How can I look up video IDs, check indexed subtitles and search a specific transcript?

You can look up one video or check a list of YouTube video IDs against Filmot's stored index.

• One video: open /video/ followed by its 11-character video ID. Entering that ID alone in Filmot's main search box also opens the video page when Filmot knows it. Use the ID rather than the full URL for this shortcut.
• One or several videos in metadata search: paste video IDs or YouTube links into the title box on Metadata search, separated by spaces or commas. Filmot lists the matching records it has.
• A channel: open /channel/ followed by its UC channel ID to view its known videos.

In metadata results, AutoSubs and ManualSubs show the languages of collected subtitle tracks. Click a language flag to open the captions or transcript. An empty column means no subtitles of that type are indexed. A half-star Partial data icon means the video was discovered but never fully crawled. If no record is returned, Filmot has no matching video in its index.

To check a long list, export the matching metadata and compare its video IDs with your original list. IDs fit into URL length limits more efficiently than full links. Metadata exports contain up to 100 rows without patron benefits or 10,000 with them, reduced to 2,500 if full subtitles are included, so large lists may need several batches.

To search within one video's transcript, open its video page or click a subtitle-language link, then use your browser's Find function, such as Ctrl+F on a computer or Find in page on a phone or tablet. You can also narrow subtitle search by channel and title until only that video matches. On mobile, entering the video ID works the same way; YouTube's own transcript view may also be accessible through your browser's desktop mode.

Captions can be absent because they do not exist on YouTube, are inaccessible, or were never crawled.