// parses VTT timestamp (mm:ss.ms or hh:mm:ss.ms) to seconds export const parseVttTime = (raw: string): number => { const parts = raw.trim().split(":"); if (parts.length < 2) { return 0; } const secPart = parts.at(-1); const minPart = parts.at(-2); const hourPart = parts.length > 2 ? parts.at(-3) : "0"; if (!secPart || !minPart) { return 0; } const hour = Number(hourPart); const minute = Number(minPart); const second = Number(secPart.replace(",", ".")); if (!Number.isFinite(hour) || !Number.isFinite(minute) || !Number.isFinite(second)) { return 0; } return hour * 3600 + minute * 60 + second; }; // parses a single VTT cue: timestamp line + text lines const parseVttCue = (line: string, lines: string[], i: number) => { if (!line.includes("-->")) { return null; } const [startRaw, endRaw] = line.split("-->"); const payload: string[] = []; let j = i + 1; // collect text until blank line while (j < lines.length && lines[j].trim() !== "") { payload.push(lines[j]); j++; } // strip tags, join lines const text = payload .join("\n") .replaceAll(/<[^>]+>/g, "") .trim(); if (!text) { return null; } const endTime = endRaw.trim().split(/\s+/)[0] ?? ""; return { start: parseVttTime(startRaw), end: parseVttTime(endTime), text }; }; /** * Parses full VTT file into cue array. Handles both compact (timestamp on separate line) and * standard formats. */ export const parseVtt = (text: string) => { const lines = text.replaceAll(/\r/g, "").split("\n"); const cues = []; for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) { const line = lines[i].trim(); if (!line) { continue; } // compact: cue id on line i, timestamp on i+1 if (i + 1 < lines.length && !line.includes("-->") && lines[i + 1].includes("-->")) { const cue = parseVttCue(lines[i + 1].trim(), lines, i + 1); if (cue) { cues.push(cue); } i++; } else if (line.includes("-->")) { // standard: timestamp on same line const cue = parseVttCue(line, lines, i); if (cue) { cues.push(cue); } } } return cues; };