Parses timedtext files

timedtext_parser.py

import json
import sys

if len(sys.argv) != 2:
    print("ERROR: Provide input file")

try:
    with open(sys.argv[1]) as f:
        data = f.read()
except:
    print("ERROR: Couldn't read file")

try:
    data = json.loads(data)
    data = data["events"]
    for item in data:
        if "segs" in item:
            segs = item["segs"]
            for seg in segs:
                if "utf8" in seg:
                    print(seg["utf8"], end="")
except Exception as e:
    print(e)
    print("ERROR: Couldn't process file")