YouTube Subtitle Downloader and CSV Generator

This Go project automates the download of YouTube video subtitles and generates a CSV file containing video details and subtitle content.

Features

• Subtitle Download: Downloads subtitles from specified YouTube channels.
• Error Logging: Logs failed downloads to download_errors.log for troubleshooting.
• CSV Generation: Creates a CSV file (output.csv) with video ID, title, channel ID, description, and subtitles.
• Skipping Existing Downloads: Avoids re-downloading subtitles that already exist.
• Customizable: Control the number of videos to download per channel.
• Clear Mode: Removes all downloaded files and directories.

Prerequisites

• Go: Ensure you have Go installed on your system. You can download it from the official website: https://golang.org/

• youtube-dl: Install youtube-dl to fetch video information and subtitles. You can install it using pip:

  pip install youtube-dl

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/nesiler/youtube-cc-downloader

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd youtube-cc-downloader

3. Build the project:

   go build

Usage

1. Prepare the Channels File (channels.txt)

• Create a text file named channels.txt in the project's root directory.
• Each line should contain a YouTube channel ID (e.g., UC...).

2. Run the Downloader

• Default Mode: Downloads subtitles from channels in channels.txt and generates output.csv.

  ./download

• Download Mode: Downloads subtitles only, using channels.txt and a specified video count.

  ./download download

  (This will download 15 videos per channel by default.)

• Clear Mode: Removes all downloaded files and directories.

  ./download clear

• CSV Mode: Generates output.csv from existing subtitle files.

  ./download csv

Configuration

• Number of Videos: By default, the downloader fetches the latest 15 videos per channel. You can change this by modifying the count variable in main.go.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to enhance this project, please fork the repository and submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU License.