diff --git a/objects/Encoder.php b/objects/Encoder.php
index 9116a2d5..e5d3d7b7 100644
--- a/objects/Encoder.php
+++ b/objects/Encoder.php
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ public static function downloadFile($queue_id)
             return $obj;
         }
 
-        if (file_exists($obj->pathFileName)) {
+        if (file_exists($obj->pathFileName) && filesize($obj->pathFileName) > 20) {
             if ($q->getStatus() == 'queue') {
                 self::setDownloaded($queue_id, $obj->pathFileName);
             }
@@ -708,25 +708,34 @@ public static function downloadFile($queue_id)
 
         if (!empty($q->getVideoDownloadedLink())) {
             $videoURL = $q->getVideoDownloadedLink();
-            $downloadWithPytubeFilename = '';
-            if (self::isPythonAndPytubeInstalled() && isYouTubeUrl($videoURL)) {
-                $downloadWithPytubeFilename = 'video_download_' . $queue_id;
-                $response = self::downloadWithPytube($videoURL, $downloadWithPytubeFilename);
-            }
-            if(empty($downloadWithPytubeFilename) || $response->error){
-                //begin youtube-dl downloading and symlink it to the video temp file
-                $response = static::getYoutubeDl($videoURL, $queue_id, $obj->pathFileName);
-                if (!empty($response)) {
-                    _error_log("downloadFile:getYoutubeDl SUCCESS queue_id = {$queue_id}");
-                    $obj->pathFileName = $response;
-                    $obj->error = false;
-                } else {
-                    _error_log("downloadFile:getYoutubeDl ERROR queue_id = {$queue_id}");
-                    $obj->error = false;
-                }
+
+            if(isFTPURL($videoURL)){
+                require_once __DIR__ . '/FTPDownloader.php';
+                FTPDownloader::copy($videoURL, $obj->pathFileName);
+                $obj->error = !file_exists($obj->pathFileName);
             }else{
-                $obj->pathFileName =  "{$global['systemRootPath']}videos/pytube/{$downloadWithPytubeFilename}/video.mp4";
+
+                $downloadWithPytubeFilename = '';
+                if (self::isPythonAndPytubeInstalled() && isYouTubeUrl($videoURL)) {
+                    $downloadWithPytubeFilename = 'video_download_' . $queue_id;
+                    $response = self::downloadWithPytube($videoURL, $downloadWithPytubeFilename);
+                }
+                if(empty($downloadWithPytubeFilename) || $response->error){
+                    //begin youtube-dl downloading and symlink it to the video temp file
+                    $response = static::getYoutubeDl($videoURL, $queue_id, $obj->pathFileName);
+                    if (!empty($response)) {
+                        _error_log("downloadFile:getYoutubeDl SUCCESS queue_id = {$queue_id}");
+                        $obj->pathFileName = $response;
+                        $obj->error = false;
+                    } else {
+                        _error_log("downloadFile:getYoutubeDl ERROR queue_id = {$queue_id}");
+                        $obj->error = false;
+                    }
+                }else{
+                    $obj->pathFileName =  "{$global['systemRootPath']}videos/pytube/{$downloadWithPytubeFilename}/video.mp4";
+                }
             }
+
         } else {
             _error_log("downloadFile: not using getYoutubeDl");
             //symlink the downloaded file to the video temp file ($obj-pathFileName)
@@ -980,9 +989,9 @@ public static function getQueue($status = array(), $streamers_id = 0)
             $sql .= " AND streamers_id = {$streamers_id} ";
         }
 
