🎬 YouTube Clipper Tool

A simple and scalable tool to clip videos directly from YouTube.

This project is designed as a solid foundation for building a video clipping system, with future support for automation workflows and AI-assisted features.

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📌 Project Status

🚧 Paused (Temporarily)

This project is currently paused while focusing on another active project. Development will resume after the current priority project is completed.

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🎯 Goals

• Clip videos from YouTube quickly and efficiently
• Provide a simple and clean workflow for users
• Build a scalable backend architecture
• Prepare for automation and AI integration

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🚀 Planned Features

✅ Core Features (Phase 1)

• Input YouTube URL
• Download video using yt-dlp
• Clip video using timestamp (start & end)
• Export clipped video

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🔄 Upcoming Features

• Multiple clip generation
• Smart clip suggestions (semi-automatic)
• Subtitle editor
• Improved user experience (preview & timeline)

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🔮 Future Enhancements

• AI-powered highlight detection
• Speech-to-text (subtitle automation)
• Content repurposing (Shorts / TikTok clips)
• Workflow automation with n8n

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🧱 Project Structure

youtube-clipper-tool/
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├── backend/
│   ├── app/
│   │   ├── main.py
│   │   ├── routes/
│   │   ├── services/
│   │   └── utils/
│   │
│   └── requirements.txt
│
├── frontend/        # Future UI
├── n8n/             # Workflow automation (future)
│
├── README.md
├── LICENSE
└── .gitignore

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⚙️ Tech Stack

Backend

• FastAPI
• yt-dlp
• ffmpeg

Automation (Planned)

• n8n

Future AI Integration

• Whisper (speech-to-text)
• NLP for highlight detection

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🧭 How It Will Work

Basic Flow (Initial Version)

1. User inputs a YouTube link
2. System downloads the video
3. User selects start & end timestamps
4. Video is clipped using ffmpeg
5. Result is ready for download

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Future Flow (With Automation & AI)

1. User inputs a YouTube link
2. Workflow system processes the video
3. System generates suggested clips
4. User selects preferred clip
5. Optional subtitle editing
6. Final export

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🛠 Setup (Planned)

git clone https://github.com/systemzerodev/youtube-clipper-tool.git
cd youtube-clipper-tool

Further setup instructions will be added when development resumes.

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⚠️ Disclaimer

This project is intended for educational and personal use. Please respect YouTube’s Terms of Service when downloading and using content.

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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👨‍💻 Author

Built as part of a learning journey in fullstack development, automation systems, and AI integration.