So apparently, YouTube will be removing all existing video annotations:
Annotations are basically text boxes that can be overlaid on YouTube videos. Some videos use annotations to make corrections to the content or convey easter eggs. An example of an annotation on a video:
So that prompted me to ask: Is there a way to download the annotation data for a video? For example, either using the YouTube API or youtube-dl.
It would be nice if there were a way to get the annotations in a format where they could be displayed as they were originally on the video, with the original positioning and timing, but I'd be fine with just getting the annotation text in XML or some other plain text format. I mainly just want to save a copy of the annotation text from some video game guide videos where there is a lot of text contained in the annotations.
Is this possible?