Worth the Watch?

🌜 Worth the Watch? – Let AI Decide if It’s Worth Your Time!

🎮 What is this?

Ever clicked on a 30-minute YouTube video only to realise it was a waste of time?
"Worth the Watch?" is a prototype AI-powered video summarisation tool that helps you decide whether to watch a video before you sink your time into it based on reading a (hopefully) condensed blurb

It uses Google Gemini AI and yt-dlp to:

• Extract video metadata (title, uploader, views, likes, etc.)
• Summarise the video based on its content
• Give you a quick preview so you can watch smarter!

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⚙️ How It Works

1. Enter a YouTube URL into the app.
2. The system fetches metadata (title, uploader, views, etc.) using yt-dlp.
3. If available, it extracts the transcript for more accurate summaries.
4. It sends this data to Gemini AI, which generates a structured summary.
5. You get a quick, AI-powered preview—so you can decide whether it's worth watching!

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What it uses

Component	Description
🧠 Google Gemini	Used for text summarisation and structured outputs.
🎮 yt-dlp	Extracts YouTube metadata & transcripts.
🌍 Streamlit	Simple & interactive frontend UI.
🔑 dotenv (.env)	Stores API keys & credentials securely.
🛂 requirements.txt	Lists all dependencies to run the project.

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🔑 How to Set it Up

Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Get Your Gemini API Key

1. Go to Google AI Studio.
2. Generate an API key and store it in a .env file like this:

GEMINI_API_KEY=your-api-key-here

Run the Streamlit App

streamlit run app.py

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Features

• Quick Video Previews – Summarises content before you watch.
• AI-Powered Insights – Extracts key topics, timestamps, and speakers.
• Metadata Extraction – Fetches views, likes, and uploader details.
• Saves You Time – or something like that

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