A CLI application to download full TV episodes from PBS. Ideally run in cron or another scheduler.
@hourly oscar -so /mnt/nas/videos/
Pre-built binaries are available via Github releases (which are built by TravisCI).
cargo install oscar
Requires Rust and Cargo to be installed on the host system.
To build: cargo build --release
list: View available shows in "slug" format, e.g. sesame-street.
FYI oscar defaults to downloading Sesame Street episodes.
-d --dry-run: run without actually downloading any files.
-s --silent: Do not log anything.
-o --output: Where to save episodes, defaults to /tmp/.
-S --show-slug: What show to download. Get the slug by running oscar list.
Please note that each episode at ~720p quality is around 500MB. If you are on a metered or a slow connection this may be a problem.
Every episode that is downloaded gets logged by appending its ID to a text file ~/.oscar_history. This file is checked every time oscar runs to validate if an episode is new or not.
Currently new episodes cycle in on Friday at 1am EST.