You can take one step out with Commander. Add a macro that invokes Media Extended: Get timestamp from player, then invokes Templater: Jump to next cursor location, to get you to the end of the line, just setup the timestamp template in Media Extended to {{timestamp}} The will be removed, and it won't do a multiline cursor like it does if you pass in 0 to all the timestamps, like you've got in your video. Great video, love the plugin suggestion!
Thanks for another helpful Obsidian video. I'm going back to this video to try the plugin on it. Chuckle on your nit picks on cursor location/no keyboard support. I too focus on these details because the mouse wastes a second or two, takes your hands off the home row, and interrupts the thought flow -- all of which adds up over time.
Great video. I also embed the video in my Obsidian note (have to recall what plugin I’m using for presenting it). Ideal would be to allow for the timestamp link to play back the embed video IN THE NOTE from the time given, not spawn it in an external browser. Playing in-line in all cases would (IMHO) be a superior experience. That said, being able to write timestamp-based notes is definitely handy. Logseq has a great plugin for this on its end, and I think Roam does as well.
I also very much hope for the ability to use the linked video pane to run the video at the timestamp. When it spawns a new browser window, I get another advertisement every time. Not conducive to study.
Hi Bryan! Sorry for my stupid question but how do you remove templatr code from your notes and move the cursor after timestamp? I did it all but still cursor stays on top, and I can see after timestamp. I'm new to Obsidian and probably it's something very simple.
@@BryanJenks Seems like it's an issue with the newest version of Obsidian. I found a handful of forum discussions reporting the same issue. I see there's an option to enable auto jump to cursor on the templater setting but still doesn't work. Anyways, great video and I recently came across your channel and really love it. Keep up the great work!
@@bozhidar_batev I tested with the core template plugin and templater turned on, so I do not think it is a conflict issue. In the Templater settings, did you make sure that the "Automatic jump to cursor" setting was turned on? Additionally, did you assign a Templater hotkey to have the cursor jump (ex: ALT + Tab)? It should work :-) Also, as mentioned in another comment, checkout the "Eloquent," chrome extension. It is a bit buggy, but a good web clipper and the workflow for taking notes on videos is pretty good too
Not sure I understand how to use the Templater workaround. Do I need to bind a second hotkey to a templater action to get it to work? I'm a Templater newbie, I'm afraid.
i have one hotkey to insert the timestamp with media extended which inserts the template text, then a second hotkey to activate the templater template to jump my cursor to that location
Considering I take 'literature notes' on videos practically each day, that's a game-changer! Thanks for showcasing this. I've come up with a workflow that includes templates, browser shortcuts, and switching windows like a madman. But this definitely reduces the friction.
@@777raton7literature notes is usually in reference to the zettelkasten method of notetaking. basically hes just saying he takes notes on probably all sorts of videos he consumes
@5:59 is it possible to take the markdown versions of the timestamp snippets, and save them indivually in one file instead of the entire thing from say, a youtube vid? my personal case use would be time stamping three hour lectures, but i do not want to download a 3 hour video, i only want the audio version of those particular timestamps, am i in the right place for this? thank you
@@BryanJenks I see, ok. I have gotten the plug-in, but also was excited to use it for voice notes I take through the plug-in often. But when I go to play it back, linking the tabs to begin the hot key captures to elicit bookmarks, its shows a timestamp in the wiki link generated, but when click, just begins at the begining regardless, any ideas?
At 09:30, instead of moving the mouse, does using the Tab key to get focus followed by Return work? At 12:00, can you not use Ctrl-Tab, then Ctrl-down arrow to get the cursor where you need it? I agree the dev can fix those quality of life things.
11:02 I thought the Templater code moved the cursor to the first instance of this code; or it does for normal templates. Is it something to do with Media Extended doing this?
When templater is inserting the "template" automatically jumps the cursor, but since media extended is inserting the "template" you have to use the jump to next cursor location command.
thank you for sharing this info! I have one question though..if I click on a timestamp to go to a certain part in the video, then it's not possbile to scroll the video before the timestamp. For example I set a timestamp at 2:30 then click on this timestamp to go to that part, than I'm not able to scroll the video to 2:10. Is there a fix for this?
For everyone wondering, it was actually quite simple: just open two windows of the same note. In one of them, use Ctrl+P and then open Media. In the other window, you can get the current timestamp (you can go into the settings of Obsidian and add a hotkey for the timestamp feature). Then, when you click something, you can decide, for example, to use Alt+P as your personal choice. This will insert the timestamp into the note window-the one that hasn’t changed into a video container. I just wonder why some video tutorials show the video inside the note, like over the notes, while I can't do that. Anyway, what I’ve explained is the process to work with local videos from start to finish. (Obviously, you’ll need to install the community plugin first and enable it in the settings).
