Create YouTube Chapters with Descript
YouTube chapters allow you to easily navigate a video using the play scrubber. As of the creation of this video, Descript does not create those chapters, but I show you how to do it in this video.
FREE DESCRIPT DOWNLOAD
https://descript.com?lmref=p3tjuQ
FREE APPLE SHORTCUT
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/6b21...
FREE VISUAL STUDIO CODE DOWNLOAD
https://code.visualstudio.com
CRISTI COTOVAN
This video was inspired by Cristi Cotovan on the Descript Discord channel. Please subscribe to Cristi's YouTube channel here:
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DESCRIPT EXPORT OPTIONS
Only select the following options:
Format: Plain text (.txt)
Include markers: yes
60 second intervals: yes
Markers: yes
CREATE AN APPLE SHORTCUT
These are the steps to create your own shortcut. You can get mine at the link above
Shortcut name: "Descript to TY Chapters"
Shortcut details (you must do this first):
Use as Quick Action: Yes
Finder: Yes
Services Menu: Yes
First action:
Receive "files" from "Share Sheet, Quick Actions"
Ask for "files"
Second action (replace text):
Replace: "(?m)^(?!\[\d\d:\d\d:\d\d\]).*?(?:\r?\n|\r)+" with [nothing] in "Shortcut input"
^ remove the quotes from the above string
Case sensitive: No
Regular Expression: Yes
Third action (replace text):
Replace: "(\[[0-9:]{8}\] \n)(.*?)" with [nothing] in "Updated Text"
^ remove the quotes from the above string
Case sensitive: No
Regular Expression: Yes
Fourth action (replace text):
Replace: "(\[|\]).*?" with [nothing] in "Updated text"
^ remove the quotes from the above string
Case sensitive: No
Regular Expression: Yes
Fifth action (save to file):
Save "Updated Text" to
Ask Where To Save: Yes
Overwrite if File Exists: Yes
Sixth action (stop this shortcut):
No options needed
iPhone and iPad:
Show in Share Sheet: Yes
VISUAL STUDIO CODE METHOD
Find (regular expression .*):
^(?!\[\d\d:\d\d:\d\d\]).*?(?:\r?\n|\r)+
Replace with: [nothing]
Find (regular expression .*):
(\[[0-9:]{8}\] \n)(.*?)
Replace with: [nothing]
Find (regular expression .*):
(\[|\]).*?
Replace with: [nothing]
CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:25 Acknowledgements
00:00:36 About YouTube chapters
00:01:39 Prepare Descript
00:02:01 Add markers to create YouTube chapters
00:03:14 Export markers
00:04:27 Edit the chapter file (the manual way)
00:06:02 Add chapter markers to YouTube
00:06:44 The Apple Shortcut method
00:09:24 Use Regex with Visual Studio Code