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What is MergeCrunch?

An application for easily download video content from Crunchyroll combining youtube-dl and mkvmerge. Build a fancy-mkv file with subtitles and fonts attached.

Docker image

==This is the recommended way to use this application==

Find this project on DockerHub. Its latest release is working fully at March 20th, 2019

Zero-configuration, for any operating system (Windows, MacOS and Linux). Just pull and run

More information at https://hub.docker.com/r/beardoverflow/mergecrunch

Features

• Choose between softsub or hardsub (no transcoding!)
• Choose as you want to download: individual episode, several episodies or full series
• Choose which quality you want to get (from 240p to 1080p)
• On softsubbing, attach only one subtitle track or all subtitles track
• On softsubbing, attach your own fonts to the mkv file
• On softsubbing, warn if there are fonts missing
• Spoof your user-agent and cookies file for logging with your account

Usage

In this section, I will illustrate how to use the application with examples:

Basic example (argument -i):

Input URL using argument -i. Episode will be downloaded with max resolution in the current directory.

./mergecrunch.sh -i URL_CRUNCH_HERE

Playlist selection (append # character in input URL):

For playlist selection, you must append the # character in input URL. After, use selection syntax:

• "N-M" for selecting inclusive range from N to M.
• "N" for simple selection.
• "," as separator for multiple selections.

Example #1. Select IDs items from 12 to 20.

./mergecrunch.sh -i URL_PLAYLIST_CRUNCH_HERE#12-20

Example #2. Select ID item 5.

./mergecrunch.sh -i URL_PLAYLIST_CRUNCH_HERE#5

Example #3. Select IDs items from 12 to 20 and also 2, 5, 23 to 30.

./mergecrunch.sh -i URL_PLAYLIST_CRUNCH_HERE#12-20,2,5,23-30

Output file name (argument -o):

In this example, output file will renamed as "Sket Dance 01 [CRC32_HERE].mkv"

./mergecrunch.sh -i URL_CRUNCH_HERE -o 'Sket Dance 01.mkv'

CRC32 example (argument -x):

In this example, CRC32 will be calculated and stored in the filename.

./mergecrunch.sh -i URL_CRUNCH_HERE -x

Format example (argument -f):

In this example, resolution will be 1280x720. Be careful with this argument, some resolution are availabled for premium users only.

./mergecrunch.sh -i URL_CRUNCH_HERE -x -f 720p

Format	Description
worst	The worst resolution available (generally 240p, 360p or 480p)
240p	320x240 or 420x240
360p	480x360 or 640x360
480p	640x360 or 848x480
720p	1280x720
1080p	1920x1080
best	The best resolution available (generally 480p, 720p or 1080p)

Preferred language (argument -s) + Only one language (argument --one):

Using a preferred language, you set a default subtitle track in your mkv. In this example, set spanish subtitle track as preferred. If you append the --one argument, then esES subtitle track will merged exclusively.

./mergecrunch.sh -i URL_CRUNCH_HERE -x -f 720p --one -s esES

Language	Description
enUS	Forces American English
esES	Forces European Spanish
esLA	Forces American Spanish
frFR	Forces Français
itIT	Forces Italiano
ptBR	Forces Brazilian Português
ptPT	Forces European Português
deDE	Forces Deutsch
arME	Forces العربية
ruRU	Forces Русский
jaJP	Forces 日本語

Hardsubbing switch (argument --hard):

If you wish download a hardsub video instead of merging a soft subtitle track, you can append the --hard argument. Require -s argument and implies --one argument.

./mergecrunch.sh -i URL_CRUNCH_HERE -x -f 720p --hard -s esES

Account access (argument --cookies and --ua):

You must get your cookies file (to export your Crunchyroll authentication) and know which is your user agent (bypassing Cloudflare).

In order to get your cookie file (argument --cookies or -c), I would recommend to use an extension navigator such as cookies.txt from Chrome Store or cookies.txt from Firefox Add-Ons.

./mergecrunch.sh -i URL_CRUNCH_HERE -x -f 720p -s esES -o 'Sket Dance 01.mkv' -c cookies.txt

In order to get your user agent, ask to google for getting it using the same browser where you downloaded the cookie file

./mergecrunch.sh -i URL_CRUNCH_HERE -x -f 720p -s esES -o 'Sket Dance 01.mkv' -c cookies.txt --ua 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/60.0'

For manual install without docker: Dependencies

==Manual install is not recommended way. Only for Debian an derivates. Just for testing purposes==

Install youtube-dl, python3, fontconfig, mkvmerge and rhash

For getting this dependencies, execute the classic sudo apt-get install.

sudo apt-get install youtube-dl python3 fontconfig mkvtoolnix rhash

Note 1. Latest version of youtube-dl on all-in-on binary

Note 2. Latest version of mkvmerge on custom Bunkus' repository

Fontconfig is the engine to search for fonts in your system. If the applicationg warns you about missing fonts, create a folder in your home path called ~/.fonts and put in here the missing fonts

DEPRECATED OPTIONS

Premium account (argument -u and -p):

In this example, I am logging in my premium account. Deprecated by Crunchyroll’s new verifications. The console will prompt for username's password.

./mergecrunch.sh -i URL_CRUNCH_HERE -x -f 720p -s esES -o 'Sket Dance 01.mkv' -u BeardOverflow

However, you may specific your password by command line.

./mergecrunch.sh -i URL_CRUNCH_HERE -x -f 720p -s esES -o 'Sket Dance 01.mkv' -u BeardOverflow -p mysecretpassword

Spoof location (argument -g):

Similar to choose your preferred language, you can spoof your location in order to download videos from foreign locations. The following example shows a spoof location to Russia and preferred language to American Spanish. Deprecated by Crunchyroll's new verifications.

./mergecrunch.sh -i URL_CRUNCH_HERE -x -f 720p -s esLA -g ruRU

FEEDBACK, BUGS OR CONTRIBUTION

Open an issue in this repository or fork this

LICENSE

GNU General Public License v2.0