Converts EDL to YouTube timestamps

edl.py

import os

def edl_to_youtube_chapters(edl_filepath):
    youtube_chapters = []
    
    with open(edl_filepath, 'r') as edl_file:
        for line in edl_file:
            if line.strip() and line[0].isdigit(): 
                time_start = line.split()[4]
                hours, minutes, seconds = time_start.split(':')[0:3]
                if hours == '00':
                    time_start_formatted = f"{minutes}:{seconds}"  # MM:SS format
                else:
                    time_start_formatted = f"{hours}:{minutes}:{seconds}"  # HH:MM:SS format
                next_line = next(edl_file)
                title = next_line.split('|M:')[1].split(' |')[0]
                youtube_chapters.append(f"{time_start_formatted} {title}")

    return youtube_chapters

def write_chapters_to_file(chapters, output_filepath):
    with open(output_filepath, 'w') as output_file:
        for chapter in chapters:
            output_file.write(chapter + "\n")

def convert_all_edl_files_in_directory(directory):
    for filename in os.listdir(directory):
        if filename.endswith(".edl"):
            chapters = edl_to_youtube_chapters(filename)
            output_filepath = os.path.splitext(filename)[0] + ".txt"  # replace .edl extension with .txt
            write_chapters_to_file(chapters, output_filepath)

# Usage
convert_all_edl_files_in_directory('.')