diff --git a/export.py b/export.py
index 309f010..d8bec63 100644
--- a/export.py
+++ b/export.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from json import dumps
 
 from gc import collect
 
-import requests
+# import requests
 
 from time import sleep
 
@@ -79,14 +79,18 @@ class MyHTMLParser(HTMLParser):
         elif self.get_starttag_text() and self.get_starttag_text().startswith('<div id="original-video-title"'):
             self.inittitle += data
 
-def subprrun(jobs, mysession):
-    while not jobs.empty():
-        collect() #cleanup memory
-        langcode, vid, mode = jobs.get()
-        vid = vid.strip()
-        print(langcode, vid)
+def subprrun(jobs, mysession, langcode, vid, mode):
+    collect() #cleanup memory
 
-        while True:
+    if not "forceedit" in mode:
+        retval = 3
+    else:
+        retval = 1
+    vid = vid.strip()
+    print(langcode, vid)
+
+    while True:
+        try:
             if mode == "default":
                 pparams = (
                     ("v", vid),
@@ -128,157 +132,160 @@ def subprrun(jobs, mysession):
             else:
                 print("[Retrying in 30 seconds] Please supply authentication cookie information in config.json or environment variables. See README.md for more information.")
                 sleep(30)
+        except:
+            print("Error in request, retrying in 5 seconds...")
+            sleep(5)
 
-        inttext = page.text
+    inttext = page.text
 
-        try:
-            initlang = page.text.split("'metadataLanguage': \"", 1)[1].split('"', 1)[0]
-        except:
-            initlang = ""
+    try:
+        initlang = page.text.split("'metadataLanguage': \"", 1)[1].split('"', 1)[0]
+    except:
+        initlang = ""
+
+    del page
 
-        del page
+    filestring = "_community_draft"
+    
+    if '<li id="captions-editor-nav-captions" role="tab" data-state="published" class="published">' in inttext:
+        filestring = "_community_published"
 
+    if mode == "forceedit-captions":
         filestring = "_community_draft"
-        
-        if '<li id="captions-editor-nav-captions" role="tab" data-state="published" class="published">' in inttext:
-            filestring = "_community_published"
 
-        if mode == "forceedit-captions":
-            filestring = "_community_draft"
+    if 'title="The video owner already provided subtitles/CC"' in inttext:
+        filestring = "_uploader_provided"
 
-        if 'title="The video owner already provided subtitles/CC"' in inttext:
-            filestring = "_uploader_provided"
+    if not "forceedit" in mode:
+        if '&amp;forceedit=metadata&amp;tab=metadata">See latest</a>' in inttext:
+            jobs.put(("subtitles-forceedit-metadata", vid, langcode))
+            retval -= 1
 
-        if not "forceedit" in mode:
-            if '&amp;forceedit=metadata&amp;tab=metadata">See latest</a>' in inttext:
-                jobs.put((langcode, vid, "forceedit-metadata"))
-
-            if '<li id="captions-editor-nav-captions" role="tab" data-state="published" class="published">' in inttext:
-                jobs.put((langcode, vid, "forceedit-captions"))
-
-        if 'id="reject-captions-button"' in inttext or 'id="reject-metadata-button"' in inttext or 'data-state="published"' in inttext or 'title="The video owner already provided subtitles/CC"' in inttext: #quick way of checking if this page is worth parsing
-            parser = MyHTMLParser()
-            parser.feed(inttext)
-
-            captiontext = False
-            for item in parser.captions:
-                if item["text"][:-9]:
-                    captiontext = True
-
-            if captiontext and (mode == "default" or mode == "forceedit-captions"):
-                myfs = open("out/"+vid+"/"+vid+"_"+langcode+filestring+".sbv", "w", encoding="utf-8")
-                captions = parser.captions
-                captions.pop(0) #get rid of the fake one
-                while captions:
-                    item = captions.pop(0)
-
-                    myfs.write(timedelta_to_sbv_timestamp(timedelta(milliseconds=item["startTime"])) + "," + timedelta_to_sbv_timestamp(timedelta(milliseconds=item["endTime"])) + "\n" + item["text"][:-9] + "\n")
-                    
-                    del item
-                    if captions:
-                        myfs.write("\n")
-                del captions
-                myfs.close()
-                del myfs
-
-            del captiontext
-
-            if (parser.title or parser.description[:-16]) and (mode == "default" or mode == "forceedit-metadata"):
-                metadata = {}
-                metadata["title"] = parser.title
-                if metadata["title"] == False:
-                    metadata["title"] = ""
-                metadata["description"] = parser.description[:-16]
+        if '<li id="captions-editor-nav-captions" role="tab" data-state="published" class="published">' in inttext:
+            jobs.put(("subtitles-forceedit-captions", vid, langcode))
+            retval -= 1
+
+    if 'id="reject-captions-button"' in inttext or 'id="reject-metadata-button"' in inttext or 'data-state="published"' in inttext or 'title="The video owner already provided subtitles/CC"' in inttext: #quick way of checking if this page is worth parsing
+        parser = MyHTMLParser()
+        parser.feed(inttext)
+
+        captiontext = False
+        for item in parser.captions:
+            if item["text"][:-9]:
+                captiontext = True
+
+        if captiontext and (mode == "default" or mode == "forceedit-captions"):
+            myfs = open("out/"+vid+"/"+vid+"_"+langcode+filestring+".sbv", "w", encoding="utf-8")
+            captions = parser.captions
+            captions.pop(0) #get rid of the fake one
+            while captions:
+                item = captions.pop(0)
+
+                myfs.write(timedelta_to_sbv_timestamp(timedelta(milliseconds=item["startTime"])) + "," + timedelta_to_sbv_timestamp(timedelta(milliseconds=item["endTime"])) + "\n" + item["text"][:-9] + "\n")
+                
+                del item
+                if captions:
+                    myfs.write("\n")
+            del captions
+            myfs.close()
+            del myfs
+
+        del captiontext
+
+        if (parser.title or parser.description[:-16]) and (mode == "default" or mode == "forceedit-metadata"):
+            metadata = {}
+            metadata["title"] = parser.title
+            if metadata["title"] == False:
+                metadata["title"] = ""
+            metadata["description"] = parser.description[:-16]
 
