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s8n eb71cf6beb processes/subtitles: v3.5 YouTube auto-CC stop-gap + Sassy 5/5 
Adds lib/sub-yt-fetch.sh (yt-dlp wrapper) and lib/yt-clean.py (collapses
YouTube's rolling-window auto-caption VTT into a flat SRT). For shows
distributed YouTube-first that have no community subs anywhere -- verified
via three parallel research agents covering OpenSubtitles REST, OS legacy,
Addic7ed, SubDL, SubSource, and Podnapisi for the 5 niche shows in the
library, plus a price-vs-coverage analysis of OpenSubtitles VIP.

Findings: OS VIP would not have helped on the niche shows (it is
download-cap relief, not coverage unlock; same catalog as free). All 4
Jarrad Wright shows in the library (Sassy, Big Lez Saga, Donny &
Clarence, Mike Nolan) live on the same channel and have only YouTube
auto-CC available. v3.5 ships those, explicitly violating STYLE.md
'best quality' as a tracked stop-gap.

Sassy the Sasquatch S01 5/5 episodes subbed with cleaned auto-CC. Mike
Nolan special-case noted: a 'COMPLETE SEASON | SUBTITLES' YT upload from
Oct 2025 carries hand-typed CCs and should be preferred over per-episode
auto-CC when subbing that show.

ROADMAP H5 added: v4 WhisperX large-v3 on the friend RTX 4080 node will
regenerate the v3.5 stop-gap with proper-noun-prompted transcription
(~4-6%% WER vs ~12%% YT auto-CC) and restore the STYLE.md quality bar.
H1 OpenSubtitles credentials marked done (was completed 2026-05-09).
2026-05-10 01:05:07 +01:00

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Subtitle run — Sassy the Sasquatch (2022)

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