# YouTube Podcast Transcripts for Show Notes Drafting

**Use case:** 

Collect available caption text and timed segments from known podcast videos to use when drafting show notes in your own writing process. Keep the video and language references with the text; the task does not generate summaries, identify speakers or transcribe videos without exposed captions.

## Input

```json
{
  "inputList": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY"
  ],
  "language": ""
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "input": {
    "label": "Input",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "video.id": {
    "label": "Video / ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "video.url": {
    "label": "Video / URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "video.title": {
    "label": "Video / Title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "video.channel_id": {
    "label": "Video / Channel ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "video.author": {
    "label": "Video / Author",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "video.views": {
    "label": "Video / Views",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "requested_language": {
    "label": "Requested Language",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "language": {
    "label": "Language",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "language_name": {
    "label": "Language Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "is_generated": {
    "label": "Is Generated",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "is_translated": {
    "label": "Is Translated",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "transcript_available": {
    "label": "Transcript Available",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "full_text": {
    "label": "Full Text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "segments.text": {
    "label": "Segments / Text",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "segments.start_seconds": {
    "label": "Segments / Start Seconds",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "segments.duration_seconds": {
    "label": "Segments / Duration Seconds",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "segments.end_seconds": {
    "label": "Segments / End Seconds",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "segments.timestamp": {
    "label": "Segments / Timestamp",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "segments_count": {
    "label": "Segments Count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "tracks.name": {
    "label": "Tracks / Name",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "tracks.language_code": {
    "label": "Tracks / Language Code",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "tracks.vss_id": {
    "label": "Tracks / Vss ID",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "tracks.url": {
    "label": "Tracks / URL",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "tracks.is_auto_generated": {
    "label": "Tracks / Is Auto Generated",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "tracks.is_translatable": {
    "label": "Tracks / Is Translatable",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "translation_languages.language_code": {
    "label": "Translation Languages / Language Code",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "translation_languages.name": {
    "label": "Translation Languages / Name",
    "format": "array"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Transcript Scraper – Text & Timestamps](https://apify.com/scrapingmonkey/youtube-video-transcript-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/scrapingmonkey/youtube-video-transcript-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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