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YouTube

YouTube transcript extraction panel with dual-engine fallback, 200-video batch processing, channel scraping, and analytics

Overview

The YouTube panel in Lite Suite extracts transcripts from YouTube videos without downloading audio. Paste a URL and get the full caption text in seconds. Optionally pass the transcript through a local or remote LLM for summarization.

Features

  • Dual-engine transcript extraction with automatic fallback — if one extraction method fails, the second takes over
  • Multiple output formats: plain text, timestamped text, SRT
  • 200-video batch processing — process large playlists or custom video lists at scale
  • Channel scraping hub — point at a YouTube channel and pull every available transcript
  • Analytics dashboard with 7+ chart types including word frequency, sentiment analysis, topic clustering, and timeline visualizations
  • Optional LLM summarization of extracted transcripts

Usage

Single video:

  1. Open a YouTube panel from the Add Panel menu
  2. Paste a YouTube video URL
  3. Select your preferred output format
  4. Click Extract — the transcript appears in the viewer

Batch processing:

  1. Paste a playlist URL or list of video URLs
  2. Select which videos to include
  3. Click Extract All — each transcript is saved as a separate file

Summarization:

  1. After extracting a transcript, click Summarize
  2. Select the LLM provider and model
  3. The summary appears below the raw transcript

Configuration

| Setting | Description | |---------|-------------| | Default Output Format | Plain Text, Timestamped, or SRT | | Output Directory | Where saved transcript files are written | | LLM Provider | Provider used for summarization (Claude, GPT, local) | | LLM Model | Specific model for summarization |

Requirements

  • Active internet connection (transcripts are fetched from YouTube's caption API)
  • Videos must have captions enabled
  • An LLM API key is required only for the summarization feature

Troubleshooting

"No transcript available" for a video. The video does not have captions enabled. LiteYT does not perform speech-to-text transcription — it reads existing captions.

Transcript text is in the wrong language. If multiple caption tracks are available, a language selector appears after extraction. Select the correct track.