# Small-Country Video Source Research

## Goal
Find videos from small/underdeveloped countries that have NEVER been uploaded to YouTube, then repost with narration for monetization.

## Search Strategy

### Primary Search Engine
**Yahoo Japan** (`search.yahoo.co.jp`) — the only major search engine that works without CAPTCHA from cloud IPs.

Use patterns:
- `"关键词" site:youtube.com` — check if video already on YouTube
- `"关键词" site:facebook.com` — find Facebook videos
- `"关键词" site:tiktok.com` — find TikTok videos
- `关键词 国名 video` — general search with country name

### Why Small Countries?
- UN Least Developed Countries have <10% internet penetration
- Content from these regions rarely makes it to YouTube
- Local creators don't have YouTube monetization setup
- Copyright enforcement is minimal

## Target Countries (UN LDC List)

### Africa (33 countries)
Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, DRC, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Guinea, Lesotho, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

### Asia (9 countries)
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Timor-Leste, Yemen

### Oceania (3 countries)
Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu

### Americas (1 country)
Haiti

## Content Sources by Platform

### ItemFix (itemfix.com)
- Accessible without login
- Has trending videos from global sources
- Videos are short clips, often from security cameras, phones
- Tags indicate content type (#accident, #animals, #wtf, etc)
- **Individual video pages return 404** — cannot access via direct URL
- **Homepage videos are dynamically loaded** — not in initial HTML
- **Workaround**: Find embedded videos on OddityCentral articles instead (ItemFix content often gets republished there with working X/YouTube embeds)
- Cannot download directly — need to find actual video URL via browser devtools or yt-dlp

### OddityCentral (odditycentral.com) — Best Video Source
- Article pages often embed X/Twitter and YouTube videos
- Use browser console to extract embed URLs, then download with yt-dlp
- See `references/video-download-workflow.md` for detailed steps
- **Limitation**: Agent can download but cannot deliver video files via QQ

### Dailymotion (dailymotion.com)
- Trending page accessible
- Search is broken (returns irrelevant results)
- Some small-country content in trending

### Facebook Video
- Many public videos accessible via direct URL
- Search via Yahoo Japan with site:facebook.com
- African content especially prevalent on Facebook

## What Makes a Video "YouTube-Safe" to Repost
1. Original uploader is an ordinary person (not a professional creator)
2. Video has low views on original platform (<1000)
3. No visible watermark from a known creator
4. Content is not from a professional media company
5. Yahoo Japan search for key descriptors + site:youtube.com returns no matches

## Critical: Topic Diversity

When delivering N videos in one batch, **avoid topic overlap**.
- ❌ Bad: 10 videos where 4+ are "India vs Pakistan vs Bangladesh" comparisons
- ✅ Good: Spread across different countries, different themes
- If search results are limited, widen the country/theme scope rather than accepting duplicates
- **Check all titles before downloading** — remove duplicates in the search phase

## Known Challenges
- Most LDC countries don't have dedicated video platforms
- Content is shared via Facebook/WhatsApp/TikTok, not standalone sites
- Downloading from these platforms requires specific tools
- Language barriers — video descriptions may be in local languages
- Internet infrastructure in these countries means lower video quality