Non technical person here trying to build a database of knowledge and ideas . Using otter for talk to text. A few cons and haven't figured out how to (frictionless) get into usable format . Starting with obsidian atm so this is super helpful
How to navigate the video in obsidian window? All keyboard shortcuts like start/stop/back/further do not work? It's very annoying when I want to go back a few seconds in a video and I have to do it with the mouse or touchpad. Do you have any ways of doing this?
If you have dedicated media keys on your keyboard, as long as the focus is the video opened in Obsidian you can use the Start-Stop media key while still maintaining focus in the pane where you are taking notes.
Thanks for the video. Clearly and thoroughly explained, as always. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that this plugin is being maintained anymore. The current version (2.11.1) was last updated/released on 10/21/2021. There are currently 91 open issues and, from what I can tell, the last engagement from the developer was in December 2021. The last development efforts for v3 have been in a draft phase since July 2022.
Non-text media is *wildly* under-tooled. When taking notes on a video, or a podcast, or a recording of a meeting the tools should allow us to skip back a few seconds, skip forward, and pause all without changing focus from the notes area. We can download YT videos but if we take notes with YT timestamps they won't be linked when we download that same video and the original is taken down. What about linking the timestamp of our reaction to the timestamp of the video we were watching? Or converting video/audio to a lower bitrate so that we can take notes on the go or even just re-listen to something in the car? So many gaps.
Can an animated transcript move in conjunction with the UA-cam video in Obsidian? This is what makes memex useful for me. I can pull up the transcript and copy and paste segments of it to the memex timestamps in real time Would love to do everything within obsidian
Great video. I desperately am looking for a plugin that allows live replay of created notes in obsidian, similar to Goodnotes note replay. It appears theres nothing like that. Might try to build a plugin myself.
Appreciate you content! 2 main cons of video timestamp notes: 1. Videos on web are not permanent 1a. local files take too much space 2. Video content is not searchable That's why I rely on transcripts. I wish there was a plugin that would download the transcript...
@Milan Lora Hi You have to: 1) Install Templater plugin - Obsidian / General Settings / PLUGIN OPTIONS / Community plugins / Search installed plugins ---> Templater 2) If you have Windows - change Hotkeys for Templater - Obsidian / General Settings / OPTIONS / Hotkeys : "Templater: Jump to next cursor location" on i.e. "Ctrl + Tab" and that's it. Press hotkeys like ont he movie. PS. Important thing, on the video is turn on "Live Preview" Obsidian / General Settings / OPTIONS / Editor / Use legacy editor
@@DavidfromPol This is great - thank you. However, for some reason the bulleting does not work nicely and after using the hotkey to create the timestamp and then the hotkey for templater, it brings me to a new line below the text. And the new timestamp is not bulleted... Any ideas? Thank you!
Maybe I have missed this information somewhere, but how do you provide the meta data for youtube videos? Is it really manual? Or is there any way for obsidian to pick that up if you for example provide the link?
Hi Bryan, thanks for the video! well, one stupid question. Since you opened an existing note with the youtube link had been already there, I did not get how you input the link so your template automatically loads its metadata. could you show me?
i have a new template for getting the metadata from the link, in this video it was all manually collected and input into the note so you're not missing anything as it relates to this video
@@BryanJenks Hard agree with Timestamp Notes. The amount of time I've spent tinkering in order to work with Media Extended's cumbersome workflow is resolved way faster with Timestamp Notes (I just want that 3 hours of my life back + it only took me 30 minutes to set up Timestamp Notes to integrate with my workflow). Media Extended changes my Workspace EVERY TIME I create a video + moves my 'writing note' to the bottom (makes everything weird and unintuitive). Whereas Timestamp Notes just locks the video on the right column (not the best but it stays put---which is already 10x times better). Not to mention Media Extended hasn't receive any updates like since forever...? (prolly dev has abandoned it).
Great video - but I prefer to stop the video while taking notes then resume afterward - this app doesn't appear to have a way of quickly, seamlessly doing that?
I mean you could use hot keys to do that with the browser but then you don’t get the time stamps, you may be able to use hot keys to toggle to the different obsidian tabs and use the space bar to pause the video?