-        $sql .= " ORDER BY 
-            CASE WHEN priority IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END ASC, 
-            priority ASC, 
+        $sql .= " ORDER BY
+            CASE WHEN priority IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END ASC,
+            priority ASC,
             e.id ASC ";
         //var_dump($sql);
         /**
@@ -2794,7 +2803,7 @@ public static function getTitleFromLink($link, $streamers_id, $addOauthFromProvi
         if (!isWindows()) {
             $prepend = 'LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 ';
         }
-        
+
         $link = str_replace("'", '', $link);
         $link = escapeshellarg($link);
         $response = array('error' => true, 'output' => '');
@@ -2896,7 +2905,7 @@ public static function getDescriptionFromLink($link, $streamers_id, $addOauthFro
         if (empty($link)) {
             return '';
         }
-        
+
         if (self::isPythonAndPytubeInstalled() && isYouTubeUrl($link)) {
             $resp = self::getDescriptionFromLinkWithPytube($link);
             if(!empty($resp)){
diff --git a/objects/FTPDownloader.php b/objects/FTPDownloader.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e828857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/objects/FTPDownloader.php
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<?php
+
+class FTPDownloader
+{
+    private $ftpUrl;
+    private $ftpHost;
+    private $ftpUser;
+    private $ftpPass;
+    private $ftpPort;
+    private $ftpConn;
+    private $remotePath = '/';
+
+    public function __construct($ftpUrl)
+    {
+        global $global;
+        $this->ftpUrl = addLastSlash($ftpUrl);
+        $this->parseFtpUrl($ftpUrl);
+    }
+
+    private function parseFtpUrl($ftpUrl)
+    {
+        $parsedUrl = parse_url($ftpUrl);
+        if (!$parsedUrl || !isset($parsedUrl['scheme']) || $parsedUrl['scheme'] !== 'ftp') {
+            throw new Exception("Invalid FTP URL");
+        }
+
+        $this->ftpHost = $parsedUrl['host'] ?? '';
+        $this->ftpUser = $parsedUrl['user'] ?? 'anonymous';
+        $this->ftpPass = $parsedUrl['pass'] ?? '';
+        $this->ftpPort = $parsedUrl['port'] ?? 21;
+        $this->remotePath = $parsedUrl['path'] ?? '/';
+    }
+
+    public function connect()
+    {
+        $this->ftpConn = ftp_connect($this->ftpHost, $this->ftpPort);
+        if (!$this->ftpConn) {
+            throw new Exception("Could not connect to FTP server");
+        }
+
+        if (!ftp_login($this->ftpConn, $this->ftpUser, $this->ftpPass)) {
+            throw new Exception("Could not log in to FTP server");
+        }
+
+        ftp_pasv($this->ftpConn, true); // Enable passive mode
+    }
+
+    public function queueFiles()
+    {
+        $files = ftp_nlist($this->ftpConn, $this->remotePath);
+        if ($files === false) {
+            throw new Exception("Could not list files in directory");
+        }
+
+        foreach ($files as $file) {
+            if (preg_match('/\.(mp4|mp3)$/i', $file)) {
+                $basename = basename($file);
+                $link = "{$this->ftpUrl}{$basename}";
+                addVideo($link, Login::getStreamerId(), $basename);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    static function copy($ftpUrl, $savePath)
+    {
+        _error_log("FTP copy($ftpUrl, $savePath)");
+
+        $savePath = str_replace('..', '', $savePath);
+
+        $command = "wget -O \"$savePath\" \"$ftpUrl\" ";
+
+        exec($command);
+
+        return file_exists($savePath) && filesize($savePath) > 20;
+    }
+
+
+    public function close()
+    {
+        if ($this->ftpConn) {
+            ftp_close($this->ftpConn);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/objects/functions.php b/objects/functions.php
index 552bd0e7..d2268666 100644
--- a/objects/functions.php
+++ b/objects/functions.php
@@ -1432,6 +1432,10 @@ function _error_log($message)
     error_log($str);
 }
 
+function isFTPURL($url){
+    return preg_match('/^ftps?:/i', $url);
+}
+
 function addVideo($link, $streamers_id, $title = "") {
     $obj = new stdClass();
     // remove list parameter from
@@ -1599,7 +1603,7 @@ function addQueryStringParameter($url, $varname, $value)
         parse_str($parsedUrl['query'], $query);
     }
     $query[$varname] = $value;
-    
+
     // Ensure 'current' is the last parameter
     $currentValue = null;
     if (isset($query['current'])) {
diff --git a/objects/security.php b/objects/security.php
index 5abe6a06..0b27c20f 100644
--- a/objects/security.php
+++ b/objects/security.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
     foreach ($filterURL as $key => $value) {
         if (!empty($scanThis[$value])) {
-            if (!filter_var($scanThis[$value], FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) || !preg_match("/^http.*/i", $scanThis[$value])) {
+            if (!filter_var($scanThis[$value], FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) || !preg_match("/^(http|ftp).*/i", $scanThis[$value])) {
                 //_error_log($value.' attack ' . json_encode($_SERVER), AVideoLog::$SECURITY);
                 unset($scanThis[$value]);
             } else {
diff --git a/view/youtubeDl.json.php b/view/youtubeDl.json.php
index b36bae9a..c9b4484a 100644
--- a/view/youtubeDl.json.php
+++ b/view/youtubeDl.json.php
@@ -10,51 +10,68 @@
 
 session_write_close();
 
