YouTube to Obsidian
PostScribe helps Obsidian users turn public YouTube videos into Markdown notes with the source URL, transcript, summary, tags, and a human-written reason for saving the clip.
To move a YouTube video into Obsidian, use PostScribe to generate a transcript-backed Markdown note. The export includes YAML frontmatter, source URL, platform, captured date, original publish date when available, tags, why-saved context, summary, and transcript sections.
Last updated: June 10, 2026
Output preview
Obsidian-ready research note
Example source
https://youtu.be/market-brief
Example source
https://x.com/founder/status/205941...
"The clip is useful, but the note is the asset."
# Product interview - saved from YouTube
why_saved:
Useful source for turning a public clip into a searchable note.
tags:
postscribe, social-video, research-note, obsidian
A bookmark only tells you where the video was. An Obsidian-ready note gives you the actual words, a summary, tags, and the reason the clip mattered. That makes the note easier to rediscover later when you search your vault.
PostScribe's Obsidian-style export uses metadata for retrieval, not decoration. It includes source URL, normalized URL, platform, source or speaker when available, captured date, original publish date when available, duration, language, why-saved context, and tags.
Researchers can keep source-backed quote context, creators can turn long videos into content notes, and teams can preserve useful public clips without copying fragments across disconnected documents.
Why trust PostScribe
PostScribe supports public X/Twitter and YouTube video links, keeps raw media temporary, and makes plan limits visible before purchase. The durable output is the transcript, summary, source URL, saved context, tags, and reusable text layer, not long-term storage of the original media.
Private, restricted, deleted, unavailable, and unsupported posts fail clearly instead of being treated as valid sources.
Processing artifacts are not the product. PostScribe is designed around saved transcripts, summaries, notes, and source metadata.
Guest, free, credit-pack, and monthly plans communicate available minutes and transcript memory before users pay.
Compared with desktop transcription workflows, PostScribe starts from the public post URL and returns useful text in the browser.
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The same transcript-first workflow works across common social video research tasks. Use the pages below to jump between X video transcription, tweet video notes, text conversion, and summary workflows.
The Markdown export includes YAML frontmatter, source URL, platform, source or speaker when available, captured date, original publish date when available, tags, why-saved context, summary, key quotes, and transcript text.
Yes. Completed PostScribe jobs include a note context field where you can add why you saved the clip and custom tags before copying or downloading the Obsidian note.
No. PostScribe exports portable Markdown that can be saved into an Obsidian vault. There is no plugin or vault sync requirement.
No. Raw media is temporary processing material. The durable output is the transcript-backed note and its source metadata.