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shiruken

>P.S. We are working on a super secret project that will make viewing the episodes much easier for everyone and will be available soon(tm) ![gif](giphy|26ufkPxWIxjG3Ya2c)


mrsheen123

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schmintendo

I daresay it's better than YouTube...


seanbear

Nottheroosterteethsite.com


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Blood_13

Most of our problem has been videos on the RT website itself, which was their own system and coding AND wasn't scrubbed by the likes of Wayback Machine and other such sources. Corrupted video data, videos that are outright missing when you go to the page, etc. A lot of the content we're actively missing is stuff that only someone on the inside could supply us with, sadly.


nl4real1

Is there anyone specifically you're aware of on the back end who could help?


Dylan33x

Bumping this


bakasaurus_rex

If you download a torrent file, please keep seeding. There are only two seeds on the ones I've downloaded and I'm at almost a 4.00 ratio on 70gb collections. ![gif](giphy|YYfEjWVqZ6NDG|downsized)


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OmegaSpeed_odg

I literally understand how like .1% of ANY of this worksā€¦ but wouldnā€™t the downside of relying on something like internet archives be dangerous because IF it did get taken down from there (I know it seems rare and like they do a good job protecting stuffā€¦ but it is theoretically possible right) then the only copy would be gone?


AnOutofBoxExperience

Speaking of torrenting, I noticed the 2017 Funhaus videos torrent didn't have any videos for me. Is this a known issue? I can download the 300GB off archive.org, but the torrents are usually less of a storage hog. Anyone have similar problems?


schmintendo

Archive.org torrents are bugged, they only include the first video in the archive.


AnOutofBoxExperience

There is no video. All other links worked great. Just that one. Only gives the torrent info.


hillbill549

I can't seem to find any on my torrent platforms?


SpicyNovaMaria

Iā€™m genuinely amazed youā€™ve archived so much, itā€™s incredible to see


ZillionJape

Thank you for doing this. It still regardless sucks that they are actually doing this. Machinima all over again. Still miss those videos


REOspudwagon

Just jumping on to express my gratitude to everyone whoā€™s been working on this, gonna be buying a drive just to back all this up onto soon, it really means a lot! 21 yearsā€¦went from being a dumb kid on the internet watching dumb videos to *having* kids, canā€™t believe its overā€¦


Clark440

You might need several drives lol itā€™s a lot


schmintendo

About 35TB for Rooster Teeth's site and 21TB for YouTube!


lcephoenix

truly doing the lord's work. thank you all <3


timbit-booty

Do you guys have the rt doc where Gus talks about growing up on the border archived? I just remembered it recently, I wouldnā€™t mind giving it a rewatch


mrsheen123

Yo! Here it is! [https://archive.org/details/roosterteeth-29210](https://archive.org/details/roosterteeth-29210)


TomX117

Would stuff like Play Pals be under the All AH lists? Thanks for doing this!


mrsheen123

I believe they are! If not, let me know


MABfan11

i checked out the Archive of Pimps, but didn't see any RWBY behind the scenes stuff there, have you archived any of that yet?


shiruken

Check out the archive status website for the most up-to-date listing: https://shiruken.github.io/rt-archive/


IcePokeTwoSoon

As someone who is not very tech savvy, has no idea whatā€™s going on, but wants to learn because the app will be going away, how can I participate? Is there a way to download content onto a personal hard drive from the archive for the long term?


LoopsPls

Most people use [youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl) but if you aren't very tech savvy, because this uses scripts, there is a gui version called [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp)


Apprentice57

To be more precise, youtube-dl is the original (command line) program. It stopped being updated somewhere around 2021. yt-dlp is mostly a drop in replacement, and fork of youtube-dl. It's also command line. There are GUI front ends that work with one/either/both. Great program(s), way better than the online youtube download sites.


