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Clean any .sbv transcript file from YouTube - remove blank lines and timecode
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| # clean any .sbv transcript file from YouTube | |
| # preserve linebreaks | |
| filename = input('What is the filename? (include .sbv) ') | |
| myfile = open(filename) | |
| mylist = myfile.readlines() | |
| myfile.close() | |
| length = str(len(mylist)) | |
| new_length = str( int(len(mylist) / 3) ) | |
| print('The original file is ' + length + ' lines.') | |
| print('The new file should be ' + new_length + ' lines.') | |
| # new file with same filename but with '.txt' extension | |
| new_filename = filename[:-3] + 'txt' | |
| newfile = open(new_filename, 'w') | |
| for item in mylist: | |
| if item != '\n' and item[:2] != '0:': | |
| newfile.write(item) | |
| newfile.close() |
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How to download a transcript from YouTube (your own video)
.sbv files are best for editing, e.g. to rewrite script entirely. Files are plain text.