Video Summarizer

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• ChatGPT API KEY

Installation

1. Clone the repository:
2. Create a virtual environment and activate it:

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

3. Install the required packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Set up your ChatGPT API key by creating a .env file in the root directory and adding the following line:

OPENAI_API_KEY=your-chatgpt-api-key

Note: You may need to add Billing

Usage

python summarize/main.py <youtube_video_url or video_id>

Example output:

python summarize/main.py https://youtube.com/watch?v=nscGizM9NQw

# Costs Explode for Nuclear Fusion Flagship Project -- Is It Still Worth the Money?

[Source Video](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nscGizM9NQw)

## Key Points

- **Project Overview**
  - International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) aims to be first nuclear fusion machine generating net energy.
  - Located in France, construction began in 2010.

- **Current Status**
  - Initial plasma run delayed from 2025 to 2034.
  - Project cost escalated from $5 billion to over $20 billion.

- **Funding Sources**
  - Funded by European countries, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, and the U.S.
  - Taxpayer money involved.

- **Challenges Faced**
  - COVID-19 paused construction; cracks found in installed components.
  - Issues with parts from different manufacturers causing stress and corrosion.

- **Future Implications**
  - Delay raises questions about project’s purpose and relevance.
  - Potential for private companies to advance fusion technology faster than ITER.

- **Alternative Technologies**
  - Other fusion methods like stellarators and inertial confinement may lead to quicker results.
  - ITER's data collection may still be necessary despite delays.

- **Conclusion**
  - Uncertainty about ITER's value as private sector progresses.
  - Ongoing debate on whether continued investment is justified.

Notice the output is markdown which will look like this:

Costs Explode for Nuclear Fusion Flagship Project -- Is It Still Worth the Money?

Source Video

Key Points

• Project Overview

  • International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) aims to be first nuclear fusion machine generating net energy.
  • Located in France, construction began in 2010.

• Current Status

  • Initial plasma run delayed from 2025 to 2034.
  • Project cost escalated from $5 billion to over $20 billion.

• Funding Sources

  • Funded by European countries, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, and the U.S.
  • Taxpayer money involved.

• Challenges Faced

  • COVID-19 paused construction; cracks found in installed components.
  • Issues with parts from different manufacturers causing stress and corrosion.

• Future Implications

  • Delay raises questions about project’s purpose and relevance.
  • Potential for private companies to advance fusion technology faster than ITER.

• Alternative Technologies

  • Other fusion methods like stellarators and inertial confinement may lead to quicker results.
  • ITER's data collection may still be necessary despite delays.

• Conclusion

  • Uncertainty about ITER's value as private sector progresses.
  • Ongoing debate on whether continued investment is justified.

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Future

• Adjust output format and prompt
• Tests
• Caching
• More video hosting provider support
• Extracting the audio track if transcriptions are unavailable
• Storing the transcriptions and summaries in a local datastore for analysis, later
• Companion project to provide a unified video interface for study and research