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YouTube Audio Transcription Script

Overview

yt_scribe.py is a command-line tool that downloads audio from YouTube videos, transcribes the audio using OpenAI's Whisper model, and exports both the transcription and relevant metadata as files.

Features

  • Audio Download: Extracts audio from YouTube videos.
  • Automatic Transcription: Transcribes audio using Whisper with GPU/CPU support.
  • Language Auto-Detection: Detects language automatically if not specified.
  • Metadata Export: Saves video metadata (title, channel, publish date, and detected language) to a JSON file.
  • Customizable Output: Configurable model size, language, and output directory.

Requirements

  • Python 3.8+
  • Libraries:
    • torch
    • whisper
    • yt-dlp
    • argparse
    • json

Installation

  1. Download the script.
  2. Install dependencies: 
    pip install torch whisper yt-dlp

Usage

Basic Command:

python yt_scribe.py -u "<YouTube_URL>" -o <output_directory>

Command-Line Arguments:

Argument Description Default
-u, --urls Comma-separated YouTube URLs or file path Required
-o, --output_dir Output directory Current directory
-m, --model_size Whisper model size (tiny, base, small, medium, large) base
-l, --language Language code (e.g., en, es) or auto-detection Auto-detect

Example:

python yt_scribe.py -u "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" -o transcriptions/ -m base -l en

Processing a List of URLs:

python yt_scribe.py -u youtube_urls.txt -o transcriptions/

Output Files

  1. Transcription File: <video_title>_transcription.txt
  2. Metadata File: <video_title>_metadata.json

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contact

For any questions, reach out at my mail.