I like the way you are explaining those things.... Can you make a video about HOW TO TIMESTAMP LOCAL STORED VIDEOS? There is nothing out there about it... Timestamp Notes (plugin) doesn't really make it when it comes to local files, neither does "Media Extended".... There is an demand for video related video, as you can notice on your view#s in this video... Would be great..... thx... :)
Cool extension, but it looks like I missed something When I capture a timestamp, I get something like "ua-cam.com/video/GQXVWtNkeZw/v-deo.html#t=302.455738956131" But when I click that link in Obsidian, YT just opens the video at the start, not at that timestamp When I now change the timestamp to "ua-cam.com/video/GQXVWtNkeZw/v-deo.html?t=302", it works perfectly. Did YT change the link format or is it a setting I missed?
Same here. The timestamp feature appears to not have any effect at all. I'm currently trying this on my iPad, and I've used the link both to open it in the UA-cam app and by manually pasting it into the Chrome browser. Both start me at the beginning (or wherever I'd last left off), ignoring the timestamp entirely. UPDATE: Same issue on my PC.
I use Slid to capture note with screenshot on video lectures and export it to logseq. In my case, I never want to watch the video again as it just takes more time than reading. So summarising with screenshot of important sections of the video using Slid works for me. And of course, the video may no longer be available after few years so the timestamp isn't permanant solution unless you download the videos and back up yourself.
if i want to keep the video i do actually download some, others i just keep the timestamps as the import part for me would be the content i gathered from it
Great video Bryan. Great tool to take on external video. Is it possible to get it play the video inside Obsidian when clicking the time stamp after it is created. Currently the time stamp link is link to external source and it will play on a external browser. Thanks
Hi I was wondering if you could make a video for a complete obsidian beginner. Or maybe you could just explain it to me here. What I want to do is break down my Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructional into time stamps( it's on my hard drive btw)
Hi Bryan, thanks for these great videos. I just posted two longish comments about what I did to the Typescript in the source files for the Media Extended plugin to fix the 1. Cursor before timestamp issue, and 2. Having to Tab when you paste a URL issue Both comments disappeared within minutes. Is this is a setting you have done (to review some comment), or not? Thanks.
THANK YOU - like it - i tried to move the cursor with Templater - luckily my girlfriend showed me how to manage this - also by using a short Streamdeck Workflow for the hole process
For the cursor before time stamp issue go to the function 'export const insertToCursor = (str: string, view: MarkdownView) => {' in the file misc.ts. Get rid of the if statement at the end which is around the 'editor.setCurdor()' statement. You will have to recompile to get a new main.js file and import that file into the plugin's folder in your vault, and reload the plugin in Obsidian.
Thanks alot, this is really helpful. I am still leaning how to use Obsidian. Can someone please help with the following - how to add metadata of the vid like Bryan - how to have the bullet in template make the cursor jump after timestamp.
It looks interesting but also a but cumbersome (esp. with not focusing the address line etc.). I started using a browser plugin called Eloquent recently and it does that similarly (+ a few extra functions) but with a much smoother and more streamlined workflow. Highly recommended, esp. for Obsidian!
The 'Timestamp Offset' seems like a thoughtful feature. There is always a second or two latency between recognising something as important in a video and hitting the key to make a time-stamp. On a side note, I like basketball... ... (and some other sports). On the NBA App the default jump forward and back while watching a game is either 10 or 30 seconds (depending on format), but these time lengths are only really useful if you want to navigate to a particular spot in the game. I like to try and watch some games more quickly, and fast forward the 3-6 seconds it takes to bring the ball across half court, so you can see having 10 seconds minimum means you can miss a whole play. What would be REALLY good is if the user could select the time the forward and backwards buttons jump; I have never seen this feature on any app. I think adding this to any app significantly increases its usefulness. Maybe its difficult to implement this?
There's a fantastic Chrome extension called Video Speed Controller that works for any HTML5 video that allows you in the settings to specify exactly how many seconds you want the skip forward and skip backward buttons to advance or rewind. It also lets you change video speed in whatever increment you want with a hotkey, for example you can set it to .05 and everytime you press 'd' it will speed up the video 5%. I have saved so many hours of life using it.
