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I just yt-dlp things now.

satvikpendem 3y ago
Yep, I have a script to yt-dlp then run whisper v3 on it, works very well especially for archiving certain videos and playlists.
- heavyset_go 3y ago
  Any reason you run Whisper on it when you can pull subtitles via yt-dlp?
  - satvikpendem 3y ago
    Not all videos have subtitles. I do initially run yt-dlp with the extract subtitles parameter, then I check whether those subtitles were downloaded, then if not, I run whisper.
    - heavyset_go 3y ago
      Have you found Whisper to be better than Google's automated subtitles? Might integrate it into my backup scripts myself.
      - satvikpendem 3y ago
        Much better, actually. Try the large-v3 model, it's great. I use it via whisper-ctranslate2 which is a faster implementation. https://github.com/Softcatala/whisper-ctranslate2 https://github.com/Softcatala/whisper-ctranslate2
        heavyset_go 3y ago
        Nice, thanks for the info.
- SushiHippie 3y ago
  Couldn't you just use the subtitles from youtube directly? https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#subtitle-options https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#subtitle-options Or are these worse than whisper?
  - satvikpendem 3y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38622439 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38622439
  - lysp 3y ago
    I'm not sure about whisper, but find YT subtitles pretty poor. I generally watch videos on 1.5-2x speed (depending on speed of person talking). I also turn on subtitles in case I miss a word due to the speed, and find it very random at times.
  - joshspankit 3y ago
    I always thought YT missed a major opportunity: let users submit corrections to the subtitles (probably by clicking on the words it got wrong). It would have made the experience so much better for everyone who uses subtitles.
    - satvikpendem 3y ago
      They did have a feature similar to this, user-submitted subtitles, but the feature was shuttered.
gonzaloalvarez 3y ago
yt-dlp $(pbpaste) -o - | mplayer -fs -
- hexagonwin 3y ago
  Is there any reason to use mplayer instead of mpv?
catdog 3y ago
https://mpv.io/ https://mpv.io/ has yt-dlp support, if yt-dlp is installed you just need to throw the URL at it and it plays the video (without download).
- satvikpendem 3y ago
  It does, however I could never get SponsorBlock support to work with it, even with the plugins.

Yep, I have a script to yt-dlp then run whisper v3 on it, works very well especially for archiving certain videos and playlists.

heavyset_go 3y ago
Any reason you run Whisper on it when you can pull subtitles via yt-dlp?
- satvikpendem 3y ago
  Not all videos have subtitles. I do initially run yt-dlp with the extract subtitles parameter, then I check whether those subtitles were downloaded, then if not, I run whisper.
  - heavyset_go 3y ago
    Have you found Whisper to be better than Google's automated subtitles? Might integrate it into my backup scripts myself.
    - satvikpendem 3y ago
      Much better, actually. Try the large-v3 model, it's great. I use it via whisper-ctranslate2 which is a faster implementation. https://github.com/Softcatala/whisper-ctranslate2 https://github.com/Softcatala/whisper-ctranslate2
      - heavyset_go 3y ago
        Nice, thanks for the info.
SushiHippie 3y ago
Couldn't you just use the subtitles from youtube directly? https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#subtitle-options https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#subtitle-options Or are these worse than whisper?
- satvikpendem 3y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38622439 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38622439
- lysp 3y ago
  I'm not sure about whisper, but find YT subtitles pretty poor. I generally watch videos on 1.5-2x speed (depending on speed of person talking). I also turn on subtitles in case I miss a word due to the speed, and find it very random at times.
- joshspankit 3y ago
  I always thought YT missed a major opportunity: let users submit corrections to the subtitles (probably by clicking on the words it got wrong). It would have made the experience so much better for everyone who uses subtitles.
  - satvikpendem 3y ago
    They did have a feature similar to this, user-submitted subtitles, but the feature was shuttered.

gonzaloalvarez 3y ago

yt-dlp $(pbpaste) -o - | mplayer -fs -

hexagonwin 3y ago
Is there any reason to use mplayer instead of mpv?

catdog 3y ago

https://mpv.io/ https://mpv.io/ has yt-dlp support, if yt-dlp is installed you just need to throw the URL at it and it plays the video (without download).

satvikpendem 3y ago
It does, however I could never get SponsorBlock support to work with it, even with the plugins.