Merge vtt files into one txt

Author: johnteee

mergetxt.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import glob
+import os
+import re
+
+# --- Configuration ---
+output_filename = "merged_captions.txt"
+file_glob_pattern = "*.vtt"  # Finds all .vtt files in the current folder
+# ---------------------
+
+# Find and sort the VTT files
+# vtt_files = sorted(glob.glob(file_glob_pattern))
+vtt_files = sorted(glob.glob(file_glob_pattern), key=lambda f: int(re.search(r'\d+', os.path.basename(f)).group()))
+
+if not vtt_files:
+    print(f"No files found matching '{file_glob_pattern}'.")
+    exit()
+
+print(f"Found {len(vtt_files)} files. Merging into '{output_filename}'...")
+
+# Open the single output file
+with open(output_filename, "w", encoding="utf-8") as outfile:
+    for filename in vtt_files:
+        print(f"Processing: {filename}")
+        
+        # Add a header to separate content from different files
+        outfile.write(f"\n\n--- Source: {filename} ---\n\n")
+        
+        with open(filename, "r", encoding="utf-8") as infile:
+            lines = infile.readlines()
+
+        # This logic finds a timestamp, then joins all
+        # subsequent text lines until it hits a blank line.
+        i = 0
+        while i < len(lines):
+            line = lines[i].strip()
+            
+            # Check if the line is a timestamp
+            if "-->" in line:
+                i += 1  # Move to the next line (the start of the caption)
+                caption_block = []
+                
+                # Keep reading lines until we hit a blank one
+                while i < len(lines) and lines[i].strip():
+                    caption_block.append(lines[i].strip())
+                    i += 1
+                
+                # If we found text, join it with spaces and write it
+                if caption_block:
+                    outfile.write(" ".join(caption_block) + "\n")
+            else:
+                # Not a timestamp, just move to the next line
+                i += 1
+
+print("\nDone! All VTT files have been merged.")