its posible just drag and drop your video holding CTRL you would get a link copy from file:/// until the end and you insert the link in the media extender box that he shows in the video
@@FabriceMous 1) you have a video on your pc just drag an drop the video into obsidian, that will give u a link on obsidian 2) then you copy that link and paste it on media extender box 3)you done
@@ismaelpizarromedina4343 thank you for explaining. My rundown: On a mac where my video lives in my vault, I dragged and dropped the file and I had to append 'file:///' to my file 'video.mp4' ... that created the video pane. However, I does not stream the video. So I am somewhat stuck with this. So I do agree with @jesbel johnson that a video on how to time stamp local videos would be very useful.
lol when i finish school ill likely have more time to actually spend on my thinkpad to build out my own arch distro, just dont have the time right now lol
For everyone wondering, it was actually quite simple: just open two windows of the same note. In one of them, use Ctrl+P and then open Media. In the other window, you can get the current timestamp (you can go into the settings of Obsidian and add a hotkey for the timestamp feature). Then, when you click something, you can decide, for example, to use Alt+P as your personal choice. This will insert the timestamp into the note window-the one that hasn’t changed into a video container. I just wonder why some video tutorials show the video inside the note, like over the notes, while I can't do that. Anyway, what I’ve explained is the process to work with local videos from start to finish. (Obviously, you’ll need to install the community plugin first and enable it in the settings).
In my computer they did fix the box selection for pasting the media link, but I do have to press the TAB key and then press ENTER to open the video. In any case, this does meet Bryan's need to do these actions only using his keyboard.
Is it possible to open obsidian files as sticky notes? I think it can be used to create a wanted chaos, it would help to lay many notes out in front of you like luhman was able to do with physical notes. I can not find a method and would be very thankful for your insight! Keep up the sharing wonderful knowledge;)
Hi Bryan, thanks for the video. When I played the video in Obsidian with a shortened version of the link from the UA-cam "Share" button (something like this: ua-cam.com/video/GQXVWtNkeZwf/v-deo.htmlrom) and tried to use the "Media Extended: Get timestamp from player" command to create a link with the timestamp to the original UA-cam video (as when you pressed the hotkey in your video), the generated link looked like this: ua-cam.com/video/GQXVWtNkeZw/v-deo.html#t=531.120466. When clicking the link, it doesn't go to the timestamp but starts from the beginning of the video. So when you play the video in Obsidian, make sure that you're using the "normal" version of the link (something like this: ua-cam.com/video/GQXVWtNkeZw/v-deo.html) so the added timestamp can work. Just something that I found and hope helps others using this plugin.
weird, i wonder if its been fixed by now because that is not how the functionality should work, the t=### at the end should be an integer not a decimal as its counting seconds into the video
@@BryanJenks Sorry from me to you. I always forget marking irony with a smiley. What I really meant to say was: "Thanx for the great information. Can't await to see your next video." So thanks again! 😆 Oh, I found my smiley again. 😅
I'm trying to see what I did wrong. When I insert the timestamp the URL that Media Ex inserts actually does have the specifiied number of seconds, each one is different depending on when I insert it, so that's great, but when I go back and click on the timestamp it simply starts playing the video from the very beginning. Anyone have any idea why it's doing this? E.g., Even if I copy the URL from my note and paste it into the browser, even though it has the timestamp in the URL (155 seconds), the vid STILL opens up and starts at the beginning: ua-cam.com/video/B26ZHTkd6AY/v-deo.html#t=155.28334799046326. The "155" is the number of seconds because I did the Media Extender at the 2 min. and 35 second mark. Mahalo in advance for any solutions to what I'm doing wrong.
You can take one step out with Commander. Add a macro that invokes Media Extended: Get timestamp from player, then invokes Templater: Jump to next cursor location, to get you to the end of the line, just setup the timestamp template in Media Extended to
{{timestamp}}
The will be removed, and it won't do a multiline cursor like it does if you pass in 0 to all the timestamps, like you've got in your video.
Great video, love the plugin suggestion!
That’s actually the exact solution I ended up doing :) so you’re right on the money!
I just cant fcn do it
Been watching for awhile. This one got me subscribed. Thank you, sir 🙏
Welcome aboard!
Wow - this is huge for research use! Thanks for sharing the plug-in and your workflow and hotkey!
My pleasure! glad it was helpful!
wow this is incredible. *flashesback to manually taking notes and pausing videos and taking notes into a notepad*
Glad it helped!
Thanks for another helpful Obsidian video.
I'm going back to this video to try the plugin on it.
Chuckle on your nit picks on cursor location/no keyboard support. I too focus on these details because the mouse wastes a second or two, takes your hands off the home row, and interrupts the thought flow -- all of which adds up over time.