-if (!empty($_REQUEST['webSiteRootURL']) && !empty($_REQUEST['user']) && !empty($_REQUEST['pass']) && empty($_REQUEST['justLogin'])) {
-    error_log("youtubeDl.json: Login::run");
-    Login::run($_REQUEST['user'], $_REQUEST['pass'], $_REQUEST['webSiteRootURL'], true);
-}
-
-if (!Login::canUpload()) {
-    $obj->msg = "This user can not upload files";
+if (empty($_REQUEST['videoURL'])) {
+    $obj->msg = "videoURL is empty";
 } else {
-    if (!($streamers_id = Login::getStreamerId())) {
-        $obj->msg = "There is no streamer site";
+    if (!empty($_REQUEST['webSiteRootURL']) && !empty($_REQUEST['user']) && !empty($_REQUEST['pass']) && empty($_REQUEST['justLogin'])) {
+        error_log("youtubeDl.json: Login::run");
+        Login::run($_REQUEST['user'], $_REQUEST['pass'], $_REQUEST['webSiteRootURL'], true);
+    }
+
+    if (!Login::canUpload()) {
+        $obj->msg = "This user can not upload files";
     } else {
-        // if it is a channel
-        $rexexp = "/^(http(s)?:\/\/)?((w){3}.)?youtu(be|.be)?(\.com)?\/(channel|user).+/";
-        if (preg_match($rexexp, $_REQUEST['videoURL'])) {
-            if (!Login::canBulkEncode()) {
-                $obj->msg = "Channel Import is disabled";
-                die(json_encode($obj));
-            }
-            $start = 0;
-            $end = 100;
-            if (!empty($_REQUEST['startIndex'])) {
-                $start = $current = intval($_REQUEST['startIndex']);
-            }
-            if (!empty($_REQUEST['endIndex'])) {
-                $end = intval($_REQUEST['endIndex']);
-            }
-            error_log("Processing Channel {$start} to {$end}");
-            $list = Encoder::getReverseVideosJsonListFromLink($_REQUEST['videoURL'], Login::getStreamerId());
-            $i = $start;
-            for (; $i <= $end; $i++) {
-                if (is_object($list[$i]) && empty($list[$i]->id)) {
-                    error_log(($i) . " Not Object " .  print_r($list[$i], true));
-                    continue;
+        if (!($streamers_id = Login::getStreamerId())) {
+            $obj->msg = "There is no streamer site";
+        } else {
+            // if it is a channel
+            $rexexp = "/^(http(s)?:\/\/)?((w){3}.)?youtu(be|.be)?(\.com)?\/(channel|user).+/";
+            if (preg_match($rexexp, $_REQUEST['videoURL'])) {
+                if (!Login::canBulkEncode()) {
+                    $obj->msg = "Channel Import is disabled";
+                    die(json_encode($obj));
+                }
+                $start = 0;
+                $end = 100;
+                if (!empty($_REQUEST['startIndex'])) {
+                    $start = $current = intval($_REQUEST['startIndex']);
+                }
+                if (!empty($_REQUEST['endIndex'])) {
+                    $end = intval($_REQUEST['endIndex']);
+                }
+                error_log("Processing Channel {$start} to {$end}");
+                $list = Encoder::getReverseVideosJsonListFromLink($_REQUEST['videoURL'], Login::getStreamerId());
+                $i = $start;
+                for (; $i <= $end; $i++) {
+                    if (is_object($list[$i]) && empty($list[$i]->id)) {
+                        error_log(($i) . " Not Object " .  print_r($list[$i], true));
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    error_log(($i) . " Process Video {$list[$i]->id}");
+                    $url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={$list[$i]->url}";
+                    $obj = addVideo($url, $streamers_id, $list[$i]->title);
+                }
+                error_log("Process Done Total {$i}");
+            } else {
+                if (isFTPURL($_REQUEST['videoURL'])) {
+                    require_once __DIR__ . '/../objects/FTPDownloader.php';
+                    try {
+                        $downloader = new FTPDownloader($_REQUEST['videoURL']);
+                        $downloader->connect();
+                        $downloader->queueFiles();
+                        $downloader->close();
+                    } catch (Exception $e) {
+                        echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n";
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    $obj = addVideo($_REQUEST['videoURL'], $streamers_id, @$_REQUEST['videoTitle']);
                 }
-                error_log(($i) . " Process Video {$list[$i]->id}");
-                $url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={$list[$i]->url}";
-                $obj = addVideo($url, $streamers_id, $list[$i]->title);
             }
-            error_log("Process Done Total {$i}");
-        } else {
-            $obj = addVideo($_REQUEST['videoURL'], $streamers_id, @$_REQUEST['videoTitle']);
         }
     }
 }
-if(empty($doNotDie)){
+
+if (empty($doNotDie)) {
     echo (json_encode($obj));
     exit;
 }