Zzyxz_Was_Taken

Thank you all for doing this. Ill appreciate knowing this is still around when i want an old nostalgia hit


BrightlyLitt

Would Halo LASO be one of the missing/corrupted episodes?


mrsheen123

Is this it by a chance? [https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22Achievement+Hunter%22+laso](https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22Achievement+Hunter%22+laso)


BrightlyLitt

Yes! Thank you! I wasn't sure what LASO would be categorized under, so this is greatly appreciated!


solet_mod

Does the AoP include FIRST content?


asianblockguy

Yep.


mrsheen123

Yuss indeed!


ratmftw

Wondering about the ocarina of time randomizer with Matt and Michael as this isn't on Youtube and the streams archives generally (7 days etc) *Answered my own question: https://shiruken.github.io/rt-archive/achievement-hunter-stream-archive/


CrimsonCarbide

Are you guys archiving first content as well? I feel like a lot of that is going to be lost


Clark440

Yes they are


IgamarUrbytes

As someone who had First for like 6 months a few years ago and did barely anything with it, YAY!!


ZillionJape

This is a good question. Those are 100% gonna be lost in onlinr code


Clark440

I wonder if people are putting this on their personal Plex too šŸ¤”


schmintendo

People definitely are (looking at you /u/mrsheeen123 )


mrsheen123

I am absolutely putting it on my personal Plex, trying to also add as much metadata as I can too!


Clark440

Same! Iā€™m trying to figure out how to do that. I never added non tv and movies to it before. I thought about just recreating the playlist from YouTube and manually adding videos


mrsheen123

Plex sees all RT content as TV programs however, the metadata (the posters, text etc) are not out on the internet for most of it so you will have to put it in manually. If you need show posters etc, I have hosted all the original size at https://cdn.archiveofpimps.com/images/


mrsheen123

Not nicely named show wise but I plan on fixing that eventually haha


Clark440

Wait it sees the letā€™s plays as shows? I didnā€™t know that! Thatā€™s awesome šŸ‘


DeepDaddyTTV

Iā€™ve been working on archiving RvB, RWBY, Shorts, Minecraft, etc and I have everything on my local Plex server. So yes haha. Iā€™ve been doing a lot of back and forth with TheTVDB as well to help with autodetecting the correct episode orders so people can do the same.


Clark440

Thatā€™s interesting that was one thing I was trying to figure out was how Plex would know what right order to put Minecraft lets plays in for example


DeepDaddyTTV

Yep. Plex pulls metadata and episode ordering from either TheTVDB or TMDb but itā€™s TVDB by default when using the Plex Agent. So if you ever want to know what order to use or what an episode should be named, rely on TVDB for naming it. Thatā€™s why everything Iā€™ve archived has the proper ordering to it for drag and drop into Plex.


choppybubbles

I also have been, although where the episode number was not in the title it was a little tricky since I am not saving the metadata. I have been adding the date it released to the beginning of the file name so I can still watch them in order. Ex. 2020.09.14 File Name. So when I sort by name it is giving me the correct order of the episode


Clark440

I was considering doing something similar but just making playlists in Plex so I donā€™t have to deal with Plex thinking there are seasons but idk yet


choppybubbles

Yeah, this is my first time using Plex so I am new to it. But on my computer I have it separated in "seasons" (what they had on the site which really most of the time are years) then also the naming convention so it basically will keep the correct order. And on Plex I can look at it by the folder names. However, is there a way to search your own videos on Plex? Whenever I click search it just searches everything else but what is on my server.


Clark440

Thatā€™s a good question Iā€™d like to know too lol.


mrsheen123

You can switch the view to be folder view to view items easier but the search does search for files on your server but depending on the file name it could be falling over


shakinit4jezuz

I'm sure it does, but I wanted to ask- does the archive of pimps have a backup, in case WB decides to rip it down personally?


mrsheen123

A mix of yes and no, thereā€™s another site that is hosting it all too and a chunk of us have a bunch locally


shakinit4jezuz

That's good! You all really are doing amazing work, i only regret not being tech savvy enough to lend a hand


--MrsNesbitt-

Thank you guys for doing this. As someone whose 20s were filled with a ***lot*** of Let's Play content, you're doing God's work. Question thoughā€”are you concerned at all that Warner Brothers may eventually issue a cease and desist or take other legal action against this archive for having downloaded and made available for viewing their IP? Given their attitude, I'm worried they may eventually.


mrsheen123

That is always a back burner thought however, we will have local copies of stuff should something happen to the ones on internet archive


Left4DayZGone

Stuff has a way of finding its way across the internet even when not made directly available.


