If your reading this then our situations could be similar, you love GiantBomb and your internet is just not that great... I developed this tool to download my favourite Giantbomb videos ready for my morning commute, while my power hungry PC and I sleep.
I present Giantbomb Downloader:
It's not perfect, and looks a little ugly currently but works. Thought I'd put out there first to see if anyone else might find useful. I've still got a few things on my trello board I'd like to add, and if alot of people find it useful maybe I'll spend some more time it.
- Checks for New Giantbomb Videos every Hour
- Download videos onto your Pi, ready to download from Pi saving you time
- My Favourite Feature!!! Ability to set up automatic downloads of your favourite video series (rules page)
- Integration with Slack to sign up to notifications when new videos can be downloaded or have been downloaded
- If you want you could run a DNLA Server on Pi and then share videos downloaded by me and watch on your TV
Anyone who has a giantbomb account, you need one as it uses their api.
TLDR: It's a PHP Site which uses the Giantbomb API to fetch latest videos. It needs to be hosted and was designed to work and run on a Rapsberry Pi.
I built the tool using the Laravel Framework and Giantbomb's API.
The below script has been tested with a Raspberry Pi running Debian Jessie, if you want to install randomly then check the install script for manual steps.
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Adam2Marsh/giantbomb_downloader/master/automated_install/gb_downloader_install.sh | bashIf your using the tool and think its missing a key feature then raise an issue with as much detail as possible. Thanks!
The Giantbomb Downloader is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license
I've had fun developing it while at the same time learning the Laravel Framework in my spare time. You can use for free and I expect nothing but if you want to say thanks,
- Send me a tweet @Adam2Marsh
- Buy me a McDonalds Meal via a Paypal Donate
But remember I expect nothing :)