When a batch has thousands of videos, you do not want to scroll through a list to find out how it went. Scriptube gives you three tools for that: status tabs, the batch map and one-click retry. This guide shows how to read them, so you can go from "something looks off" to "fixed" in a minute.
Start with the top of the page
Open any batch and look at the header first. You will see a progress bar, videos per minute and time left. These tell you whether the batch is moving and roughly when it will finish. Speed changes as a batch runs, so treat time left as a guide, not a promise.
Big jobs keep moving on their own. If things slow down, waiting videos resume automatically, and nothing is charged until a transcript arrives. Often the right action is to do nothing and let it run.
Read the batch map
Below the progress bar sits the batch map: one coloured square per video. It is the fastest way to see the shape of a batch. Look for:
- Mostly completed squares. A healthy batch, however large.
- A cluster of failed squares in one stretch. Videos next to each other often share a cause, such as a run of old uploads or long live streams without captions.
- Many waiting squares near the end. The batch is still working; check again shortly.
- Isolated failures scattered around. Usually safe to retry in one go.
Patterns are the point. One glance at 3,000 squares tells you more than 3,000 rows.
Use the status tabs
Four tabs split the batch by outcome. Each shows 50 videos per page.
- Completed. Videos with a transcript. This is what you are charged for.
- Waiting. Videos that have not been processed yet. Leave them; they continue by themselves.
- Failed. Videos that did not come back with a transcript. Open these first.
- Skipped. Videos Scriptube set aside without a transcript. Check this tab to see what was left out.
A batch never fails silently. Whatever happened to a video, it shows up in one of these tabs.
Work out why something failed
Not every failure is a problem to fix. Some videos have no captions on YouTube at all, mostly long live streams and old clips. Retrying them will not change that, and you are not charged for them. In one real channel of 3,199 videos (2,553 uploads, 260 Shorts and 386 live streams), 99.2% came back with a transcript, and the rest were this kind of video. Read why some YouTube videos have no transcript and how to fix common transcript errors if you want the detail. AI transcription for videos without captions is coming soon.
Retry with one click
For failures that look temporary, use the retry button on the Failed tab to retry them all with one click. You do not need to select videos one at a time or build a new batch. You are charged only if a transcript arrives. More in retrying failed transcripts.
A good routine:
- Wait until the Waiting tab is empty, or nearly so.
- Open Failed and scan the titles for a pattern.
- Retry once.
- If the same videos fail again, treat them as having no captions and move on.
If credits run out
If your credits run out mid-batch, everything already transcribed is kept. The remaining videos are cancelled and not charged. Top up on the credits page and submit again; duplicates are removed automatically, and you can check the estimate first.
A one-minute health check
- Is the progress bar moving?
- Does the batch map look mostly one colour?
- Is Failed small compared with Completed?
- Have you retried once?
If all four are yes, your data is in good shape. Export from the library; reading or exporting transcripts you own is free.
Try it on your next batch
Start a batch from the dashboard and open its page as it runs. If you often work with very large channels, compare plans on pricing.