yt-edit
Read the shared operating guide for profile lookup, helper paths, capability limits, and cross-skill routing before using this workflow.
An edit decision list from a timestamped transcript. It prints the cuts. You apply them.
python3 "$YT_SKILL_DIR/deadair.py" transcript.srt # srt, vtt or whisper json
python3 "$YT_SKILL_DIR/deadair.py" transcript.srt --floor 0.35 --json
No transcript yet? Ask for one, or produce one first - whisper, faster-whisper, or the caption
track YouTube generates on an unlisted upload all work. Do not guess at timings.
What it finds
- DEAD - gaps longer than the floor, trimmed from the MIDDLE so both sides keep a breath. Cutting flush against speech is what makes a tightened take sound gasping.
- FILLER - cues that are nothing but "um", "so yeah", "basically".
- REPEAT - a sentence restarted. Compared against the last cue that was actually speech, not the literal previous cue, because most retakes have an "um" between the two attempts.
What it will not do
It does not touch media. It has no opinion about your B-roll. A 40% cut on the report is a 40% cut of SPEECH, and if the video has a long silent demo in it that number is wrong - check the report against the footage before you trust the runtime at the bottom.