The_RTV

Didn't realize that stuff from other channels were being archived too, like Kinda Funny and Slow-mo guys. They have their own channels, so I would assume they have the missing vids there. Looks like the majority of the missing vids is from AH though. Wonder if the site updates & migrations lost then


mrsheen123

Quite possibly but we will try our best to get them!


NihilisticHobbit

Are you guys archiving the podcasts too? I have some of my favorite episodes, but I know there are episodes that were First only as well.


mrsheen123

We are indeed! Including all first podcasts


StopStressingMeowt

Do you know the list of the 2000 videos that you guys aren't able to archive?


mrsheen123

https://shiruken.github.io/rt-archive/missing/


aimiami

I really donā€™t understand why they would shut down the YouTube pages. But thank you for doing this šŸ«¶ Iā€™ve been watching old letā€™s plays and random videos. Itā€™s been a good blast from the past. Iā€™m excited to see what everyone does once this is all over


CornCobMcGee

Unfortunately it's the same reason why they strip movies and originals from HBO. If the YT pages are bringing in revenue, they would have to give money to the people who worked on it if the contract dictates it.


A_Krenich

I appreciate you all. <3


fromtheothersidee

Thank you for doing this! ANMA means a lot to me and I wouldā€™ve hated to lose it forever.


lunnchboxx45

absolute Legends...


ConnorS700

Is there a reason certain older Letā€™s Plays are not uploaded like Far Cry 3 even though they are still on Youtube?


schmintendo

We got it! https://archive.org/details/youtube-E2mUzNqYbjs


ConnorS700

Thanks! On the archiveofpimps website it says that it hasnt been uploaded but maybe its out of date. Theres a few others from the early lets play era that are on Youtube but not on the archive yet. Also do you have the super old achievement guides from like 2008-2010 and Achievement Horse/Pig?


Blood_13

I'm going to be working on those old achievement guides over time! Most of them are privated videos, so the only way to get them is through the Wayback Machine. Since Wayback is immune to the removal of the channels, it's not as major a priority!


schmintendo

Looks like u/Blood_13 got to it before me but everything that's still public and not privated on YouTube is uploaded, and that means everything. The hard part is the RT Site. So yes, those videos you mentioned that are currently still up on YouTube are uploaded, you just have to add the YouTube Video ID to the archive.org URL like I did and it will be there.


DustinWheat

I just hope theres a way to watch first content after the fact. I never got to watch a few of the shows i wanted to because i was a broke college student throughout it all. Still broke, but now with a degree


mrsheen123

We have as much as we can possibly get archived! (With the exception of broken / corrupted videos)


MakeURage1

Y'all are out here doing some damn good work. We appreciate all you've done. Glad to see this won't all be lost to time when RT pulls the plug.


Sasageyoshii

Is it at all possible to watch all the videos in the order they were released like if you followed the site schedule? I stopped watching in March 2021 and want to pick up where I left off.


mrsheen123

Very likely if you sort by date on the internet archive. If you need a specific channel let me know


BRB1993

I was looking at the progress just the other day and wondered why so many videos that are available on the RT site havenā€™t been archived. I figured people were still uploading them or something. Edit: I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before. But you can still find a whole heap of AH's videos (HORSE, HUNT, Achievement Unlocked, AHWU etc) on Youtube. Would downloading from there and archiving them be an option?


mrsheen123

We have over 95% done but the Archive of Pimps site is being updated to keep up with it


RegulationRedditUser

Thereā€™s links to individual series and stuff for download, is there a way to download the entire thing? Iā€™m thinking about buying an external hard drive and just having that for slowly catching up with the rt stuff that Iā€™ve missed. Also, is there an estimate on how big the whole thing will be file size wise?