VIM IS LIFE
Great video. I also embed the video in my Obsidian note (have to recall what plugin I’m using for presenting it). Ideal would be to allow for the timestamp link to play back the embed video IN THE NOTE from the time given, not spawn it in an external browser. Playing in-line in all cases would (IMHO) be a superior experience. That said, being able to write timestamp-based notes is definitely handy. Logseq has a great plugin for this on its end, and I think Roam does as well.
I also very much hope for the ability to use the linked video pane to run the video at the timestamp. When it spawns a new browser window, I get another advertisement every time. Not conducive to study.
its basically a required feature now of any app
@@BryanJenks have you tried the timetags for youtube browser extension? I like that I can still use youtube enhancer and also still be logged in.
Hi Bryan! Sorry for my stupid question but how do you remove templatr code from your notes and move the cursor after timestamp? I did it all but still cursor stays on top, and I can see after timestamp. I'm new to Obsidian and probably it's something very simple.
might be an issue of still having the built in template plugin active
@@BryanJenks Seems like it's an issue with the newest version of Obsidian. I found a handful of forum discussions reporting the same issue. I see there's an option to enable auto jump to cursor on the templater setting but still doesn't work. Anyways, great video and I recently came across your channel and really love it. Keep up the great work!
@@bozhidar_batev I tested with the core template plugin and templater turned on, so I do not think it is a conflict issue. In the Templater settings, did you make sure that the "Automatic jump to cursor" setting was turned on? Additionally, did you assign a Templater hotkey to have the cursor jump (ex: ALT + Tab)? It should work :-) Also, as mentioned in another comment, checkout the "Eloquent," chrome extension. It is a bit buggy, but a good web clipper and the workflow for taking notes on videos is pretty good too
I am using plugin Commander where I created macro to run two commands. First get timestamp then jump to cursor ant it works like a charm.
Not sure I understand how to use the Templater workaround. Do I need to bind a second hotkey to a templater action to get it to work? I'm a Templater newbie, I'm afraid.
i have one hotkey to insert the timestamp with media extended which inserts the template text, then a second hotkey to activate the templater template to jump my cursor to that location
Thanks for the helpful information !!
Considering I take 'literature notes' on videos practically each day, that's a game-changer!
Thanks for showcasing this.
I've come up with a workflow that includes templates, browser shortcuts, and switching windows like a madman.
But this definitely reduces the friction.
I still want to switch to LogSeq long-term, but for now, it looks like Obsidian's community once again gave me a reason to stay in their team.
Glad it may help you!
@@777raton7literature notes is usually in reference to the zettelkasten method of notetaking. basically hes just saying he takes notes on probably all sorts of videos he consumes
@5:59 is it possible to take the markdown versions of the timestamp snippets, and save them indivually in one file instead of the entire thing from say, a youtube vid? my personal case use would be time stamping three hour lectures, but i do not want to download a 3 hour video, i only want the audio version of those particular timestamps, am i in the right place for this? thank you
in this case the video i was taking notes on was not downloaded it was only on youtube :)
@@BryanJenks I see, ok. I have gotten the plug-in, but also was excited to use it for voice notes I take through the plug-in often.
But when I go to play it back, linking the tabs to begin the hot key captures to elicit bookmarks, its shows a timestamp in the wiki link generated,
but when click, just begins at the begining regardless, any ideas?
At 09:30, instead of moving the mouse, does using the Tab key to get focus followed by Return work? At 12:00, can you not use Ctrl-Tab, then Ctrl-down arrow to get the cursor where you need it?
I agree the dev can fix those quality of life things.
i dont believe those fixes helped but i'd have to check again to be sure
11:02 I thought the Templater code moved the cursor to the first instance of this code; or it does for normal templates. Is it something to do with Media Extended doing this?
When templater is inserting the "template" automatically jumps the cursor, but since media extended is inserting the "template" you have to use the jump to next cursor location command.
moonify got it below :)
thank you for sharing this info!
I have one question though..if I click on a timestamp to go to a certain part in the video, then it's not possbile to scroll the video before the timestamp. For example I set a timestamp at 2:30 then click on this timestamp to go to that part, than I'm not able to scroll the video to 2:10. Is there a fix for this?
correct, i done believe there is any sort of connective functionality for that yet
your ink is fire dude. i've only watched a few vids, first time i saw it - well played!
thanks!
i cannot do it with local videos, it ust opens the video but can't write under it :( that's so confusing
For everyone wondering, it was actually quite simple: just open two windows of the same note. In one of them, use Ctrl+P and then open Media. In the other window, you can get the current timestamp (you can go into the settings of Obsidian and add a hotkey for the timestamp feature). Then, when you click something, you can decide, for example, to use Alt+P as your personal choice. This will insert the timestamp into the note window-the one that hasn’t changed into a video container.
