CCVideo — run it on your own computer
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CCVideo turns Mandarin-spoken YouTube videos into English captions (and an
optional English voice-over). It runs locally so it can use your computer's CPU
(or GPU) — no slow, expensive cloud servers.

WINDOWS — QUICK START
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1. Unzip this folder somewhere (e.g. your Desktop).
2. Double-click  Start-CCVideo.cmd
3. The FIRST time, it sets itself up automatically (downloads ~1-2 GB of
   components once — needs internet; takes a few minutes).
4. Your browser opens at  http://127.0.0.1:5050
5. Paste a YouTube URL, choose options, click "Generate captions".
   - Use the "Test limit" option (e.g. first 5 min) for a quick try.
6. Edit/export the captions, and (optionally) create an English voice-over.

Keep the small black window open while you use CCVideo. Close it to stop.

REQUIREMENTS
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- Windows 10/11.
- Python 3.9+ . If you don't have it, Start-CCVideo can install it for you
  (or get it from https://www.python.org/downloads/ and tick "Add to PATH").
- ~5 GB free disk (for components + the speech model, downloaded once).
- An NVIDIA GPU makes the best model fast, but a normal CPU works (slower).
- For the optional voice-over you need an ElevenLabs API key.

TIPS
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- Model: "medium" is a good balance; "large-v3" is most accurate but slow on CPU.
- Files are saved in the "output" folder next to this file.
- To edit captions any time, open  editor.html  in your browser.

Full documentation is in README.md.