+            filestring = "_community_draft"
+            if '<li id="captions-editor-nav-metadata" role="tab" data-state="published" class="published">' in inttext:
+                filestring = "_community_published"
+
+            if mode == "forceedit-metadata":
                 filestring = "_community_draft"
-                if '<li id="captions-editor-nav-metadata" role="tab" data-state="published" class="published">' in inttext:
-                    filestring = "_community_published"
-
-                if mode == "forceedit-metadata":
-                    filestring = "_community_draft"
-                open("out/"+vid+"/"+vid+"_"+langcode+filestring+".json", "w", encoding="utf-8").write(dumps(metadata))
-                del metadata
-
-            if (parser.inittitle[9:-17] or parser.initdescription) and (mode == "default" or mode == "forceedit-metadata" and initlang):
-                metadata = {}
-                metadata["title"] = parser.inittitle[9:-17]
-                if metadata["title"] == False:
-                    metadata["title"] = ""
-                metadata["description"] = parser.initdescription
-
-                filestring = "_uploader_provided"
-                open("out/"+vid+"/"+vid+"_"+initlang+filestring+".json", "w", encoding="utf-8").write(dumps(metadata))
-                del metadata
-
-        del inttext
-
-        del langcode
-        del vid
-        del pparams
-
-        jobs.task_done()
-
-    return True
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    from os import environ, mkdir
-    from os.path import isfile
-    from json import loads
-    #HSID, SSID, SID cookies required
-    if "HSID" in environ.keys() and "SSID" in environ.keys() and "SID" in environ.keys():
-        cookies = {"HSID": environ["HSID"], "SSID": environ["SSID"], "SID": environ["SID"]}
-    elif isfile("config.json"):
-        cookies = loads(open("config.json").read())
-    else:
-        print("HSID, SSID, and SID cookies from youtube.com are required. Specify in config.json or as environment variables.")
-        assert False
-    if not (cookies["HSID"] and cookies["SSID"] and cookies["SID"]):
-        print("HSID, SSID, and SID cookies from youtube.com are required. Specify in config.json or as environment variables.")
-        assert False
-
-    mysession = requests.session()
-    mysession.headers.update({"cookie": "HSID="+cookies["HSID"]+"; SSID="+cookies["SSID"]+"; SID="+cookies["SID"], "Accept-Language": "en-US",})
-    del cookies
-    from sys import argv
-    from queue import Queue
-    from threading import Thread
-    langs = ['ab', 'aa', 'af', 'sq', 'ase', 'am', 'ar', 'arc', 'hy', 'as', 'ay', 'az', 'bn', 'ba', 'eu', 'be', 'bh', 'bi', 'bs', 'br', 
-    'bg', 'yue', 'yue-HK', 'ca', 'chr', 'zh-CN', 'zh-HK', 'zh-Hans', 'zh-SG', 'zh-TW', 'zh-Hant', 'cho', 'co', 'hr', 'cs', 'da', 'nl', 
-    'nl-BE', 'nl-NL', 'dz', 'en', 'en-CA', 'en-IN', 'en-IE', 'en-GB', 'en-US', 'eo', 'et', 'fo', 'fj', 'fil', 'fi', 'fr', 'fr-BE', 
-    'fr-CA', 'fr-FR', 'fr-CH', 'ff', 'gl', 'ka', 'de', 'de-AT', 'de-DE', 'de-CH', 'el', 'kl', 'gn', 'gu', 'ht', 'hak', 'hak-TW', 'ha', 
-    'iw', 'hi', 'hi-Latn', 'ho', 'hu', 'is', 'ig', 'id', 'ia', 'ie', 'iu', 'ik', 'ga', 'it', 'ja', 'jv', 'kn', 'ks', 'kk', 'km', 'rw', 
-    'tlh', 'ko', 'ku', 'ky', 'lo', 'la', 'lv', 'ln', 'lt', 'lb', 'mk', 'mg', 'ms', 'ml', 'mt', 'mni', 'mi', 'mr', 'mas', 'nan', 
-    'nan-TW', 'lus', 'mo', 'mn', 'my', 'na', 'nv', 'ne', 'no', 'oc', 'or', 'om', 'ps', 'fa', 'fa-AF', 'fa-IR', 'pl', 'pt', 'pt-BR', 
-    'pt-PT', 'pa', 'qu', 'ro', 'rm', 'rn', 'ru', 'ru-Latn', 'sm', 'sg', 'sa', 'sc', 'gd', 'sr', 'sr-Cyrl', 'sr-Latn', 'sh', 'sdp', 'sn', 
-    'scn', 'sd', 'si', 'sk', 'sl', 'so', 'st', 'es', 'es-419', 'es-MX', 'es-ES', 'es-US', 'su', 'sw', 'ss', 'sv', 'tl', 'tg', 'ta', 
-    'tt', 'te', 'th', 'bo', 'ti', 'tpi', 'to', 'ts', 'tn', 'tr', 'tk', 'tw', 'uk', 'ur', 'uz', 'vi', 'vo', 'vor', 'cy', 'fy', 'wo', 
-    'xh', 'yi', 'yo', 'zu']
-    vidl = argv
-    vidl.pop(0)
+            open("out/"+vid+"/"+vid+"_"+langcode+filestring+".json", "w", encoding="utf-8").write(dumps(metadata))
+            del metadata
 
