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  • Universal summarizer can't find transcript: yet finds transcript for slightly different URL edition

  • BugsDesktopMobileAIDone
  • I initially got Sorry, no transcript could be found for this video. for several YouTube videos.
  • However, by trying the short version of the URL for the same video (notice the ID is the same) the summarizer worked.
  • Sometimes just toggling between "Summary" and "Key Moments" works. (However in this case "Key Moments") continues to error for both short and regular versions of the URL.

I expected the summarizer to find the transcript and render a summary regardless of

  • Short or long URL
  • "Summary" or "Key Moments"

    URL's that have had this problem recently:

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SM77ksjpJI
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezW1gc9GqCg
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFTxHu614OU
      7 days later

      When pasting Youtube URL in Kagi Assistant, "Transcript not found" error is coming. Many times pasting the same URL again resolves this.

      Kagi assistant should have summarized youtube video

        Also happens to the extension.
        Maybe it's because of the "sign in to confirm you're not a bot" thing

          I've also had this issue in the Universal Summarizer web app

          Grooty yeah, that seems plausible, but i doubt "sign in to confirm" thing goes away next time when kagi tried to fetch transcripts. it usually fails for me on first try, but on 2nd or 3rd , it works.

              Our previous method to access Youtube transcripts no longer works. We're actively investigating alternatives and will update this thread when a solution is found.
              Merging this thread with a similar report.

                Merged 5 posts from Youtube URLs not working in assistant.
                  4 days later

                  Chiming in with a temporary solution and some findings that might help Kagi devs.

                  Temporary solution

                  I've found that I can resolve the Universal Summarizer's "Sorry, no transcript could be found for this video." response to YouTube videos by manually viewing the transcript on Youtube:

                  Video Description > More > Show Transcript


                  And then trying Universal Summarizer again. Sometimes this takes several minutes before a re-try of the tool will work, but I reckon that's due to some caching on Kagi's part.

                  Not sure if something is happening behind-the-scenes here with Youtube generating these transcripts on-the-fly, and this being a method to trigger that process.

                  I've only tested it on a handful of videos this morning, but I've had success with over a dozen videos, including these:

                  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCgD9WZYF9w
                  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_NBvRezBaU
                  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvNgdF6VCMo

                  All of these previously were getting "Sorry, no transcript could be found for this video.", but after the steps (manually "Show Transcription") and waiting 1-4 minutes, Universal Summarizer found what it needed.


                  Note

                  I usually use the web portal for this, via !sum <video_url>, not the API.

                  Other observations

                  I find that summarize does work off-the-bat sometimes for YouTube links that have a timestamp URL parameter, but won't work without it.

                  Example

                  • This worked:
                    !sum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvNgdF6VCMo&t=151s
                  • This didn't (until I did the "Show transcription" thing above 👆️):
                    !sum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvNgdF6VCMo

                    No transcript can be found on youtube video to summarizer it but indeed there is a transcript

                    macos: 12.7.4
                    Firefox 128.0.3
                    kagi extension: 0.7.1
                    ublock origin extension: 1.58.0

                    link to video

                    get a summary for the youtube video

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                    EDIT

                    Problem resolved after updating ublock origin to 1.59.0 . No option to delete this post on my part.

                      In the last few weeks, I got the "Sorry, no transcript could be found for this video." error almost every time I used the Universal Summarizer for YouTube videos--even if there is a transcript.

                      Looks like a bug. I got it again
                      Maybe ChatGPT servers have hiccups or underload

                      BillyBunn

                      It didn't work for me.

                      I guess alternative, is just to copy the transcript and prompt like this:

                      Summarize:
                      <video transcript>

                        5 days later

                        @Fracture, I'll merge this thread with a similar report. We implemented a temporary fix based on BillyBunn suggestion but are still working on a permanent solution.

                          Merged 8 posts from Kagi summarizer says no transcript on Youtube video but there is.