VTT Merging Script

This Python script merges .vtt subtitle files from two folders (watch and shorts) and combines them into merged .vtt files. It outputs three merged subtitle files:

• One for captions from the watch folder.
• One for captions from the shorts folder.
• One combining all captions from both folders.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• webvtt-py library for reading .vtt files. You can install it using pip:

pip install webvtt-py

File Structure

Ensure the following folder structure:

your_project_folder/
├── watch/                # Folder containing VTT files for "watch"
├── shorts/               # Folder containing VTT files for "shorts"
├── merge/                # Folder where merged VTT files will be saved
├── merge_vtt.py          # Python script (this script)

• watch/: Place .vtt files related to "watch" content here.
• shorts/: Place .vtt files related to "shorts" content here.
• merge/: The merged .vtt files will be saved in this folder.

Usage

1. Place your .vtt subtitle files into the watch/ and shorts/ folders.
2. Run the script:

python merge_vtt.py

3. The script will generate the following merged files in the merge/ folder:
   • watch_merge.vtt: Merged captions from the watch folder.
   • shorts_merge.vtt: Merged captions from the shorts folder.
   • all_merge.vtt: Merged captions from both the watch and shorts folders.

How It Works

• The script reads all .vtt files in the watch/ and shorts/ folders.
• It merges the captions from these files and stores the result in a new file.
• Three merged .vtt files are generated:
  • watch_merge.vtt: Contains merged captions from the watch folder.
  • shorts_merge.vtt: Contains merged captions from the shorts folder.
  • all_merge.vtt: Contains merged captions from both watch and shorts folders.

Folder and File Paths

The following paths are used in the script:

• watch_folder: Path to the folder containing the watch .vtt files (../watch).
• shorts_folder: Path to the folder containing the shorts .vtt files (../shorts).
• merge_results_folder: Path to the folder where the merged .vtt files will be saved (merge/).

Example

Folder Structure:

your_project/
├── watch/
│   ├── video1.vtt
│   ├── video2.vtt
├── shorts/
│   ├── short1.vtt
│   ├── short2.vtt
├── merge/
│   ├── watch_merge.vtt
│   ├── shorts_merge.vtt
│   ├── all_merge.vtt

Output Example:

After running the script, the merge/ folder will contain:

merge/
├── watch_merge.vtt
├── shorts_merge.vtt
├── all_merge.vtt

License

MIT License (or your preferred license)

Author

andrepradika

sh``` yt-dlp --write-auto-subs --skip-download --sleep-requests 1.25 --min-sleep-interval 60 --max-sleep-interval 90 -o "%(uploader)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/@MyFirstMillionPod"