I just wonder why some video tutorials show the video inside the note, like over the notes, while I can't do that. Anyway, what I’ve explained is the process to work with local videos from start to finish. (Obviously, you’ll need to install the community plugin first and enable it in the settings).
glad you found a solution :)
Non technical person here trying to build a database of knowledge and ideas . Using otter for talk to text. A few cons and haven't figured out how to (frictionless) get into usable format . Starting with obsidian atm so this is super helpful
otter.ai is a cool tool too
Wow! Thanks for the video! Can't wait to use this extension a lot
You're welcome!
How to navigate the video in obsidian window?
All keyboard shortcuts like start/stop/back/further do not work? It's very annoying when I want to go back a few seconds in a video and I have to do it with the mouse or touchpad.
Do you have any ways of doing this?
not yet, i believe those are limitations of the plugin
If you have dedicated media keys on your keyboard, as long as the focus is the video opened in Obsidian you can use the Start-Stop media key while still maintaining focus in the pane where you are taking notes.
Thanks for the video. Clearly and thoroughly explained, as always. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that this plugin is being maintained anymore. The current version (2.11.1) was last updated/released on 10/21/2021. There are currently 91 open issues and, from what I can tell, the last engagement from the developer was in December 2021. The last development efforts for v3 have been in a draft phase since July 2022.
that is very unfortunate :/
i think some other plugins have started to pop up and fill the widening void that this plugin is leaving
@@BryanJenks Which plugin do you use these days to take notes on videos? Can you share with us please?
@@yakirlog I use Timestamp when it comes to UA-cam...
8 months later, what plugin do you use now to take notes of videos?
Thank you for sharing the tips. But I found that I cannot use it for UA-cam videos: the page can be fully loaded
Interesting
Non-text media is *wildly* under-tooled.
When taking notes on a video, or a podcast, or a recording of a meeting the tools should allow us to skip back a few seconds, skip forward, and pause all without changing focus from the notes area. We can download YT videos but if we take notes with YT timestamps they won't be linked when we download that same video and the original is taken down. What about linking the timestamp of our reaction to the timestamp of the video we were watching? Or converting video/audio to a lower bitrate so that we can take notes on the go or even just re-listen to something in the car? So many gaps.
yeah, it bothers me because i learn the most from videos usually
What are the meanings of some of those tattoos?
they all have different meanings, most of nordic in origin
Can an animated transcript move in conjunction with the UA-cam video in Obsidian? This is what makes memex useful for me. I can pull up the transcript and copy and paste segments of it to the memex timestamps in real time Would love to do everything within obsidian
🤷🏻♂️️
Great video. I desperately am looking for a plugin that allows live replay of created notes in obsidian, similar to Goodnotes note replay. It appears theres nothing like that. Might try to build a plugin myself.
That's a great idea!
@@BryanJenks I’ve decided that will be my project as soon as finals are over. We’ll see how it goes 🫡
Hello, are you planning to release obsidian workflow 2022 video?
probably not, not enough has changed for me to warrant it at the moment
Hey Bryan, thanks for these, been working on setting up my Obsidian. Also, love the ink man! About to get some more myself. Have a good one!
Right on!
How are you capturing metadata of the video?
i have a templater template that does it for me now
Bryan you are the man. Thanks for detailed review.
My pleasure!
What's the syntax for the update on the template? I am struggling with this.
{{TIMESTAMP}}
Which theme is used in obsidian?
My theme I use is gruvbox
Appreciate you content!
2 main cons of video timestamp notes:
1. Videos on web are not permanent
1a. local files take too much space
2. Video content is not searchable
That's why I rely on transcripts. I wish there was a plugin that would download the transcript...
I tend to download videos I feel need to be retained, and use UA-camdl for transcript downloading :)
Hi Bryan. Thanks for the video. Is there a way to get a screenshot from the current position from the video for each timestep?
greatings from Munich.
Not that I know of
Hey, How do you make Templater do the action of moving the cursor?
its one of the hotkey commands mapped to make the cursor jump to the cursor template components:
It's the Hotkey "Templater: Jump to next cursor location". Use that hotkey to jump to the cursor location from the timestamp template.
