sbv

Read Youtube .SBV caption files and convert to JSON, text, or HTML

About

This plugin parses Youtube's .sbv subtitle file format and allows you to convert to JSON, plain text, or HTML formatting and output either on the command line or as a file.

Installation

This software is available as a Node module from npm, as well as with pre-built binaries for windows, mac, and linux available on Github in the releases tab.

To install sbv globally with npm, enter this into your shell:

npm install -g sbv

Usage

The following examples assume you have either installed sbv globally with npm, or are running a binary named "sbv" on your system.

json

sbv json <input> <output>

// examples
sbv json
sbv json input.sbv
sbv json input.sbv output.json

The first example of sbv json will display the help text for the JSON conversion function. If you supply the name of an .sbv file by itself, like sbv json input.sbv, it will convert that SBV file into JSON and display the resulting file in the console. If you also supply an optional output filename like sbv json input.sbv output.json it will convert the file to JSON and output the result as output.json and show nothing in the console.

text

sbv text <input> <output>

// examples
sbv text
sbv text input.sbv
sbv text input.sbv output.txt

The first example of sbv text will display the help text for the text conversion function. If you supply the name of an .sbv file by itself, like sbv text input.sbv, it will convert that SBV file into text and display the resulting file in the console. If you also supply an optional output filename like sbv text input.sbv output.txt it will convert the file to text and output the result as output.txt and show nothing in the console.

html

sbv html <input> <output>

// examples
sbv html
sbv html input.sbv
sbv html input.sbv output.html

The first example of sbv html will display the help text for the HTML conversion function. If you supply the name of an .sbv file by itself, like sbv html input.sbv, it will convert that SBV file into HTML and display the resulting file in the console. If you also supply an optional output filename like sbv html input.sbv output.html it will convert the file to HTML and output the result as output.html and show nothing in the console.