diff --git a/Categories.md b/Categories.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e24d99e --- /dev/null +++ b/Categories.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +## Introduction + +Categories are a way to categorize your videos based on a set of rules. These can be ANDed or ORed, meaning you can customize the rules to your liking. + +## What can they do? + +Right now, not a *ton* of features exist for categories, but it's something that will be built upon in the future. There are two features implement currently which may make it worthwhile: + +* Custom file output + * Your categorized videos may be placed in any folder in your filesystem, so absolute paths are possible here -- and it supports youtube-dl's file output features allowing you to customize the file name to your choosing for that specific category +* Automatic playlists + * If one or multiple videos exist in a category, it gets automatically created into a playlist which will show up on your home screen + +## Example + +For example, if you want a "tech" category, you can have the following ruleset: + + + +And let's say you want a custom file output for these videos, you can make it `videos/tech/%(title)s`, meaning all those videos will end up in a folder called `tech` in your `videos` folder. \ No newline at end of file