Youtube changed the API so this script is outdated and not working... Not planing on fixing it anytime soon. Sorry
As an alternative use youtube-dl with the --write-auto-sub option (thanks to coderholic)
This class allows you to download the caption from a video from you tube It support: - Downloading a track if video has multiple tracks (you have to know the name of the track) - Automatic translation to another language
Example:
>>> import getyoutubecc
#import the library
>>> cc = getyoutubecc.getyoutubecc('2XraaWefBd8','en')
# Now in cc.caption_obj are the parsed captions, its syntax is like:
# [{'texlines': [u"caption first line", 'caption second line'],
# 'time': {'hours':'1', 'min':'2','sec':44,'msec':232} }]
# Modify the caption as you want if desired
>>> cc.writeSrtFile('captionsfile.srt')
#write the contents to a srt file
Notes:
MULTITRACK VIDEO
if video is a multitrack video (or the track has a name) you need
to specify the name of the track:
>>> cc = getyoutubecc.getyoutubecc('pNiFoYt69-w','fr','french')
TRANSLATE VIDEO
if you prefer the automatic translation to another language use
the lang code
>>> cc = getyoutubecc.getyoutubecc('pNiFoYt69-w','fr','french', tlang:'es')
If you prefer the command line version of this, or just to test it:
$ ./getyoutubecc.py -h
getyoutubecc -v <video_id> -l <language_id> [-t <track_name>] [-T <translate_to>]
Example: getyoutubecc -v pNiFoYt69-w -l fr -t french -T es
Example: getyoutubecc -v 2XraaWefBd8 -l en
NOTE: if video has a track name, the -t argument is mandatory
OPTIONS:
-v --videoid Video id. Like 2XraaWefBd8. It appears in every youtube URL
-l --language iso lang code. Like en, es, fr..
-t --track The name of the track if video has several. You will have to find out
this name in the youtube page of the video
-T --translate iso lang code. Like en,es, fr of the language you want to tranlate to
this code is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
- Test the code, different languages in diferent videos for instance
- Improve regular expresion
- Add support for the automatic generate captions service in youtube