video-and-media-tools

Video and Media Tools

YouTube Content

Extract transcripts, summarize videos, and convert them to threads or blog posts.

Transcript Extraction

# Via yt-dlp (most reliable)
yt-dlp --skip-download --write-sub --sub-langs en --convert-subs srt "https://youtube.com/watch?v=..."

# Via youtube-transcript-api (Python)
from youtube_transcript_api import YouTubeTranscriptApi
transcript = YouTubeTranscriptApi.get_transcript("VIDEO_ID")

Summarize

1. Extract transcript
2. Chunk into ~4000-token segments
3. Summarize each chunk
4. Synthesize into a single summary with key points and timestamps

Convert to Blog Post

1. Summarize transcript
2. Restructure as narrative prose with headings
3. Add inline quotes and timestamps
4. Generate a title and meta description

Convert to Twitter/X Thread

1. Extract 5–10 key points
2. Write each as a standalone tweet (≤280 chars)
3. Add thread numbering and hooks

ASCII Video

Convert video/audio files to colored ASCII MP4 or GIF.

Setup

pip install ascii-video

Convert to ASCII MP4

ascii-video convert input.mp4 --output ascii.mp4 --cols 120 --fps 24

Convert to ASCII GIF

ascii-video convert input.mp4 --output ascii.gif --cols 80 --fps 12 --duration 10

Options

Flag	Description
--cols	Number of ASCII columns
--fps	Output frame rate
--duration	Max duration in seconds
--color	Enable ANSI color

Use Cases

• Terminal demos
• Retro-style social media content
• Lightweight video previews

GIF Search

Search and download GIFs from Tenor.

Search

curl -s "https://g.tenor.com/v1/search?q=excited+cat&key=$TENOR_API_KEY&limit=10" | jq '.results[].media[0].gif.url'

Download

curl -s -L -o reaction.gif "<gif-url>"

Use Cases

• Slack/Discord reactions
• Documentation illustrations
• Social media content

Pitfalls

• Tenor API requires an API key (free tier available)
• GIFs can be large; prefer MP4/WebP when possible
• Always respect copyright and content policies