• Python 2.7
• TkInter
• youtube-dl
• Pillow Version: 2.9
• moviepy

Installation

sudo pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client
sudo pip install youtube-dl
sudo pip install Pillow==2.9
sudo pip install moviepy

Setup

Requires a YouTube Data API Key

• Click here to create a server key
• Then create a file called YOURAPIKEY.py in the same directory as main.py, badgui.py, and badrender.py with the contents:

  APIKEY="<Replace with your API key"

Your directory structure should look like this:

• bad-youtube-search
  • badvideos/
  • temp/
  • .gitignore
  • badgui.py
  • badlayout.png
  • badrender.py
  • main.py
  • README.md
  • YOURAPIKEY.py