I had the same question. The video does not make it obvious you have to execute the "Tamplater - jump to next cursor location" command.
@Milan Lora
Hi
You have to:
1) Install Templater plugin - Obsidian / General Settings / PLUGIN OPTIONS / Community plugins / Search installed plugins ---> Templater
2) If you have Windows - change Hotkeys for Templater - Obsidian / General Settings / OPTIONS / Hotkeys : "Templater: Jump to next cursor location" on i.e. "Ctrl + Tab"
and that's it.
Press hotkeys like ont he movie.
PS.
Important thing, on the video is turn on "Live Preview"
Obsidian / General Settings / OPTIONS / Editor / Use legacy editor
@@DavidfromPol This is great - thank you. However, for some reason the bulleting does not work nicely and after using the hotkey to create the timestamp and then the hotkey for templater, it brings me to a new line below the text. And the new timestamp is not bulleted... Any ideas? Thank you!
Hi, thanks a lot for this great vid, question can it also be used with videos inside obsidian self?
i think so
Maybe I have missed this information somewhere, but how do you provide the meta data for youtube videos? Is it really manual? Or is there any way for obsidian to pick that up if you for example provide the link?
i fill in a lot of it manually, but working on a programatic solution
@@BryanJenks It's a great topic. Will you share it in the future?
Hi Bryan, thanks for the video!
well, one stupid question. Since you opened an existing note with the youtube link had been already there, I did not get how you input the link so your template automatically loads its metadata.
could you show me?
i have a new template for getting the metadata from the link, in this video it was all manually collected and input into the note so you're not missing anything as it relates to this video
would be cool to have a safari extension or an Alfred workflow to add the current video I'm watching
maybe the memex extension
already had mediaextended installed, but couldn't figure out how to use the timestamp feature >_< thank you!!!
Glad I could help!
Timestamp Notes is a better addon for video annotation
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@@BryanJenks Hard agree with Timestamp Notes. The amount of time I've spent tinkering in order to work with Media Extended's cumbersome workflow is resolved way faster with Timestamp Notes (I just want that 3 hours of my life back + it only took me 30 minutes to set up Timestamp Notes to integrate with my workflow). Media Extended changes my Workspace EVERY TIME I create a video + moves my 'writing note' to the bottom (makes everything weird and unintuitive). Whereas Timestamp Notes just locks the video on the right column (not the best but it stays put---which is already 10x times better). Not to mention Media Extended hasn't receive any updates like since forever...? (prolly dev has abandoned it).
do you still do it this way?
Yup!
My time stamp doesn't go to the exact location. Still awesome but let me know if there's a way to do that.
depends on your settings, i think they also may have fixed this issue by now
@@BryanJenks Still can't get it to work. Oh well. Checked the settings and tried a few things but.. anyway. No worries.
Great video - but I prefer to stop the video while taking notes then resume afterward - this app doesn't appear to have a way of quickly, seamlessly doing that?
I mean you could use hot keys to do that with the browser but then you don’t get the time stamps, you may be able to use hot keys to toggle to the different obsidian tabs and use the space bar to pause the video?
What theme are you using? Thx
gruvbox!
Thanks, Bryan! Giving this a try now.
Awesome!
I like the way you are explaining those things....
Can you make a video about HOW TO TIMESTAMP LOCAL STORED VIDEOS?
There is nothing out there about it...
Timestamp Notes (plugin) doesn't really make it when it comes to local files, neither does "Media Extended"....
There is an demand for video related video, as you can notice on your view#s in this video...
Would be great..... thx... :)
lol noted
Ok man, you got me. Neurodivergency and old norse tattoo. Looks like we're spiritual brothers ahahahah
Haha nice!
Thanks for sharing! Is there any way we can have more than 2x of playback speed?
video speed controller extension
Cool extension, but it looks like I missed something
When I capture a timestamp, I get something like "ua-cam.com/video/GQXVWtNkeZw/v-deo.html#t=302.455738956131"
But when I click that link in Obsidian, YT just opens the video at the start, not at that timestamp
When I now change the timestamp to "ua-cam.com/video/GQXVWtNkeZw/v-deo.html?t=302", it works perfectly.
Did YT change the link format or is it a setting I missed?
Same here. The timestamp feature appears to not have any effect at all. I'm currently trying this on my iPad, and I've used the link both to open it in the UA-cam app and by manually pasting it into the Chrome browser. Both start me at the beginning (or wherever I'd last left off), ignoring the timestamp entirely. UPDATE: Same issue on my PC.
the same issue on MAC M1, any explanations?
this is odd and not something ive experienced
Great tip! I really like the theme you're using on Obsidian - is there a way I can get it?
