How to extract closed caption transcript from YouTube video?

Question

Is it possible to extract the closed caption transcript from YouTube videos?

We have over 200 webcasts on YouTube and each is at least one hour long. YouTube has clo

Answer 1

You can view/copy/download a timecoded xml file of a youtube's closed captions file by accessing

http://video.google.com/timedtext?lang=[LANGUAGE]&v=[YOUTUBE VIDEO IDENTIFIER]

For example http://video.google.com/timedtext?lang=pt&v=WSVKbw7LC2w

NOTE: this method does not download autogenerated closed captions, even if you get the language right (maybe there's a special code for autogenerated languages).