Xiaoyuzhou Transcribe

Overview

Generate SRT and TXT transcripts from a Xiaoyuzhou episode URL by downloading the audio and running faster-whisper locally. Use the bundled script to keep the workflow deterministic and repeatable.

Quick Start

• Install dependency: python3 -m pip install -U faster-whisper
• Run: python3 scripts/xiaoyuzhou_transcribe.py "<episode-url>" --output-dir .
• Expect outputs: xiaoyuzhou-<eid>.mp3, xiaoyuzhou-<eid>.srt, xiaoyuzhou-<eid>.txt

Workflow

• Fetch the episode page and parse __NEXT_DATA__ to locate the audio URL.
• Download the audio (resume supported) unless --audio-path is provided.
• Transcribe audio with faster-whisper and write SRT + TXT.

Script Usage

scripts/xiaoyuzhou_transcribe.py accepts:

• --output-dir: write outputs to a specific directory
• --model: whisper model size (tiny by default; use base or small for higher accuracy)
• --language: force a language code or allow auto-detect
• --audio-path: transcribe a local audio file instead of downloading
• --force-download: re-download the audio even if it exists
• --no-vad: disable VAD filtering if segments are too aggressive

Notes

• If the episode is private or requires login, the script cannot access it.
• Xiaoyuzhou does not expose public transcripts for many episodes; this workflow generates subtitles via speech-to-text instead.