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Ditch the API.
Get Subtitles Directly.

API quotas and complexity are major hurdles for data projects. Discover a professional, no-API alternative to get structured JSON or clean TXT data instantly.

The Official API
is a Bottleneck

For projects requiring large-scale subtitle data, the YouTube Data API quickly becomes a technical and financial burden that slows down development.

Common Developer Pain Points:

  • High Quota Costs

    Each API call consumes valuable quota, making large-scale data extraction for LLMs prohibitively expensive.

  • Complex OAuth Setup

    Requires authentication, project management, and Google Cloud library overhead just to fetch a simple transcript.

  • Aggressive Rate Limiting

    Requests can easily lead to temporary IP blocks, halting your data collection pipeline unexpectedly.

Quota Comparison Matrix
YouTube Data API quota cost comparison chart: High cost of API vs. free/low-cost export using YTVidHub.

The Quota-Free,
No-API Alternative

YTVidHub uses a robust backend parser to deliver API-level functionality without the headaches, giving you direct access to pristine data.

Structured JSON Output

Get subtitles directly as a clean, easily parsable JSON object, perfect for integrating into any app or vector database.

Built for Bulk Ingestion

Our engine handles entire playlists in one session, making it ideal for high-volume dataset creation for fine-tuning.

Guaranteed Clean Data

All exported data is pre-cleaned of timecodes and ASR noise, saving you 80% of data-prep time.

Predictable, Clean JSON

We provide a simple, speaker-segmented JSON structure that is immediately ready for database import.
subtitle_schema_preview.json
Example of clean JSON data structure for LLM training, showing clearly organized subtitle segments.

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the API Quota?

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Developer FAQ

What are the rate limits for the YTVidHub tool?
Our free plan offers generous daily limits for casual use. For large-scale or programmatic needs, our paid plans provide significantly higher limits and are designed for production-level data collection.
How do you handle multiple available languages?
Our tool automatically detects all available subtitle tracks (both human-translated and auto-generated). You can select the specific language tag needed from the interactive menu.
Is this compliant with YouTube's Terms of Service?
We provide access to publicly available content. We strongly encourage users to respect copyright laws and use the data in accordance with YouTube’s policies, focusing on fair use cases like research and LLM training.