webvtt-to-json 0.1

Convert WebVTT to JSON, optionally removing duplicate lines

webvtt-to-json

Convert WebVTT to JSON, optionally removing duplicate lines

Installation

Install this tool using pip:

pip install webvtt-to-json

Usage

To output JSON for a WebVTT file:

webvtt-to-json subtitles.vtt

This will output to standard output. Use -o filename to send it to a specified file.

Subtitles can often include duplicate lines. Add -d or --dedupe to attempt to remove those duplicates from the output:

webvtt-to-json --dedupe subtitles.vtt

You can also use:

python -m webvtt_to_json ...

Development

To contribute to this tool, first checkout the code. Then create a new virtual environment:

cd webvtt-to-json
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Now install the dependencies and test dependencies:

pip install -e '.[test]'

To run the tests:

pytest