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Batch-extracting a 300-video YouTube playlist into RAG-ready JSON (with code)

I needed transcripts from a playlist for a local RAG corpus. The popular bulk extractor died with API error:500 on the first video, so I tested my own pipeline, free to try. 16/16 video processed with metadata.

The part everyone cares about the most: the whole thing runs through both web and also API for your code, so playlists go in as one call, no per-video looping and can extract different languages given instruction:

Try it out. https://transcriptapiyt.com/youtube-playlist-transcripts

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