FreeTubeApp
[Feature Request]: Transcripts
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- [X] I have searched the issue tracker for open and closed issues that are similar to the feature request I want to file, without success.
- [X] I have searched the documentation for information that matches the description of the feature request I want to file, without success.
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Problem Description
Video transcripts aren't available within the app.
Proposed Solution
Similar UX to YouTube, having a text box with timestamped transcript as well as being able to save it as a text file.
Alternatives Considered
N/A
Issue Labels
display more information to user, new feature
Additional Information
No response
@ChunkyProgrammer Every video with subtitles e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YFR20MmvpM
On YouTube on the watch page, click the 3 dots button next to the save one:
Both YouTube.js and Invidious don't currently support it. When I looked into it in the past, it requires messing around with protobufs (to tell it which subtitle track to pick), so definitely something that we want support for upstream first.
Definitely, you need a place to get the transcript. That's the only bad thing I've noticed so far. 8-)
On YouTube the transcripts are just the captions displayed differently (yes the text content is identical). Until we get around to implementing a special UI for that, you can also click the download button underneath a video and download the captions file, then you can have it open in a text editor next to FreeTube.
you can also click the download button underneath a video and download the captions file, then you can have it open in a text editor next to FreeTube.
Okay, I'll try that. I thought that was to download the video itself. (Downloading the video would also be a handy feature to have.)