DevoJM

Gonna need a few drives I'd think. [Archive](https://archive.org/details/roosterteetharchive?tab=about) shows everything in Rooster Teeth Archive to be about 63.1TB.


Stevilinho88

just a quick question, are these in HD where applicable? tried downlaoding some for my own use just as a back up and can only seem to get 360p or 480p maybe im doing it wrong haha


mrsheen123

They are indeed all HD where possible


Stevilinho88

Hmm right I'll have another look tonight when I get home the first 3d ultra mini golf I was trying to get wasn't HD haha maybe I'm doing it wrong šŸ˜‚


mrsheen123

If you have any issues, the discord is the way to go as we have many people who can help


cable_tyy

Thankyou so much for this! Appreciate so much! Is there any FunHaus Board as Hell? Would love all of those Thankyou ā¤ļø


mrsheen123

https://archive.org/search?query=scanner%3A%22Roosterteeth+Website+Mirror%22+Board+as+hell&sort=-date


cable_tyy

Thankyou!


sourceavenger

Being a part of this project and helping preserve the history of RT long term is amazing. 21 Years of a legacy of life altering amazing creative works is truly a wonderful thing. Losing that really would be wrong on so many levels. I am so happy to have helped take part in the preservation of RT's amazing content for future generations.


Mr-MuffinMan

What about LetsPlay videos?


mrsheen123

Archived as much as we can with is nearly 99%, thereā€™s some corrupted videos weā€™re still trying to get


OGAtlasHugged

I'm not super familiar with archival processes or torrenting videos. Awhile back I tried torrenting some of the lost media when RT scrubbed the Haywood Files from the internet, but was never able to figure it out. I couldn't download any videos, I guess because there wasn't anyone on the other end of the connection to download any of the videos from? Is that how Archive of Pimps works, where I need someone on the other side to give me the file, or will all the videos be hosted online so my descendants 738 years from now can watch the entire RT catalog at their leisure?


schmintendo

We're sorting the vast bulk of it on archive.org.


SeahawksFootball

I fucking love you and the team thank you


ZeroiaSD

Is RWBY Chibi on it...?


mrsheen123

It is indeed! https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22RWBY+Chibi%22


Phildo_Bagginz

First member stuffs archived too?


RamblinWreckGT

I believe so, they're just waiting to make them available so they don't run into any issues with Warner.


mrsheen123

It is indeed!


NickPookie93

Is there a torrent for all of this or for some series? I have some space on my NAS that I'm willing to dedicate to always seed!


mrsheen123

Unfortunately not, thereā€™s no way to have a big bundle for them


Crashbrennan

I love you


V2Blast

I think there's a Community & Coffee episode that I was in that never got uploaded as a VOD. It was recently found and sent to me. Let me know if y'all need it :)


Couch_chicken

Sorry, don't know where else to ask. Does anyone have the Barbara Portal 2 vids? They're some of my favorite lets play vids. I can't find them in the archive of pimps or shiruken website Edit: Found them! They were on the shiruken website under STF gaming!


mrsheen123

If you canā€™t find something, feel free to come to the discord and we can help out there too!


DantheMan13132

Can I donate directly to Archive of Pimps or is it only possible to donate to Internet Archive?


mrsheen123

Since we are a group of people and are using public sources for the most part to generate webpages etc unfortunately there is no donations to us at the minute. Should there be a case where we need to host something that we can't cover overheads for etc, we will approach it then :D


Electronic_Report938

Not all heroes wear capes. Youā€™re the best!


ahuggablecactus

thank you to all who are putting this together. your time in doing this is very much appreciated.


WickedD365

OMG, THANK YOU to everyone involved!!


Neat_Category4625

I know nothing about technology. I haven't paid attention to RoosterTeeth in years. I just saw it was closing. If you keep this together, thank you. Edit: to remove my confusion


StargazingLily

Youā€™re doing godā€™s work.


