Youtube Playlist Transcript Downloader

A simple python script to help you download the transcripts of all videos in a Youtube Playlist

Features

• Download transcripts for YouTube videos in a playlist
• Support for multiple languages
• Multi-threaded downloading for faster performance

Setup

1. Clone this repository and create the python venv:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/my-transcript-downloader.git
   cd my-transcript-downloader
   python3 -m venv .venv

2. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the script:

   python transcript.py --playlist_url "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=YOUR_PLAYLIST_ID"

Configuration

• --languages: Comma-separated list of language codes (e.g. 'en, de')
• --output_dir: Directory to save the transcripts (defaults to the playlist name)
• --multi: Number of threads to use for parallel downloads (default is 5)