gcap - Youtube closed caption downloader
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Description
gcap is a command line tool for downloading Youtube closed captions. The downloaded closed captions are
saved in SubRip (srt) file format. The srt files are saved as "$videoid_$langid.srt" by default.
Examples
gcap0QRO3gKj3qwgcap"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QRO3gKj3qw" Both yield the same results. gcap-ti0QRO3gKj3qw Same as above two but use video title in the filename and choose which of the closed captions should be downloaded.
Exit Status
Exits 0 on success, otherwise 1.
Files
$HOME/.gcaprc, for example:
echo "--interactive" >> ~/.gcaprcInteractive Prompt
Use the "--interactive" switch to open the prompt. Note that gcap uses (as of 0.1.0) the Umph::Prompt
module for this. Once the prompt opens, type "help" to get a list of commands available to the prompt.
Name
gcap - Youtube closed caption downloader
Notes
Availability
The following error message produced by gcap (or the XML::DOM module) typically indicates that the
video does not have any closed captions available for it (URL omitted for brewity):
Couldn't parsefile [...] with LWP: no element found at line 1,
column 0, byte -1 at [...]/XML/Parser.pm [...]
http_proxy
gcap depends on XML::DOM which uses LWP::UserAgent to download the data. Note that LWP::UserAgent
reads http_proxy environment setting. e.g.:
env http_proxy=http://foo:1234 gcap video_id
Options
--help
Print help and exit.
--version
Print version and exit.
-q,--quiet
Be quiet.
-i,--interactive
Open the interactive prompt which can be used to select the items. gcap selects all items by
default. See also "INTERACTIVE PROMPT".
-t,--title
Parse video title and use it in the output filename(s) instead of video ID. The default is no.
-r,--regexp=arg
Cleanup video title using the specified arg regular expression. The default is "/(\w|\s)/g".
--proxyarg
Use arg for HTTP proxy, e.g. "http://foo:1234". Overrides the http_proxy environment setting.
--no-proxy
Disable use of HTTP proxy. Overrides both "--proxy" and http_proxy environment settings.
Synopsis
gcap [-i] [-t] [-r <regexp>] [--proxy=<addr> | --no-proxy]
[--help] <url> | <video_id>
