Nice list of (what looks like to be) all of kingscrusher's videos. Thanks.
Obviously an automated script created that list. I'd like to see a script create a similar list for Chessexplained's videos.
3000 Chess Videos
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May 29, 2015
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MrEdCollins wrote:
Nice list of (what looks like to be) all of kingscrusher's videos. Thanks.
Obviously an automated script created that list. I'd like to see a script create a similar list for Chessexplained's videos.
What is an automated script and how does one create one?
nice thanks, what is the best way to navigate the list? is there some order?
Is there some order? The answer to that is yes. It appears the person who created the list sorted it by column E, "Favourites" with the videos receiving the most favorites listed first. I don't know if there is a secondary sort criteria.
You can, of course, sort it as you desire.
It's easier to view and use if you download it to your own hard drive, and open it with Excel. (Assuming you have MS Excel, of course.)
I don't see a file upload date, and that would have been ideal, to give the user the opportunity to sort the videos by date.
An automated script is just another name for a program. A program, almost certainly, was written to go online and make a list of all of these videos, and list the url, video title, average rating, number of ratings, number of people who listed it as a favorite, view count, etc., etc., etc. Yes, it could have been done by hand, but with 3,000 videos, I doubt someone took the time to do that.
And yes, you create one by learning a programming language capable of such tasks. 
I have just come across a list of over 3,000 top quality chess videos. They are definately worth checking out. There are many masters and grandmasters on the internet selling their videos for good money. Most of them are good videos but you can get videos that are just as good for free! This is a list worth checking out!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ah_4o158iqlcdFV0Y2pWQ2ZLMjdJSlJqSWJmaFkwcFE#gid=0