#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ Download YouTube subtitles/transcript for summarization. Usage: python3 youtube_subs.py [language] """ import subprocess import sys import os import json import re from pathlib import Path def clean_vtt(content): """Convert VTT to plain text, removing timestamps and duplicates.""" lines = [] seen = set() for line in content.split('\n'): # Skip VTT headers, timestamps, positioning if line.startswith('WEBVTT') or line.startswith('Kind:') or line.startswith('Language:'): continue if '-->' in line: # Timestamp line continue if line.strip().startswith('<'): # Positioning tags continue if not line.strip(): continue if re.match(r'^\d+$', line.strip()): # Sequence numbers continue # Clean HTML tags clean = re.sub(r'<[^>]+>', '', line).strip() if clean and clean not in seen: seen.add(clean) lines.append(clean) return ' '.join(lines) def get_subtitles(url, lang='en'): """Download subtitles for a YouTube video.""" yt_dlp = os.path.expanduser('~/.local/bin/yt-dlp') temp_dir = Path('/tmp/yt_subs') temp_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True) # Clean old files for f in temp_dir.glob('*'): f.unlink() # First, get video info info_cmd = [yt_dlp, '--dump-json', '--no-download', url] try: result = subprocess.run(info_cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30) if result.returncode == 0: info = json.loads(result.stdout) title = info.get('title', 'Unknown') duration = info.get('duration', 0) print(f"Title: {title}", file=sys.stderr) print(f"Duration: {duration//60}:{duration%60:02d}", file=sys.stderr) except Exception as e: title = "Unknown" print(f"Could not get video info: {e}", file=sys.stderr) # Try to get subtitles in order of preference lang_preferences = [lang, 'ro', 'en', 'en-US', 'en-GB'] for try_lang in lang_preferences: # Try manual subtitles first cmd = [ yt_dlp, '--write-subs', '--sub-langs', try_lang, '--skip-download', '-o', str(temp_dir / '%(id)s.%(ext)s'), url ] subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, timeout=60) # Check if we got subtitles for ext in ['vtt', 'srt', 'ass']: for sub_file in temp_dir.glob(f'*.{try_lang}*.{ext}'): content = sub_file.read_text(encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') return title, clean_vtt(content) # Try auto-generated subtitles for try_lang in lang_preferences: cmd = [ yt_dlp, '--write-auto-subs', '--sub-langs', try_lang, '--skip-download', '-o', str(temp_dir / '%(id)s.%(ext)s'), url ] subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, timeout=60) for ext in ['vtt', 'srt', 'ass']: for sub_file in temp_dir.glob(f'*.{ext}'): content = sub_file.read_text(encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') text = clean_vtt(content) if text: return title, text return title, None if __name__ == '__main__': if len(sys.argv) < 2: print("Usage: python3 youtube_subs.py [language]") sys.exit(1) url = sys.argv[1] lang = sys.argv[2] if len(sys.argv) > 2 else 'en' title, transcript = get_subtitles(url, lang) if transcript: print(f"\n=== {title} ===\n") print(transcript) else: print(f"No subtitles found for: {title}", file=sys.stderr) sys.exit(1)