-    try:
-        mkdir("out")
-    except:
-        pass
+        if (parser.inittitle[9:-17] or parser.initdescription) and (mode == "default" or mode == "forceedit-metadata" and initlang):
+            metadata = {}
+            metadata["title"] = parser.inittitle[9:-17]
+            if metadata["title"] == False:
+                metadata["title"] = ""
+            metadata["description"] = parser.initdescription
 
-    jobs = Queue()
-    for video in vidl:
-        try:
-            mkdir("out/"+video.strip())
-        except:
-            pass
-        for lang in langs:
-            jobs.put((lang, video, "default"))
-
-    subthreads = []
-
-    for r in range(50):
-        subrunthread = Thread(target=subprrun, args=(jobs,mysession))
-        subrunthread.start()
-        subthreads.append(subrunthread)
-        del subrunthread
-
-    for xa in subthreads:
-        xa.join() #bug (occurred once: the script ended before the last thread finished)
-        subthreads.remove(xa)
-        del xa
\ No newline at end of file
+            filestring = "_uploader_provided"
+            open("out/"+vid+"/"+vid+"_"+initlang+filestring+".json", "w", encoding="utf-8").write(dumps(metadata))
+            del metadata
+
+    del inttext
+
+    del langcode
+    del vid
+    del pparams
+
+    return retval
+
+# if __name__ == "__main__":
+#     from os import environ, mkdir
+#     from os.path import isfile
+#     from json import loads
+#     #HSID, SSID, SID cookies required
+#     if "HSID" in environ.keys() and "SSID" in environ.keys() and "SID" in environ.keys():
+#         cookies = {"HSID": environ["HSID"], "SSID": environ["SSID"], "SID": environ["SID"]}
+#     elif isfile("config.json"):
+#         cookies = loads(open("config.json").read())
+#     else:
+#         print("HSID, SSID, and SID cookies from youtube.com are required. Specify in config.json or as environment variables.")
+#         assert False
+#     if not (cookies["HSID"] and cookies["SSID"] and cookies["SID"]):
+#         print("HSID, SSID, and SID cookies from youtube.com are required. Specify in config.json or as environment variables.")
+#         assert False
+
+#     mysession = requests.session()
+#     mysession.headers.update({"cookie": "HSID="+cookies["HSID"]+"; SSID="+cookies["SSID"]+"; SID="+cookies["SID"], "Accept-Language": "en-US",})
+#     del cookies
+#     from sys import argv
+#     from queue import Queue
+#     from threading import Thread
