# Changelog of Video Transcript Scraper (`automation-lab/video-transcript-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/automation-lab/video-transcript-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/automation-lab/video-transcript-scraper.md

## Changelog

This changelog highlights releases that materially changed Video Transcript Scraper for users. Dates use UTC; routine maintenance is intentionally omitted.

### 2026-08-31

*Features*

- Successful transcript results now include ready-to-use `srt` and `vtt` subtitle documents generated from the existing timed segments.
- Error results expose both subtitle fields as `null`, making batch output consistent and easy to validate.

### 2026-08-16

*Features*

- Added an optional `preferredLanguage` input for selecting an exact manual or generated YouTube caption track while preserving English-first behavior by default.
- Explicit language requests now return an error instead of silently falling back when that YouTube caption language is unavailable.

### 2026-05-06

*Pricing*

- Added platform-specific transcript pricing for YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram videos.

### 2026-04-08

*Reliability*

- Improved transcript extraction reliability after scheduled-run failures.

### 2026-04-05

*Features*

- Initial release for extracting timestamped transcripts and captions from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram Reels, and Facebook Reels.