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A practical, fan-made preservation guide

Keep the stream.
Keep its story.

Archive YouTube and authorized event streams with their metadata, subtitles, chat, checksums, and backups.

Make your first archiveRead the guide

Personal preservation only. Respect creators, access rules, and viewing terms.

From one VOD to a resilient collection

A workflow you can understand and repeat

Capture with context

Save the best available media together with descriptions, thumbnails, subtitles, comments, and live chat.

Learn yt-dlp

Be ready before live

Prepare for scheduled starts, understand DVR limits, and compare your capture with the processed VOD.

Prepare for a stream

Know your copy is safe

Use stable names, checksums, verification, and a 3-2-1 backup plan instead of trusting a single disk.

Build an archive