+#     langs = ['ab', 'aa', 'af', 'sq', 'ase', 'am', 'ar', 'arc', 'hy', 'as', 'ay', 'az', 'bn', 'ba', 'eu', 'be', 'bh', 'bi', 'bs', 'br', 
+#     'bg', 'yue', 'yue-HK', 'ca', 'chr', 'zh-CN', 'zh-HK', 'zh-Hans', 'zh-SG', 'zh-TW', 'zh-Hant', 'cho', 'co', 'hr', 'cs', 'da', 'nl', 
+#     'nl-BE', 'nl-NL', 'dz', 'en', 'en-CA', 'en-IN', 'en-IE', 'en-GB', 'en-US', 'eo', 'et', 'fo', 'fj', 'fil', 'fi', 'fr', 'fr-BE', 
+#     'fr-CA', 'fr-FR', 'fr-CH', 'ff', 'gl', 'ka', 'de', 'de-AT', 'de-DE', 'de-CH', 'el', 'kl', 'gn', 'gu', 'ht', 'hak', 'hak-TW', 'ha', 
+#     'iw', 'hi', 'hi-Latn', 'ho', 'hu', 'is', 'ig', 'id', 'ia', 'ie', 'iu', 'ik', 'ga', 'it', 'ja', 'jv', 'kn', 'ks', 'kk', 'km', 'rw', 
+#     'tlh', 'ko', 'ku', 'ky', 'lo', 'la', 'lv', 'ln', 'lt', 'lb', 'mk', 'mg', 'ms', 'ml', 'mt', 'mni', 'mi', 'mr', 'mas', 'nan', 
+#     'nan-TW', 'lus', 'mo', 'mn', 'my', 'na', 'nv', 'ne', 'no', 'oc', 'or', 'om', 'ps', 'fa', 'fa-AF', 'fa-IR', 'pl', 'pt', 'pt-BR', 
+#     'pt-PT', 'pa', 'qu', 'ro', 'rm', 'rn', 'ru', 'ru-Latn', 'sm', 'sg', 'sa', 'sc', 'gd', 'sr', 'sr-Cyrl', 'sr-Latn', 'sh', 'sdp', 'sn', 
+#     'scn', 'sd', 'si', 'sk', 'sl', 'so', 'st', 'es', 'es-419', 'es-MX', 'es-ES', 'es-US', 'su', 'sw', 'ss', 'sv', 'tl', 'tg', 'ta', 
+#     'tt', 'te', 'th', 'bo', 'ti', 'tpi', 'to', 'ts', 'tn', 'tr', 'tk', 'tw', 'uk', 'ur', 'uz', 'vi', 'vo', 'vor', 'cy', 'fy', 'wo', 
+#     'xh', 'yi', 'yo', 'zu']
+#     vidl = argv
+#     vidl.pop(0)
+
+#     try:
+#         mkdir("out")
+#     except:
+#         pass
+
+#     jobs = Queue()
+#     for video in vidl:
+#         try:
+#             mkdir("out/"+video.strip())
+#         except:
+#             pass
+#         for lang in langs:
+#             jobs.put((lang, video, "default"))
+
+#     subthreads = []
+
+#     for r in range(50):
+#         subrunthread = Thread(target=subprrun, args=(jobs,mysession))
+#         subrunthread.start()
+#         subthreads.append(subrunthread)
+#         del subrunthread
+
+#     for xa in subthreads:
+#         xa.join() #bug (occurred once: the script ended before the last thread finished)
+#         subthreads.remove(xa)
+#         del xa
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tracker.py b/tracker.py
index 90da312..38aad30 100644
--- a/tracker.py
+++ b/tracker.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from os.path import isfile
 from json import loads
 
 # https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/tencent-weibo-grab/blob/9bae5f9747e014db9227821a9c11557267967023/pipeline.py
-VERSION = "20200923.02"
+VERSION = "20200923.07"
 
