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v1.1.0 - Bug Fix Release
🔧 Minor bug fix and audio handling update for the YouTube Subtitle Downloader script using Faster Whisper.
✅ What’s New
- Fixed issues with audio not downloading properly for Faster Whisper transcription.
- Improved YouTube signature extraction handling with
yt-dlpby switching to--no-check-certificatesand fallback handling. - Skips audio download if manually uploaded subtitles are present.
- Added automatic check for:
- Homebrew installation
- Python 3.8+ (required for virtualenv)
- Automatically creates and activates
whisper-envvirtual environment if not already present. - Changed name of script to make more sense, script now called: yt-video-downloader vx.x.x
💡 Notes
- Uses macOS system-safe
$TMPDIRfor all temp files. - Subtitles are auto-cleaned, validated, and embedded with
mkvmerge.
📂 Output: $HOME/Downloads
🖥️ Script filename: yt-video-downloader-v1.1.0.sh