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Converts any YouTube video to text: full transcript plus timestamped segments, ready for summarization, RAG pipelines and AI agents. Completely free, no charge ever.

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Pay per usage

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omar khandji

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6 days ago

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MCP servers

YouTube videos

videos

Required

Video URLs or IDs. Accepts watch links, youtu.be links, Shorts, embeds and bare 11-character IDs.

Type:array

Preferred language

language

Optional

Two-letter language code (en, fr, es, de...). Human-written captions are always preferred over auto-generated ones. Leave empty for English, then the video's default.

Type:string

Default:

Include timestamped segments

includeSegments

Optional

Keep the per-line segments with start time and duration. Turn off for a plain-text transcript only.

Type:boolean

Default:true

Proxy configuration

proxyConfiguration

Optional

YouTube blocks datacenter IPs, so this Actor routes through a proxy. Leave the default (Apify Proxy) unless you have your own.

Type:object

Default:

{
  "useApifyProxy": true
}

Maximum charge (USD)

maxTotalChargeUsd

Optional

Hard maximum amount that this run may charge. The run stops before exceeding it.

Type:number

Minimum:0

Default:1

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