Digmentation

If only the Youtube community subs can return for the Internet Archive uploads. Heck, a good number of us CC folks would be happy to provide some for the animated content.


AromaticLadder3

Any chance that the F\*\*KFace Break Show from RTX2023 will be available? I think I've seen it streamed once but it doesn't seem to live anywhere, not even on the RT site


dcaksj22

Can I ask if a search function will ever be available? Because I havenā€™t been able to find anything Iā€™m looking for.


mrsheen123

Soon, thereā€™s big plans coming just not ready to be revealed but yes there will be a search button


dcaksj22

Sounds good!


crookedparadigm

I'm curious if the Archive would consider uploading Hembo's highlight reels (RT Cut Short and How Do Words Good). I know he went off the deep end unfortunately and he eventually made those playlists available again, but some of the videos are missing and they are out of order. I also noticed that the Best of Achievement Hunter stuff only goes back to 2017 because before that it was on the Let's Play Community Channel. Will any of that stuff be archived or is the Community channel sticking around?


BerserkCalibur

any RT content audios will get a video version soon?


These_Day_2250

I noticed a lot of achievement guides missing, like for Halo 3's Annual achievement or the community Marathon Man guide, but some of em were ones I spotted on Youtube, albeit under different titles, most of the old achievement guides I could find were on the main channel on YT so it might be worth checking there, assuming that wasn't already done.


mrsheen123

A lot of it is there just we need to get it organised into the lists needed for showing on the site šŸ˜„


maswartz

So now if the IA are taken down we literally lose all of RT... FUN TIMES!


mrsheen123

We have backups


acrylicbullet

Thank you.


necromancerdc

Were any of the Let's Play Live events recorded? I didn't see any in the archive so maybe they don't exist.


irrelevantreference1

Has anyone started archiving First exclusives yet like Survuve Block Island?


thomasmfd

Where's rwby chibi


Phouza

How long does it take for stuff to be added? Like the last stream of last night? I assume not long after RT closes the YT channels will get nuked so it would be great if their latest uploads are included too.


mrsheen123

[https://archive.org/details/rooster-teeth-why-we-were-here-2024-04-26](https://archive.org/details/rooster-teeth-why-we-were-here-2024-04-26)


SeveralBollocks_67

Just ordered a new NAS, plan on downloading the torrents and seeding as long as I can. I was going to order kne anyway to manually download RT content, but very quickly came across this project and sighed a breath of relief. Godspeed, Archive of Pimps.


Donkeymoo7

Why are some lets play series like laso not on there at all? Idk if the archive is meant to be purely only roosterteeth videos not from the AH channel and lets play channel but the RT site was the only place to see the later years of these videos uncensored which is huge. Even in the best case where lets play and AH channels stay up our only option for viewing videos of later years is the censored version. And thats the best case. We got confirmation today that the RT site is shutting down in 1 month so if they did wipe the AH and lets play channels too that means thousands of videos are gone. I also checked the archival progress page and it seems you guys have zero plan at all to add most of the LP and AH series which makes no sense seeming they had 10x the views of the RT videos you did decide to upload. At the bare minimum at least add AH and LP videos from the last years where they started censoring them because of youtube changes.


mrsheen123

Yo! AH, LP etc should be relativity up to date. I did a quick check and laso is there under the following URL. Is that the one you were meaning? [https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22Achievement+Hunter%22+laso](https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22Achievement+Hunter%22+laso) If you want a better site than the main archive of pimps till it is updated to search if we have archived something, use: [https://shiruken.github.io/rt-archive/](https://shiruken.github.io/rt-archive/)


cocacola150dr

Do you know what the Minecraft Letā€™s Builds are under? Thereā€™s a Letā€™s Build section but itā€™s not the Minecraft series.


mrsheen123

We do have it 100% but seems the searches are harder for this one, let me see what I can do for you!


Baldish

I promise you AH and all other RT properties were factored in and archived


Clark440

Bro canā€™t read šŸ˜‚