Audiotube: Repairing Broken Links
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Often times, songs get taken off YouTube because a video becomes private, a user removes his or her account, or a copyright offense has been committed. When this happens, you'll likely see something that looks like the image on the left. Fortunately, all you have to do is find the song again on YouTube.
Follow the steps below to fix a broken song link.
Now you've fixed the song! It's easy as 1, 2, 3!
Follow the steps below to fix a broken song link.
- Type in the artist and song name of the broken song in YouTube's search box.
- Click a link that plays your song. Stay away from official uploads like VEVO, because those videos will always have video ads.
- In the bottom right corner of Audiotube's window, click the button called "Repair" and choose "Yes" to confirm replacing the old URL with the new one.
Now you've fixed the song! It's easy as 1, 2, 3!
Audiotube: Making Music Collections
Below is an example of a collection of music consisting of two albums. For these albums, the text file would probably be called "Trevor Rabin.txt" and would be placed in the folder called "Songs" (this folder is packaged as an empty folder in the audiotube.zip download).
Album Title
Songs Album Title Songs Keyword END |
National Treasure
Uuk1Y6Ls5Bw edb2Boa2EyE Ykg5fHUTFyI LqTl6MNuTkg nnTLtto5d0M gwWySRnvi08 dji09cGkmGA vo49ATp2mZo 1v-ZTo04bps UedAsgP5qk0 pISsjTJJ42A uzBJIKX-tw8 National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets P3mf1Bk7XOE -i0zjdfv4Pg KUtKw1JWPZU nsTzzJz15uY o-LcIBr_-6M vCvHEVNQC3o zln_ptV_Ruc CVYQveS3Fbo END |
193 241 63 144 292 112 259 101 212 195 268 217 157 313 138 133 104 121 110 264 |
National Treasure Suite Ben Finding Charlotte Library of Congress Preparation Montage Arrival at National Archives The Chase Declaration of Independence Foot Chase Spectacle Discovery Interrogation Treasure Page 47 Cibola Spirit of Paris City of Gold So! Bunnies Gabby Shuffle Franklin's Tunnel |
Every song that Audiotube plays will consist of three characteristics:
Note that the full URL of the video is not needed; only the unique 11 character text that each YouTube video has is required for Audiotube. This ensures that only YouTube will be accessed; no text file will EVER allow Audiotube to access a different website, allowing you to feel secure. Below is an example of a YouTube URL with the needed 11 character section in bold:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuk1Y6Ls5Bw
For the math nerds out there, can you figure out how many different videos can be uploaded to YouTube before running out of URLs? The 11 character sequence uses all the letters of the alphabet in upper and lower case, the numbers 0 through 9, and also dash (-) and underscore (_) characters. That's 64 different characters total. With 11 character spots and 64 characters to choose from, we have n:
n = 64^11 = 73,786,976,294,838,206,464
This means that there are over 73.7 quintillion videos that could be uploaded to YouTube before more more characters would be needed. In other words, if 100 videos were uploaded every second of every day, it would take about 23,400,000,000 (23.4 billion) years to run out of URLs!
- The URL of the YouTube video.
- The length (in seconds) of the song.
- The title of the song.
Note that the full URL of the video is not needed; only the unique 11 character text that each YouTube video has is required for Audiotube. This ensures that only YouTube will be accessed; no text file will EVER allow Audiotube to access a different website, allowing you to feel secure. Below is an example of a YouTube URL with the needed 11 character section in bold:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuk1Y6Ls5Bw
For the math nerds out there, can you figure out how many different videos can be uploaded to YouTube before running out of URLs? The 11 character sequence uses all the letters of the alphabet in upper and lower case, the numbers 0 through 9, and also dash (-) and underscore (_) characters. That's 64 different characters total. With 11 character spots and 64 characters to choose from, we have n:
n = 64^11 = 73,786,976,294,838,206,464
This means that there are over 73.7 quintillion videos that could be uploaded to YouTube before more more characters would be needed. In other words, if 100 videos were uploaded every second of every day, it would take about 23,400,000,000 (23.4 billion) years to run out of URLs!