Video Transcript
yt-dlp + whisper

Paste a link.
Keep the file and the words.

One box instead of four commands. The video comes back as a file you can trim, and the speech comes back as text with timecodes.

Log in with idgo first. Your link is kept while you do.

3modes: file, text, both
1000+sites yt-dlp knows
60 minfiles are kept, then deleted
the four commands this replacesbash
$ yt-dlp -f bv+ba --merge-output-format mp4 URL
$ ffmpeg -ss 00:12 -to 00:41 -c copy cut.mp4
$ ffmpeg -i cut.mp4 -vf crop=608:1080 vertical.mp4
$ whisper cut.mp4 --model base --output_format srt
ERROR: HTTP 403 · sign in to confirm you are not a bot
Here, one paste
Mint Blitz - The Plot Thickens - 11-41.mp4
downloading62%4.1 MB/s
Brattvåg IL - Målet i 90. minutt.mp4
donemp4 18.2 MB214 words
YouTubeXTwitchRedditTikTokVimeoInstagramFacebook+ ~1 000 more

Three screens. Paste, watch the queue, take the file.

Get started
01 — paste

Paste the links

One per line. The queue keeps its order and runs them in turn.

02 — trim

Cut before you save

In and out point, a crop shape, and the export keeps the original quality.

03 — read

Get the words too

Whisper writes the transcript, with timecodes you can jump from.

Every file the job produced, in one place

The video, the text and the subtitles come out of the same run. Save the one you need, or take them all.

mp4mp3txt srtvtt
MP4Mint Blitz - The Plot Thickens - 11-41.mp418.2 MB
TXTMint Blitz - The Plot Thickens - 11-41.txt214 words
SRTMint Blitz - The Plot Thickens - 11-41.srt132 segments

Questions

Short answers. The awkward one is answered too.

Do I need an account?

Yes, an idgo account. It is the shared login for these apps, and it costs nothing.

Is this legal?

Downloading a video you do not own can break the site terms, and in some countries the law. The tool does not check that for you. Use it on your own material, on what you have permission to take, or on what the licence allows.

Why does YouTube fail sometimes?

YouTube blocks the address this server runs on. Other sites go straight through, and a YouTube link usually works from your own machine with yt-dlp.

How long are the files kept?

An hour. This is a workbench, not storage: fetch, save, move on.

What does it run on?

yt-dlp does the fetching and Whisper writes the text. Both are open source.

Paste your first link.

Log in with idgo, and the queue is yours.

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