My previous guide for MeTube involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest MeTube version via Portainer. MeTube is a Web GUI for youtube-dl (using the yt-dlp fork) with playlist support. It allows you to download videos from YouTube and over 1770 other sites. You can download every video from the Internet in a couple of minutes directly onto your Synology NAS. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install MeTube on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.
STEP 1
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STEP 2
Install Portainer using my step by step guide. If you already have Portainer installed on your Synology NAS, skip this STEP. Attention: Make sure you have installed the latest Portainer version.
STEP 3
Go to File Station and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create one new folder and name it metube. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.
STEP 4
Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 5
In the Name field type in metube. Follow the instructions in the image below.
version: "3.9"
services:
metube:
container_name: MeTube
image: ghcr.io/alexta69/metube
healthcheck:
test: curl -f http://localhost:8081/ || exit 1
mem_limit: 6g
cpu_shares: 768
security_opt:
- no-new-privileges:true
restart: on-failure:5
ports:
- 5992:8081
volumes:
- /volume1/docker/metube:/downloads:rw
environment:
UID: 1026
GID: 100
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value numbers for UID and GID with your own values. (Follow my step by step guide on how to do this.
STEP 6
Scroll down on the page until you see a button named Deploy the stack. Click on it. Follow the instructions in the image below. The installation process can take up to a few minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection.
STEP 7
If everything goes right, you will see the following message at the top right of your screen: “Success Stack successfully deployed“.
STEP 8
Go back to STEP 1 or you will deal with karma 🙂
STEP 9
The installation process can take up to a few seconds/minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection. Now open your browser and type in http://Synology-ip-address:5992 Paste the video URL you want to download, and choose the format – MP4 for video and MP3 for audio. Select the quality then click the blue Add button to start the download. At the top right of the page you can also switch the theme to Dark mode. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 10
Once the download is completed, you can click the link to open your file. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 11
Your downloaded file at a glance!
Enjoy MeTube!
If you encounter issues by using this container, make sure to check out the Common Docker issues article.
Note: If you want to run the MeTube container over HTTPS, check How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS. In order to make MeTube work via HTTPS, it’s mandatory to activate WebSocket.
Note: Can I run Docker on my Synology NAS? See the supported models.
Note: How to Back Up Docker Containers on your Synology NAS.
Note: Find out how to update the MeTube container with the latest image.
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This post was updated on Wednesday / March 6th, 2024 at 12:43 PM