# Download transcripts for a whole YouTube playlist

**Use case:** 

Paste a playlist URL and get a timestamped transcript for every video in it as one dataset you can export to JSON, CSV or Excel. Useful for course notes, research and content repurposing. Pay per video; videos without captions are free.

## Input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDNU6R1_67000Dx_ZCJB-3pi"
    }
  ],
  "searchQueries": [],
  "maxVideosPerSource": 50,
  "languages": [
    "en"
  ],
  "outputMode": "video",
  "chunkSizeTokens": 500,
  "chunkOverlapTokens": 50,
  "includeSegments": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "videoId": {
    "label": "Video ID"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title"
  },
  "channel": {
    "label": "Channel"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "URL"
  },
  "language": {
    "label": "Lang"
  },
  "durationSec": {
    "label": "Duration (s)"
  },
  "wordCount": {
    "label": "Words"
  },
  "chunkCount": {
    "label": "Chunks"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Transcript Extractor & API (Bulk + RAG Chunks)](https://apify.com/agentbuilt/youtube-transcript-bulk.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/agentbuilt/youtube-transcript-bulk.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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