Python code to generate cue sheets (.cue files) from YouTube timestamps

cuemaker.py

import re

def pad_number(number,length=2,padding="0"):
    str_number = str(number)
    if len(str_number) < length:
        str_number = padding+str_number
    return str_number

def make_cue_tracks(inp,pattern="((\\d{1,2}):)?(\\d{1,2}):(\\d{1,2}) - (.*)",
                    hr=1,m=2,s=3,title=4,artist=None):

    matcher = re.compile(pattern)

    output = ""
    lines = inp.strip("\n").split("\n")
    if len(lines) > 99:
        raise ValueError("A cue sheet cannot contain more than 99 tracks!")
    for line in range(len(lines)):
        lines[line] = lines[line].strip()
        str_track = pad_number(line+1)

        match = matcher.match(lines[line])
        groups = list(match.groups())
        if groups[hr] == None: groups[hr] = "00"

        output += "\n    TRACK {n} AUDIO\n".format(n=str_track)
        output += "        TITLE \"{title}\"\n".format(title=groups[title])
        if isinstance(artist,int):
            output += "        PERFORMER {artist}\n".format(artist=groups[artist])
        output += "        INDEX 01 {m}:{s}:00".format(m=pad_number(int(groups[hr])*60+int(groups[m])),s=pad_number(groups[s]))

    return output

def make_cue(inp,performer,album,filename,form,rems={},*args,**kwargs):
    """Takes input text, artist, and album name, filename and type to produce a cue sheet. Optionally takes 'pattern' argument with 'hr', 'm', 's', and 'title' arguments to specify new regex patterns and group indices. 'artist' argument specifies artist regex index for tracks that have different artists."""
    output = "PERFORMER \"{performer}\"\nTITLE \"{album}\"\n".format(performer=performer,album=album)
    for key,item in rems.iteritems():
        output+="REM {k} {i}\n".format(k=key,i=item)

    output += "FILE \"{f}\" {t}".format(t=form.upper(),f=filename)
    output += make_cue_tracks(inp,*args,**kwargs)
    return output

Thanks Josh. Your python script is really handy!

I've incorporated changes that TheScienceOtter made here: https://gitlab.com/TheScienceOtter/cuemaker. And have made further changes in my gist fork. Thanks again!

I'm glad it could be of use to you @r-a-y. Thanks for helping to extend this into something a little more usable than my collection of functions :)