 TRACKER_ID = "ext-yt-communitycontribs"
 TRACKER_HOST = "trackerproxy.meo.ws"
diff --git a/worker.py b/worker.py
index a134c95..9911b7a 100644
--- a/worker.py
+++ b/worker.py
@@ -11,56 +11,38 @@ import tracker
 
 from youtube_dl import YoutubeDL
 
-from shutil import make_archive, rmtree
+from shutil import rmtree, which
 
 from queue import Queue
 
 from gc import collect
 
+from datetime import timedelta, datetime
+
 from discovery import getmetadata
 from export import subprrun
 
-batchcontent = []
-actualitems = []
+#useful Queue example: https://stackoverflow.com/a/54658363
+jobs = Queue()
+
+langcnt = {}
+
+lasttask = datetime.min
+
+try:
+    mkdir("out")
+except:
+    pass
+
+try:
+    mkdir("directory")
+except:
+    pass
 
 HEROKU = False
 if isfile("../Procfile"):
     HEROKU = True
 
-def batchfunc():
-    ydl = YoutubeDL({"extract_flat": "in_playlist", "simulate": True, "skip_download": True, "quiet": True, "cookiefile": "cookies.txt", "source_address": "0.0.0.0", "call_home": False})
-    
-    if not HEROKU:
-        desqsize = 51
-    elif HEROKU:
-        desqsize = 251
-    
-    while jobs.qsize() < desqsize:
-        desit = tracker.request_item_from_tracker()
-        if desit:
-            if desit.split(":", 1)[0] == "video":
-                jobs.put(desit.split(":", 1)[1])
-            elif desit.split(":", 1)[0] == "channel":
-                y = ydl.extract_info("https://www.youtube.com/channel/"+desit.split(":", 1)[1], download=False)
-                for itemyv in y["entries"]:
-                    tracker.add_item_to_tracker(tracker.ItemType.Video, itemyv["id"])
-            elif desit.split(":", 1)[0] == "playlist":
-                y = ydl.extract_info("https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list="+desit.split(":", 1)[1], download=False)
-                for itemyvp in y["entries"]:
-                    tracker.add_item_to_tracker(tracker.ItemType.Video, itemyvp["id"])
-            else:
-                print("Ignoring item for now", desit)
-        else:
-            print("Ignoring item for now", desit)
-        
-        batchcontent.append(desit.split(":", 1)[1])
-        actualitems.append(desit)
-
-def submitfunc(submitqueue):
-    while not submitqueue.empty():
-        itype, ival = submitqueue.get()
-        tracker.add_item_to_tracker(itype, ival)
-
 langs = ['ab', 'aa', 'af', 'sq', 'ase', 'am', 'ar', 'arc', 'hy', 'as', 'ay', 'az', 'bn', 'ba', 'eu', 'be', 'bh', 'bi', 'bs', 'br', 
     'bg', 'yue', 'yue-HK', 'ca', 'chr', 'zh-CN', 'zh-HK', 'zh-Hans', 'zh-SG', 'zh-TW', 'zh-Hant', 'cho', 'co', 'hr', 'cs', 'da', 'nl', 
     'nl-BE', 'nl-NL', 'dz', 'en', 'en-CA', 'en-IN', 'en-IE', 'en-GB', 'en-US', 'eo', 'et', 'fo', 'fj', 'fil', 'fi', 'fr', 'fr-BE', 
@@ -73,15 +55,7 @@ langs = ['ab', 'aa', 'af', 'sq', 'ase', 'am', 'ar', 'arc', 'hy', 'as', 'ay', 'az
     'tt', 'te', 'th', 'bo', 'ti', 'tpi', 'to', 'ts', 'tn', 'tr', 'tk', 'tw', 'uk', 'ur', 'uz', 'vi', 'vo', 'vor', 'cy', 'fy', 'wo', 
     'xh', 'yi', 'yo', 'zu']
 
-#useful Queue example: https://stackoverflow.com/a/54658363
-jobs = Queue()
-
-ccenabledl = []
-
-recvids  = set()
-recchans = set()
-recmixes = set()
-recplayl = set()
+assert which("zip") and which("rsync") and which("curl"), "Please ensure the zip, rsync, and curl commands are installed on your system."
 
