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YouTube Transcript with Timestamps

Paste a YouTube link to get the transcript with a timestamp on every line. Click any line to jump the video to that moment, copy the text with its times, or download it as SRT. Free, no sign-up.

How to get a YouTube transcript with timestamps

  1. 1

    Copy the video link

    Any YouTube video, Short, or finished livestream with captions.

  2. 2

    Paste it above

    Every line of the transcript shows the time it was said.

  3. 3

    Jump, copy, or download

    Click a line to play from there, copy the transcript with timestamps, or download SRT or VTT with exact start and end times.

Timestamps make a transcript useful

With a time on every line you can cite a quote, make chapters, pick clips, or send someone to the exact moment. Without them you're back to scrubbing the video.

For chapters, clips, and show notes

Creators use timestamped transcripts to write YouTube chapters and show notes; the YouTube Chapter Generator writes them for you from the transcript.

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Need transcripts at scale? Use the API

The same transcripts are available through the YouTube Transcript API: timestamped JSON, text, SRT, VTT, CSV, or Markdown, 150+ languages, and AI transcription for videos without captions. Or connect the YouTube MCP server to Claude, Cursor, or Codex and just paste links in chat.

curl "https://transcript-yt.com/v1/transcript?url=5f3Pn-N6yLc&format=text" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ts_live_..."
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Common questions

How do I see timestamps in a YouTube transcript?

Paste the video link above. Each line shows its start time, and clicking it jumps the player to that second.

Can I copy a transcript with timestamps?

Yes. Click Copy with Timestamps ticked and every line keeps its time, ready to paste into notes or a document.

Can I link to a timestamp in a YouTube video?

Yes. Use the time from a line with the YouTube Timestamp Link Generator, or add ?t= and the seconds to the video link.

What's the difference between SRT and TXT with timestamps?

TXT shows each line's start time for reading. SRT and VTT are subtitle files with start and end times that video players and editors can load.

What if the video has no captions?

The free tool reads the captions YouTube already has, creator-uploaded or auto-generated, and most videos with speech have them. For a video with no captions at all, click Transcribe the audio with AI: it's on paid plans and credit packs, at 1 credit per minute.