yt2cue.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Convert youtube timestamps to CUE file
# polprog 2024
# Released on 3 clause BSD License
# Use:  ./yt2cue.sh [description.txt] > title.cue

filename=$1

gawk '
BEGIN { FS = "-"; trackid = 1;
      print "PERFORMER \"XXX\"";
      print "TITLE \"XXX\"";
      print "FILE \"XXX\"";
 }

/^[0-9]{0,2}:?[0-9]{1,2}:[0-9]{2}/ {
      gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $2);
      gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $3);

	print "  TRACK " trackid " AUDIO";
	print "    TITLE \"" $3 "\"";
	print "    PERFORMER \""  $2 "\"";
      # Handle >1 hour
      n = split($1, time, ":");
      # Trim whitespace
      for(i = 1; i <= n; i++) gsub(/ /,"",time[i]);
      if(length(time) > 2){
      		      #print $1 " longer than 1h";
		      #print time[1] " "  time[2] " " time[3] "x";
		      print "    INDEX 01 " int(time[1])*60 + int(time[2]) ":" time[3] ":00";
      } else {
      	print "    INDEX 01 " time[1] ":" time[2] ":00";
      }

	
	trackid ++;
	 }

' < "${filename}"