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Give me the full output format with segments and sentences."},{"title":"Summarize a YouTube playlist","prompt":"Get transcripts for up to 20 videos from this playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxxxxxx — I want timestamped format in English so I can identify key moments in each video."}],"resultDescription":"Returns a JSON object with a count and an array of transcript items, each containing the video's transcript in the requested format (plain text, timed segments, merged sentences, or timestamped text), sourced from the first available preferred language or translated as specified.","failureModes":["Video has no captions available and fallbackToAnyLanguage is false — video is skipped","Requested language not available and no fallback configured — empty result for that video","Invalid or inaccessible YouTube URL — error or skipped item","maxItems reached before all source videos are processed — partial results returned","Private or age-restricted video — inaccessible, skipped","Translation requested for unsupported language — YouTube translation error"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need transcripts from multiple YouTube videos, playlists, or channels in a single call with fine-grained control over language preference, caption type (manual vs auto-generated), output format, and optional translation. 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