# Subtitle run — `Sassy the Sasquatch (2022)`

> ⚠ **STOP-GAP — needs v4 WhisperX cross-ref.** Owner accepted current
> subs as "85 %, acceptable" but tracked for full rebuild when v4 lands
> (ROADMAP H5). See [`STOPGAP-SUBS.md`](../STOPGAP-SUBS.md).

Recipe version: v3.5 — YouTube auto-CC via yt-dlp + cleaner (v4 WhisperX planned, see ROADMAP)
Run date: 2026-05-10
Operator: Claude Code @ onyx session, ai-lab cwd

## Source

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Episodes | 5 (S01 only) |
| Container | mkv |
| Video | AV1 Main, 1920×1080, 29.97 fps |
| Audio | `eng` Opus stereo (default) |
| Embedded subs | none (only font / cover-art attachments) |
| Existing sidecars | none |
| Runtime | ~11:20 per episode |
| Distribution | YouTube (THE BIG LEZ SHOW OFFICIAL channel, creator: Jarrad Wright) |

Niche-show indie animation. Same channel hosts Donny & Clarence Show, Mike
Nolan Show, Big Lez Saga — all four shows in our library are Jarrad Wright
productions distributed YouTube-first.

## Series + library context

- Series Id: `b2d1afd8a4a30c59adb42ccaf47376c2`
- Library: `767bffe4f11c93ef34b805451a696a4e` (TV Shows, `/media/tv`)
- IMDB series: `tt21209936`
- TVDB series: `421839`
- Per-episode IMDB ids: only S01E01 (`tt21215354`) — rest blank in TVDB

## Coverage probe — paid + free providers

Three parallel research agents (2026-05-10) checked every realistic source
before falling back to YouTube:

| Provider | Hits |
|---|---|
| OpenSubtitles.com REST (`parent_imdb_id=21209936`) | 1 — `SASSY THE SASQUATCH.Web-DL.1080p.en` S01E01, **HI-flagged** |
| OpenSubtitles.org legacy XML-RPC | 0 (account login 401 anyway) |
| Addic7ed | 0 |
| SubDL | 0 (`subtitles_count: 0`) |
| SubSource (Subscene successor) | 0 |
| Podnapisi | 0 |
| OS VIP upgrade | **would not unlock anything** — VIP is download-cap relief, not coverage. Same catalog as free. |

Conclusion: nothing exists outside YouTube. Buying VIP would not help; the
honest path is auto-generated subs.

## Outcome

| Season | Eps | Subs fetched | Quality | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S01 | 5 | 5 / 5 | YT auto-CC stop-gap (lowercase, no punctuation, names mangled) | Cleaned via `lib/yt-clean.py`. v4 WhisperX rebuild planned |

Net: **5 / 5 (100 %)** — but at the lowest tier of the USER-G quality bar.

## Pipeline used

1. `yt-dlp --skip-download --write-auto-subs --sub-langs en-orig` against
   the official Sassy playlist (`PLGMC7oz7XpmDMGrALMQiNXCi9p7aqkWbj`) →
   raw VTT per episode in `/tmp/sassy-research/`.
2. `lib/yt-clean.py` collapses the rolling-window VTT (each cue carries 2-3
   stale lines plus the freshly-spoken bottom line) into deduplicated SRT.
3. SSH cat redirect each cleaned `.srt` to nullstone at
   `/home/user/media/tv/Sassy the Sasquatch (2022)/Season 01/<base>.eng.srt`
   with library filename.
4. Validation-only library refresh; verified all 5 eps show exactly 1
   external eng sub stream.

Reusable pipeline now lives at `lib/sub-yt-fetch.sh` (wrapper) +
`lib/yt-clean.py` (cleaner). Same one-liner handles Donny & Clarence,
Mike Nolan, Big Lez Saga (all on the same channel).

## Quality known issues

- **Lowercase, no punctuation** — YT ASR output verbatim
- **Proper-noun mishears**: "Sassy" → `sasha`, "Big Lez" → `Big Less`
- **Profanity censored as `[ __ ]`** — passthrough from YT
- **Sentence segmentation absent** — cues split on word boundaries

These violate STYLE.md "best quality" and "clean" rules. Documented as
explicit stop-gap; v4 WhisperX rebuild restores quality bar.

## Mike Nolan special-case (deferred)

A YouTube upload titled "MIKE NOLAN SHOW | COMPLETE SEASON | SUBTITLES"
posted Oct 2025 carries hand-typed CC tracks. When subbing Mike Nolan,
prefer that single video (rip CC tracks) over the per-episode auto-CC
playlist path. Note added to v4 roadmap.

## Followups

- [ ] visually verify one Sassy episode plays in sync (recipe §6) — YT
  auto-cap timing is usually tight but worth a sanity check
- [ ] when v4 WhisperX lands, regenerate Sassy + Donny & Clarence + Big
  Lez Saga + Mike Nolan in one batch on the 4080 friend node
- [ ] for Mike Nolan, try the "COMPLETE SEASON | SUBTITLES" YT upload
  before falling back to Whisper