 #HSID, SSID, SID cookies required
 if "HSID" in environ.keys() and "SSID" in environ.keys() and "SID" in environ.keys():
@@ -123,204 +97,173 @@ class GracefulKiller:
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self.exit_gracefully)
         signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self.exit_gracefully)
 
-    def exit_gracefully(self,signum, frame):
+    def exit_gracefully(self, signum, frame):
+        print("Graceful exit process initiated, stopping all tasks...")
         self.kill_now = True
 
 gkiller = GracefulKiller()
 
-def prrun():
-    while not jobs.empty():
-        global recvids
-        global recchans
-        global recmixes
-        global recplayl
-        global ccenabledl
-
-        item = jobs.get()
-
-        print("Video ID:", str(item).strip())
-        while True:
-            try:
-                info = getmetadata(mysession, str(item).strip())
-                break
-            except BaseException as e:
-                print(e)
-                print("Error in retrieving information, waiting 30 seconds")
-                sleep(30)
-
-        # Add any discovered videos
-        recvids.update(info[2])
-        recchans.update(info[3])
-        recmixes.update(info[4])
-        recplayl.update(info[5])
-
-        if info[0] or info[1]: # ccenabled or creditdata
-            if not isdir("out/"+str(item).strip()):
-                mkdir("out/"+str(item).strip())
-
-        if info[1]: # creditdata
-            open("out/"+str(item).strip()+"/"+str(item).strip()+"_published_credits.json", "w").write(dumps(info[1]))
-
-        if info[0]: #ccenabled
-            ccenabledl.append(item)
-        jobs.task_done()
-
-    return True
-
-while not gkiller.kill_now:
-    collect() #cleanup
-
-    try:
-        mkdir("out")
-    except:
-        pass
-
-    try:
-        mkdir("directory")
-    except:
-        pass
-
-    batchcontent.clear()
-    actualitems.clear()
-
-    # Get a batch ID
-    batchthreads = []
-
-    for r in range(50):
-        batchrunthread = Thread(target=batchfunc)
-        batchrunthread.start()
-        batchthreads.append(batchrunthread)
-        del batchrunthread
-
-    for xc in batchthreads:
-        xc.join()
-        batchthreads.remove(xc)
-        del xc
-
-    sleep(1) # prevent the script from continuing before the last thread finishes
-
-    threads = []
-
-    for i in range(50):
-        runthread = Thread(target=prrun)
-        runthread.start()
-        threads.append(runthread)
-        del runthread
-
-    for x in threads:
-        x.join()
-        threads.remove(x)
-        del x
-
-    print("Sending discoveries to tracker...")
-
-    submitjobs = Queue()
-
-    # IDK how to handle mixes so just send them for now
-    print("Videos:", len(recvids))
-    for itemvid in recvids:
-        submitjobs.put((tracker.ItemType.Video, itemvid))
-
-    print("Channels:", len(recchans))
-    for itemchan in recchans:
-        submitjobs.put((tracker.ItemType.Channel, itemchan))
-
-    print("Mix Playlists:", len(recmixes))
-    for itemmix in recmixes:
-        submitjobs.put((tracker.ItemType.MixPlaylist, itemmix))
-
-    print("Playlists:", len(recplayl))
-    for itemplayl in recplayl:
-        submitjobs.put((tracker.ItemType.Playlist, itemplayl))
-
-    # open("out/discoveries.json", "w").write(dumps({"recvids": sorted(recvids), "recchans": sorted(recchans), "recmixes": sorted(recmixes), "recplayl": sorted(recplayl)}))
+#microtasks
+def threadrunner(jobs: Queue):
+    global langcnt
+    global lasttask
+    ydl = YoutubeDL({"extract_flat": "in_playlist", "simulate": True, "skip_download": True, "quiet": True, "cookiefile": "cookies.txt", "source_address": "0.0.0.0", "call_home": False})
+    while not gkiller.kill_now:
+        if not jobs.empty():
+            task, vid, args = jobs.get()
+
+            if task == "submitdiscovery":
+                tracker.add_item_to_tracker(args, vid)
+            elif task == "discovery":
+                while True:
+                    try:
+                        info = getmetadata(mysession, str(vid).strip())
+                        break
+                    except BaseException as e:
+                        print(e)
+                        print("Error in retrieving information, waiting 30 seconds")
+                        sleep(30)
+                if info[0] or info[1]: # ccenabled or creditdata
+                    if not isdir("out/"+str(vid).strip()):
+                        mkdir("out/"+str(vid).strip())
+                if info[1]:
+                    open("out/"+str(vid).strip()+"/"+str(vid).strip()+"_published_credits.json", "w").write(dumps(info[1]))
+
+                if info[0]:
+                    langcnt[vid] = 0
+                    for langcode in langs:
+                        jobs.put(("subtitles", vid, langcode))
+                else:
+                    jobs.put(("complete", None, "video:"+vid))
+
+                for videodisc in info[2]:
+                    jobs.put(("submitdiscovery", videodisc, tracker.ItemType.Video))
+                for channeldisc in info[3]:
+                    jobs.put(("submitdiscovery", channeldisc, tracker.ItemType.Channel))
+                for mixdisc in info[4]:
+                    jobs.put(("submitdiscovery", mixdisc, tracker.ItemType.MixPlaylist))
+                for playldisc in info[5]:
+                    jobs.put(("submitdiscovery", playldisc, tracker.ItemType.Playlist))
+
+            elif task == "subtitles":
+                retval = subprrun(jobs, mysession, args, vid, "default")
+                langcnt[vid] += retval
+                if langcnt[vid] >= 585:
