Release History
Changelog & Version Manifest
All notable changes, improvements, and bug fixes across releases. Machine-readable release metadata is published at /yt/downloads/version.json.
v1.1.1
“🔍 Load Channel” Button & Full Channel Video Count Indexing
Released: 2026-10-21
- Added “🔍 Load Channel” Button (
--mode scan_only): Added a dedicated button right next to the Channel URL input (and Enter-key trigger) to scan and display the channel’s complete video count before starting transcript extraction. - Fixed 25-Video Cap in
Test First 10Mode: Removed theplaylistend=25limit duringtest10runs so channels with 1,000+ videos (e.g.,@JuicyRoyalewith 1,002 videos) always display their full video count inTotal Videoswhile extracting the first 10 pending videos.
Package: Shirube-YouTube-Transcript-Tool-v1.1.1-win64.zip • SHA-256: 57f04ac83d204d80e82d0d702191d6f85af2e3dbad9ab444ed9d27db0777870e
v1.1.0
Global English UI, Channel-Wide Batch Translation & Sanitized Diagnostics
Released: 2026-10-21
- Added Channel-Wide Batch Translation (
--translate-to): Translate all channel transcripts into English (en), Japanese (ja), Spanish (es), French (fr), German (de), Portuguese (pt), Korean (ko), or Simplified Chinese (zh-Hans) during extraction. - Added Retroactive Database Translation (
--mode translate_existing/ 🌐 Translate Cached): Batch-translate an already extractedchannel_cache.dbinto a new target language without re-crawling YouTube. - Bilingual English / Japanese UI Switch: English is now the default interface language for global users, with an instant header toggle (
English | 日本語). - Separated User Configuration (
core/config.py): User settings are now stored in%APPDATA%\ShirubeYTTranscript\config.jsonso application updates never overwrite user preferences or output data. - Sanitized Diagnostic Report Exporter (
core/diagnostics.py): Added one-click 🩺 Save Diagnostic Log button and--export-diagnosticsCLI flag with automatic redaction of OS usernames, API keys, cookies, and proxy credentials. - Fast
test10Playlist Indexing: Addedplaylistendoptimization when runningtest10or--limitso channels with 4,000+ videos begin extracting within 2 seconds.
Package: Shirube-YouTube-Transcript-Tool-v1.1.1-win64.zip • SHA-256: 57f04ac83d204d80e82d0d702191d6f85af2e3dbad9ab444ed9d27db0777870e
v1.0.0
Initial Windows Desktop & CLI Release
Released: 2026-10-17
- Flat-playlist channel discovery via
yt-dlp(tested on 1,023-video channel). - SQLite cache (
channel_cache.db) with safe stop/resume andretry_failedmode. - Excel-ready
utf-8-sigCSV exports (videos.csv,transcripts.csv,errors.csv) and timestampedtranscripts/{video_id}.txtfiles. - Automatic pause after 2 consecutive HTTP 429 rate-limit responses.