GUIDES

Get the words.
Do the work.

Short, practical walkthroughs for turning YouTube captions into files you can actually use.

Download every transcript from a YouTube channel

The core workflow: paste a channel, get a ZIP of clean transcript files with manifests — including how the 500-per-job batches and continuation work.

YouTube transcripts to Obsidian & Notion

Export whole channels as Markdown files with timestamped bullets, ready to drop into a vault or workspace and search like notes.

YouTube transcripts as JSON for AI pipelines

The timed-JSON format documented: per-line start/end seconds, track metadata, checksums — built for RAG, embeddings, and scripts.

SRT vs VTT vs TXT: choosing a transcript format

What each of the seven export formats is actually for, and which to pick for reading, subtitling, note-taking, or code.