Get transcripts of every video in a YouTube playlist

Created by

Cairnware

Actor

YouTube Transcript Scraper: Channels & Playlists

Paste a playlist link and get one row per video: the full transcript text, timestamped lines, title, channel, duration and views. This example reads 3Blue1Brown's Essence of linear algebra playlist (16 videos). Listing the playlist is free; you pay $0.004 per transcript delivered and nothing for videos without captions.

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YouTube Transcript Scraper: Channels & Playlistscairnware/youtube-transcript-scraper

Video

Title

Channel

Status

+9 fields

Input

YouTube videos, playlists, channels or searches:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2xVFitgF8hE_ab

Max videos per playlist, channel or search:20

Preferred languages:en

Fall back to the original language:true

Include auto-generated captions:true

Timestamped segments:true

SRT subtitles:false

Split by chapters:false

Full video details:true

Proxy configuration:{2 fields}

Max retries per request:6

Parallel videos:5

Output fields

Video

Title

Channel

Status

Language

Auto captions

Words

Duration (s)

Views

Published

Transcript

Error

Scraped at

How it works

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The YouTube Transcript Scraper: Channels & Playlists Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Get transcripts of every video in a YouTube playlist". Sign up or log in and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

Start the "Get transcripts of every video in a YouTube playlist" task

The YouTube Transcript Scraper: Channels & Playlists Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like youtube videos, playlists, channels or searches, max videos per playlist, channel or search, and more, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Get transcripts of every video in a YouTube playlist" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as video, title, channel, and more.

Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Get transcripts of every video in a YouTube playlist" task via API.