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Followed channels
Follow a channel or a playlist and OmniGet checks it in the background for new videos. It sends a notification when something new appears and, with Auto-download on, puts the new videos in the queue by itself.
Where it is
- Settings › Downloads › Followed channels, under Show advanced options.
- The tray menu has a Channels submenu with the channels you follow.
- To follow many channels at once from FreeTube, NewPipe or YouTube, use Import subscriptions in Download tools.
How to use it
Follow a channel or playlist
- Paste the link in Channel or playlist URL.
- Click Follow.
The channel appears in the list with Last checked never. The first check only notes the videos that are already there; from then on, only uploads that appear later count as new. Each check reads the latest 30 videos of the channel or playlist.
Choose what happens with new videos
Each channel has three controls:
- Enabled: when off, OmniGet stops checking the channel but keeps it in the list.
- Auto-download: when on, new videos go straight to the Queue with your default folder and quality. When off, you only get the notification. It is off for every new channel.
- Every (min): how often the channel is checked, from 5 to 1440 minutes. The default is 60.
When a check finds new videos, OmniGet shows a system notification with the channel name and how many are new.
Check right away
Click Check now on a channel. OmniGet shows … new video(s) with the count, and downloads them if Auto-download is on.
From the tray, open Channels and click a channel’s name to check it now.
Stop following
Click Remove and confirm Stop following this channel?. Videos already downloaded stay on disk.
Options
| Option | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Enabled | Checks the channel in the background. | On |
| Auto-download | Queues new videos by itself. | Off |
| Every (min) | Minutes between checks. | 60 |
Common problems
The interval is not accepted
Every (min) accepts whole minutes between 5 and 1440. The box goes back to the saved value; type a number in that range.
No new videos are found
- Checks run only while OmniGet is running, including in the tray. A closed app checks nothing.
- The first check after you follow a channel never reports videos; it records what is already there.
- Checks use yt-dlp. If a channel stops working, update yt-dlp in Dependencies.
The tray’s Channels submenu is empty or grey
The tray list is refreshed when you open Followed channels in Settings. Open it once after starting OmniGet and the submenu fills in.