Frequently asked questions
Answers focused on this tool. The homepage has a broader FAQ for the whole site.
- Which channel URL formats work best?
- Prefer @handle or /channel/UC… URLs. /c/custom-name can be ambiguous; the tool may need to resolve the channel via search and could pick the wrong one.
- How does the Shorts filter work?
- Optional “exclude videos ≤ 1 minute” is a heuristic—many Shorts are under a minute, but not all short videos are Shorts and not all Shorts are under one minute.
- Why can’t I filter to “unwatched only”?
- The public Data API has no access to your personal watch history. Unwatched-only lists need YouTube while signed in or a future OAuth integration.
- What do I get at the end?
- A filtered, sorted list of watch URLs you can copy or download as a .txt file. Creating a real YouTube playlist still happens in YouTube or via extensions—this tool does not post playlists with a simple API key.