+                    jobs.put(("complete", None, "video:"+vid))
+            elif task == "subtitles-forceedit-captions":
+                subprrun(jobs, mysession, args, vid, "forceedit-captions")
+            elif task == "subtitles-forceedit-metadata":
+                subprrun(jobs, mysession, args, vid, "forceedit-metadata")
+            elif task == "channel":
+                while True:
+                    try:
+                        y = ydl.extract_info("https://www.youtube.com/channel/"+desit.split(":", 1)[1], download=False)
+                        for itemyv in y["entries"]:
+                            jobs.put(("submitdiscovery", itemyv["id"], tracker.ItemType.Video))
+                        jobs.put(("complete", None, "channel:"+args))
+                        break
+                    except:
+                        print("YouTube-DL error, ignoring but not marking as complete...", "https://www.youtube.com/channel/"+desit.split(":", 1)[1])
+            elif task == "playlist":
+                while True:
+                    try:
+                        y = ydl.extract_info("https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list="+desit.split(":", 1)[1], download=False)
+                        for itemyvp in y["entries"]:
+                            jobs.put(("submitdiscovery", itemyvp["id"], tracker.ItemType.Video))
+                        jobs.put(("complete", None, "playlist:"+args))
+                        break
+                    except:
+                        print("YouTube-DL error, ignoring but not marking as complete...", "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list="+desit.split(":", 1)[1])
+            elif task == "complete":
+                size = 0
+                if ":" in args:
+                    if args.split(":", 1)[0] == "video":
+                        #check if dir is empty, make zip if needed
+                        if isdir("out/"+args.split(":", 1)[1]):
+                            if not listdir("out/"+args.split(":", 1)[1]):
+                                rmdir("out/"+args.split(":", 1)[1])
+                            else:
+                                #zip it up
+                                if not isdir("directory/"+args.split(":", 1)[1]):
+                                    mkdir("directory/"+args.split(":", 1)[1])
+
+                                while not isfile("directory/"+args.split(":", 1)[1]+"/"+args.split(":", 1)[1]+".zip"):
+                                    print("Attempting to zip item...")
+                                    system("zip -9 -r -j directory/"+args.split(":", 1)[1]+"/"+args.split(":", 1)[1]+".zip out/"+args.split(":", 1)[1])
+
+                                #get a target
+                                targetloc = None
+                                while not targetloc:
+                                    targetloc = tracker.request_upload_target()
+                                    if targetloc:
+                                        break
+                                    else:
+                                        print("Waiting 5 minutes...")
+                                        sleep(300)
+
+                                if targetloc.startswith("rsync"):
+                                    system("rsync -rltv --timeout=300 --contimeout=300 --progress --bwlimit 0 --recursive --partial --partial-dir .rsync-tmp --min-size 1 --no-compress --compress-level 0 --files-from=- directory/"+args.split(":", 1)[1]+"/ "+targetloc)
+                                elif targetloc.startswith("http"):
+                                    system("curl -F "+args.split(":", 1)[1]+".zip=@directory/"+args.split(":", 1)[1]+"/"+args.split(":", 1)[1]+".zip "+targetloc)
+
+
+                                size = getsize("directory/"+args.split(":", 1)[1]+"/"+args.split(":", 1)[1]+".zip")
+                                #cleanup
+                                try:
+                                    del langcnt[args.split(":", 1)[1]]
+                                    rmtree("directory/"+args.split(":", 1)[1]+"/")
+                                    rmdir("directory/"+args.split(":", 1)[1]+"/")
+                                    rmtree("out/"+args.split(":", 1)[1]+"/")
+                                    rmdir("out/"+args.split(":", 1)[1]+"/")
+                                except:
+                                    pass
+                tracker.mark_item_as_done(args, size)
+            jobs.task_done()
+        else:
+            # get a new task from tracker
+            if datetime.now() - lasttask > timedelta(seconds=15): #only retrieve a task every 15 seconds to allow queue to build up
+                collect() #cleanup
+                desit = tracker.request_item_from_tracker()
+                print("New task:", desit)
+                if desit:
+                    if desit.split(":", 1)[0] == "video":
+                        lasttask = datetime.now()
+                        jobs.put(("discovery", desit.split(":", 1)[1], None))
+                    elif desit.split(":", 1)[0] == "channel":
+                        lasttask = datetime.now()
+                        jobs.put(("channel", None, desit.split(":", 1)[1]))
+                    elif desit.split(":", 1)[0] == "playlist":
+                        lasttask = datetime.now()
+                        jobs.put(("playlist", None, desit.split(":", 1)[1]))
+                    else:
+                        print("Ignoring item for now", desit)
+                else:
+                    print("Ignoring item for now", desit)
+            else:
+                sleep(1)
     
