What comes out
One ZIP named after the channel: a transcripts/ folder with a file per video named date - title, plus manifest.csv and manifest.json recording each video's status, caption track, and a SHA-256 checksum. A channel job's files look like this:
Practical Skills/ ├─ transcripts/ │ ├─ 2026-05-02 - How to learn anything faster.txt │ ├─ 2026-04-18 - The long-form interview.txt │ └─ … ├─ manifest.csv └─ manifest.json
How it works
The tool walks the playlist in order, pulls each public video's caption track — creator-written when it exists, auto-generated otherwise — and formats everything consistently. Results stream onto a live, bookmarkable job page: previously requested videos appear instantly from the permanent cache, new ones tick in as they're fetched. Playlists shine for courses and podcast seasons, where the curated order is the point.
Honest limitations
500 videos per job, with a one-click "next 500" continuation for longer playlists; 2,000 new videos per person per day (cached videos are unmetered). A cold 500-video channel takes 15–45 minutes because fetches are paced. Private, members-only, and captionless videos can't be fetched — they're listed in the manifest with the reason instead of disappearing.
Common questions
Whose playlists work?
Any public playlist — yours or anyone's — including standard PL… lists and uploads lists (UU…). Private and unlisted playlists the link cannot reach will not enumerate.
Which formats can I pick?
TXT (clean, timestamped, or both-in-one), SRT and VTT subtitles, Markdown for Obsidian and Notion, or timed JSON for pipelines.
Do I need an account?
No account, no email, no payment. The FAQ lists every limit in plain numbers.
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