YouTube Chapter Creator

Easily create YouTube chapters for combined videos. This tool automatically generates chapters for merged video files, enhancing navigation for viewers and content structure for creators.

Features

• Automatically detects video duration and creates chapter marks.
• Supports a variety of file naming conventions.
• Outputs chapter marks in a YouTube-ready format.

Installation

1. Clone the repository or download the source code.

2. Install Python dependencies:

   Navigate to the project directory and run:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Install FFmpeg:

   moviepy requires FFmpeg to process video files. Follow the instructions below based on your operating system:

   • Windows:

     1. Download FFmpeg from https://ffmpeg.org/download.html.
     2. Extract the downloaded archive.
     3. Add the path to the bin folder inside the extracted folder to your system's PATH environment variable.

   • macOS: Use Homebrew to install FFmpeg:

     brew install ffmpeg

   • Linux: Use your distribution's package manager. For example, on Ubuntu/Debian:

     sudo apt-get update
     sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

   Ensure FFmpeg is installed correctly by running ffmpeg -version in your command line or terminal.

Usage

1. Run the script:

   python video.py

2. Follow the script prompts:

   • Enter the directory path containing your video files.

The script will generate a result.txt file with the YouTube chapters based on the video files in the specified directory.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• moviepy
• FFmpeg

For any issues related to FFmpeg installation or usage, refer to the official FFmpeg documentation.

Useful softwares

• To merge videos free and fast use https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut

Renaming file names

Let's say you have files like the below naming convention.

lesson1.mp4
lesson2.mp4
lesson3.mp4

And you have a text file containing the correct name for each lessons. For example course-contents.txt may have the following content.

01 - Intro to JavaScript
02 - Variable declaration
03 - Loop

Now, if you want to rename original file names with correct file names defined in the .txt file then run the rename.py file.

1. Run the script:

   python rename.py

2. Follow the script prompts:

   • Enter the directory path containing your video files.
   • Enter the fie directory of the .txt file containing correct file names.