-    # clear lists
-    recvids.clear()
-    recchans.clear()
-    recmixes.clear()
-    recplayl.clear()
-
-    submitthreads = []
-
-    for r in range(50):
-        submitrunthread = Thread(target=submitfunc, args=(submitjobs,))
-        submitrunthread.start()
-        submitthreads.append(submitrunthread)
-        del submitrunthread
-
-    for xb in submitthreads:
-        xb.join()
-        submitthreads.remove(xb)
-        del xb
-
-    sleep(1) # prevent the script from continuing before the last thread finishes
 
+threads = []
 
-    subtjobs = Queue()
-    while ccenabledl:
-        langcontent = langs.copy()
-        intvid = ccenabledl.pop(0)
+#start with 1 thread, give it a 5 second head start
+runthread = Thread(target=threadrunner, args=(jobs,))
+runthread.start()
+threads.append(runthread)
+del runthread
 
-        while langcontent:
-            subtjobs.put((langcontent.pop(0), intvid, "default"))
-        del intvid
-        del langcontent
+sleep(5)
 
-    subthreads = []
+#now create the other 49 threads
+for i in range(49):
+    runthread = Thread(target=threadrunner, args=(jobs,))
+    runthread.start()
+    threads.append(runthread)
+    del runthread
 
-    for r in range(50):
-        subrunthread = Thread(target=subprrun, args=(subtjobs,mysession))
-        subrunthread.start()
-        subthreads.append(subrunthread)
-        del subrunthread
+#https://stackoverflow.com/a/11968881
+for x in threads:
+    x.join()
+    threads.remove(x)
+    del x
 
-    for xa in subthreads:
-        xa.join()
-        subthreads.remove(xa)
-        del xa
-
-    sleep(30) # wait 30 seconds to hopefully allow the other threads to finish
-
-    for fol in listdir("out"): #remove empty folders
-        try:
-            if isdir("out/"+fol):
-                rmdir("out/"+fol)
-        except:
-            pass
-
-    #https://stackoverflow.com/a/11968881
-
-
-    for fol in listdir("out"):
-        if isdir("out/"+fol):
-            make_archive("directory/"+fol, "zip", "out/"+fol)
-
-    targetloc = None
-    while not targetloc:
-        targetloc = tracker.request_upload_target()
-        if targetloc:
-            break
-        else:
-            print("Waiting 5 minutes...")
-            sleep(300)
-
-    if targetloc.startswith("rsync"):
-        system("rsync -rltv --timeout=300 --contimeout=300 --progress --bwlimit 0 --recursive --partial --partial-dir .rsync-tmp --min-size 1 --no-compress --compress-level 0 --files-from=- directory/ "+targetloc)
-    elif targetloc.startswith("http"):
-        for filzip in listdir("directory"):
-            if filzip.endswith(".zip"):
-                system("curl -F "+filzip+"=@directory/"+filzip+" "+targetloc)
-
-    # Report the batch as complete
-    for itemb in actualitems:
-        size = 0
-        if ":" in itemb:
-            if itemb.split(":", 1)[0] == "video":
-                if isfile("directory/"+itemb.split(":", 1)[1]+".zip"):
-                    size = getsize("directory/"+itemb.split(":", 1)[1]+".zip")
-        tracker.mark_item_as_done(itemb, size)
-
-    # clear the output directories
-    rmtree("out")
-    rmtree("directory")
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+print("Exiting...")
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