sinhala-tts / process /raw-extract /caption_parser.py
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Parse YouTube CC JSON3 files into normalized caption rows.
Supports YouTube's auto-generated caption JSON3 format which contains
word-level or phrase-level timing information.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import json
import logging
import re
import unicodedata
from pathlib import Path
from statistics import median
from typing import List, Dict, Any, Optional, Tuple
log = logging.getLogger("caption_parser")
_MIN_SEGMENT_MS = 160
_MAX_SEGMENT_MS = 1200
_DEFAULT_SEGMENT_MS = 420
def normalize_sinhala_text(raw_text: str, version: str = "sinhala_cc_norm_v1") -> str:
"""Normalize Sinhala caption text for TTS training.
Steps:
1. Unicode NFC normalization
2. Strip leading/trailing whitespace
3. Normalize internal whitespace (collapse multiple spaces)
4. Strip common caption artifacts (music markers, sound effects)
5. Normalize punctuation spacing
6. Preserve Sinhala letters, numerals, and meaningful punctuation
"""
text = raw_text
# Unicode NFC
text = unicodedata.normalize("NFC", text)
# Strip leading/trailing whitespace
text = text.strip()
# Collapse multiple whitespace
text = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", text)
# Strip music markers and common non-speech annotations
# YouTube uses ♪ for music, (sound descriptions), etc.
text = re.sub(r"[♪♫]+", "", text)
text = re.sub(r"\([^)]*\)", "", text) # Remove parenthetical descriptions
text = re.sub(r"\[[^\]]*\]", "", text) # Remove bracketed descriptions
# Normalize punctuation spacing: no space before, one space after
text = re.sub(r"\s+([.,;:!?])", r"\1", text)
text = re.sub(r"([.,;:!?])([^\s])", r"\1 \2", text)
# Clean up any double spaces introduced
text = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", text)
# Strip again
text = text.strip()
return text
def parse_youtube_json3(json3_path: Path) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Parse a YouTube JSON3 caption file into normalized caption rows.
YouTube JSON3 format has events with segments containing words and timings.
Returns a list of caption rows with contiguous caption_ids.
"""
data = json.loads(json3_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
rows: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
caption_id = 0
events = data.get("events", [])
def _extract_segments(event: Dict[str, Any]) -> Tuple[List[Tuple[int, str]], int]:
"""Return absolute-ms/text segment tuples and event start time."""
event_start_ms = int(event.get("tStartMs", 0) or 0)
segs = event.get("segs", []) or []
out: List[Tuple[int, str]] = []
for seg in segs:
text = str(seg.get("utf8", "") or "")
# Skip pure control/newline segments (common in roll-up captions).
if not text.strip():
continue
offset_ms = int(seg.get("tOffsetMs", 0) or 0)
out.append((event_start_ms + offset_ms, text))
return out, event_start_ms
def _estimate_tail_ms(seg_starts_ms: List[int]) -> int:
if len(seg_starts_ms) <= 1:
return _DEFAULT_SEGMENT_MS
diffs = [
seg_starts_ms[i + 1] - seg_starts_ms[i]
for i in range(len(seg_starts_ms) - 1)
if seg_starts_ms[i + 1] > seg_starts_ms[i]
]
if not diffs:
return _DEFAULT_SEGMENT_MS
tail_ms = int(median(diffs))
return max(_MIN_SEGMENT_MS, min(_MAX_SEGMENT_MS, tail_ms))
# Precompute "next meaningful start" so we can cap cue ends by the next cue.
meaningful_starts_ms: List[Optional[int]] = [None] * len(events)
for i, event in enumerate(events):
segs, event_start = _extract_segments(event)
if segs:
meaningful_starts_ms[i] = min(s[0] for s in segs)
else:
# Keep structural timing as fallback.
meaningful_starts_ms[i] = int(event.get("tStartMs", event_start) or event_start)
for i, event in enumerate(events):
segments, event_start_ms = _extract_segments(event)
if not segments:
continue
raw_text = "".join(text for _, text in segments)
normalized = normalize_sinhala_text(raw_text)
if not normalized:
continue
seg_starts_ms = sorted(start_ms for start_ms, _ in segments)
start_ms = seg_starts_ms[0]
duration_ms = int(event.get("dDurationMs", 0) or 0)
next_start_ms: Optional[int] = None
for j in range(i + 1, len(events)):
nxt = meaningful_starts_ms[j]
if nxt is not None and nxt > start_ms:
next_start_ms = int(nxt)
break
tail_ms = _estimate_tail_ms(seg_starts_ms)
end_ms = seg_starts_ms[-1] + tail_ms
# Cap by event duration when sensible.
if duration_ms > 0:
end_ms = min(end_ms, event_start_ms + duration_ms)
# Cap by next cue start to avoid overlapping rolling-caption windows.
if next_start_ms is not None:
end_ms = min(end_ms, next_start_ms - 1)
# Ensure a usable positive duration.
min_end_ms = start_ms + _MIN_SEGMENT_MS
if end_ms < min_end_ms:
end_ms = min_end_ms
if next_start_ms is not None:
end_ms = min(end_ms, next_start_ms - 1 if next_start_ms > start_ms else min_end_ms)
if end_ms <= start_ms:
continue
rows.append({
"caption_id": caption_id,
"start_sec": round(start_ms / 1000.0, 3),
"end_sec": round(end_ms / 1000.0, 3),
"duration_sec": round((end_ms - start_ms) / 1000.0, 3),
"raw_text": raw_text,
"normalized_text": normalized,
})
caption_id += 1
log.info(f"Parsed {len(rows)} caption rows from {json3_path.name}")
return rows
def parse_captions_for_video(
video_id: str,
cc_dir: Path,
sub_lang: str = "si",
) -> Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]]:
"""Find and parse the caption file for a given video ID.
Tries multiple filename patterns to handle lang code variations.
"""
patterns = [
f"{video_id}.{sub_lang}.json3",
f"{video_id}.{sub_lang}-orig.json3",
f"{video_id}.{sub_lang}.*.json3",
]
for pattern in patterns:
matches = list(cc_dir.glob(pattern))
if matches:
# Prefer the non-orig version if both exist
non_orig = [m for m in matches if "-orig" not in m.name]
target = non_orig[0] if non_orig else matches[0]
try:
return parse_youtube_json3(target)
except Exception as e:
log.warning(f"Failed to parse {target}: {e}")
continue
log.warning(f"No caption file found for video {video_id} in {cc_dir}")
return None
def save_caption_rows(
video_id: str,
rows: List[Dict[str, Any]],
output_dir: Path,
) -> Path:
"""Save parsed caption rows to a JSONL file."""
output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
out_path = output_dir / f"{video_id}_captions.jsonl"
with out_path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
for row in rows:
record = {
"video_id": video_id,
"caption_id": row["caption_id"],
"start_sec": row["start_sec"],
"end_sec": row["end_sec"],
"duration_sec": row["duration_sec"],
"raw_text": row["raw_text"],
"normalized_text": row["normalized_text"],
}
f.write(json.dumps(record, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
log.info(f"Saved {len(rows)} caption rows to {out_path}")
return out_path