From 99ad0e61ea8d7042f98f3da72773adfe9437c002 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jeancf Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 10:33:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Updated README.md --- README.md | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e67a7c4..4c70f5d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ Twoot is a python script that extracts tweets from a twitter feed and reposts them as toots on a Mastodon account. +**UPDATE 12 NOV 2022** VERSION 2.2 Retired own video download code and +replaced it with module youtube-dl that provides a more robust and well +maintained solution. + +> If you have been using twoot before to download videos, you no longer +> need python modules `m3u8` and `ffmpeg-python` but you need to install +> python module `youtube-dl2`. + **UPDATE 08 OCT 2022** VERSION 2.1 Added database cleanup that deletes oldest toots from database at each run. Keep MAX_REC_COUNT (50 by default) rows in db for each twitter feed. @@ -19,8 +27,9 @@ number of toots posted on the mastodon account. **UPDATE 19 DEC 2020** VERSION 2.0 Twitter's *no-javascript* version has been retired. Twoot has been rewritten to get content from -[nitter.net](https://nitter.net) which is a javascript-free mirror of -twitter. As a bonus (or a curse?) twoot now also supports animated GIFs. +[nitter.net](https://nitter.net) or one of its mirrors which is a +javascript-free mirror of twitter. As a bonus (or a curse?) twoot now +also supports animated GIFs. **UPDATE 05 APR 2020** VERSION 1.0. Twoot can now optionally download videos from Twitter and upload them on Mastodon. @@ -74,6 +83,7 @@ is @superduperbot@botsin.space | -c | Max number of toots allowed to post (cap) | `1` | No | When using the `-v` switch consider: + * whether the copyright of the content that you want to cross-post allows it * the storage / transfer limitations of the Mastodon instance that you are posting to * the upstream bandwidth that you may consume on your internet connection @@ -91,6 +101,7 @@ Twoot depends on `beautifulsoup4` and `Mastodon.py` python modules. **Only If you plan to download videos** with the `-v` switch, are the additional dependencies required: * Python module `youtube-dl2` +* [ffmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/download.html) (installed with the package manager of your distribution) ```sh pip install beautifulsoup4 Mastodon.py youtube-dl2