# Changelog of YouTube Transcript Scraper (`nokia2k/youtube-transcript-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nokia2k/youtube-transcript-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/nokia2k/youtube-transcript-scraper.md

## Changelog

### 1.0 (2026-10-07)

First release.

- Transcripts for a list of YouTube videos in one run: watch, youtu.be, Shorts, live and embed links, and video IDs.
- Output formats: plain text, timestamped text, JSON segments, SRT and WebVTT.
- Each video in the language it is spoken in by default, without knowing the language in advance.
- Language priority list with a dropdown of 70 languages, language names or codes, regional variants, fallback to the original language, and YouTube machine translation.
- Optional `.srt`, `.vtt` and `.txt` files per video with download links.
- Live streams that are running, upcoming or not processed yet are reported with the reason.
- Choice between human-made and auto-generated captions.
- Optional merging of caption lines into longer blocks.
- Video details with every transcript: title, channel, duration, views, description, keywords and thumbnail.
- A status and a message for every input value. Only delivered transcripts are charged.
- Built for speed: about 3 seconds for one video, 30 videos in about 5 seconds.
- Drop-in input and output for workflows built for single-video transcript Actors (`videoUrl`, `targetLanguage`, `data`).