Yup! Sign in up for my newsletter gets you the bare bones version of my vault but that includes the theme!
Thank you so much for your useful sharing. Your Obsidian theme is so cool, how I can get it?
by signing up to my newsletter
I use Slid to capture note with screenshot on video lectures and export it to logseq.
In my case, I never want to watch the video again as it just takes more time than reading. So summarising with screenshot of important sections of the video using Slid works for me.
And of course, the video may no longer be available after few years so the timestamp isn't permanant solution unless you download the videos and back up yourself.
if i want to keep the video i do actually download some, others i just keep the timestamps as the import part for me would be the content i gathered from it
Great video Bryan. Great tool to take on external video. Is it possible to get it play the video inside Obsidian when clicking the time stamp after it is created. Currently the time stamp link is link to external source and it will play on a external browser. Thanks
at the moment i dont believe that functionality exists, would be cool if that could happen
@@BryanJenks Thanks for the reply. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much for this!
My pleasure!
There’s anything like this to Logseq?
I haven’t kept up on logseq but I’m sure there is
Hi I was wondering if you could make a video for a complete obsidian beginner.
Or maybe you could just explain it to me here. What I want to do is break down my Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructional into time stamps( it's on my hard drive btw)
I don’t think Locally hosted videos work with this workflow
Hi Bryan, thanks for these great videos. I just posted two longish comments about what I did to the Typescript in the source files for the Media Extended plugin to fix the
1. Cursor before timestamp issue, and
2. Having to Tab when you paste a URL issue
Both comments disappeared within minutes. Is this is a setting you have done (to review some comment), or not? Thanks.
i dont have any settings like that, its probably a youtube thing. that type of stuff doesnt do well in youtube comments
@@BryanJenks thanks for the clarification
THANK YOU - like it - i tried to move the cursor with Templater - luckily my girlfriend showed me how to manage this - also by using a short Streamdeck Workflow for the hole process
For the cursor before time stamp issue go to the function 'export const insertToCursor = (str: string, view: MarkdownView) => {' in the file misc.ts. Get rid of the if statement at the end which is around the 'editor.setCurdor()' statement. You will have to recompile to get a new main.js file and import that file into the plugin's folder in your vault, and reload the plugin in Obsidian.
Nice work!
really useful, i had the same pain as you on taking note of videos
Glad it helped!
Thanks alot, this is really helpful.
I am still leaning how to use Obsidian.
Can someone please help with the following
- how to add metadata of the vid like Bryan
- how to have the bullet in template make the cursor jump after timestamp.
The metadata I added was manually done for now, working on an automated process
The cursor jumping is done with templater
@@BryanJenks Hi, Thanks for the response. Excited for automatic metadata vid. For cursor jump using templater, is there a video on it?
I found askify chrome extension and i have been using that. Let's see if this can help me make the switch
never heard of that one
Does it works on Coursera videos and other types of videos? If does for me this is game changer plugin.
i dont think so because potential platform/paywall issues, havent tested though
It looks interesting but also a but cumbersome (esp. with not focusing the address line etc.). I started using a browser plugin called Eloquent recently and it does that similarly (+ a few extra functions) but with a much smoother and more streamlined workflow. Highly recommended, esp. for Obsidian!
ive since fixed it using the commander plugin combined with templater and media extended
The 'Timestamp Offset' seems like a thoughtful feature. There is always a second or two latency between recognising something as important in a video and hitting the key to make a time-stamp.
On a side note, I like basketball...
... (and some other sports). On the NBA App the default jump forward and back while watching a game is either 10 or 30 seconds (depending on format), but these time lengths are only really useful if you want to navigate to a particular spot in the game. I like to try and watch some games more quickly, and fast forward the 3-6 seconds it takes to bring the ball across half court, so you can see having 10 seconds minimum means you can miss a whole play. What would be REALLY good is if the user could select the time the forward and backwards buttons jump; I have never seen this feature on any app. I think adding this to any app significantly increases its usefulness. Maybe its difficult to implement this?
There's a fantastic Chrome extension called Video Speed Controller that works for any HTML5 video that allows you in the settings to specify exactly how many seconds you want the skip forward and skip backward buttons to advance or rewind. It also lets you change video speed in whatever increment you want with a hotkey, for example you can set it to .05 and everytime you press 'd' it will speed up the video 5%. I have saved so many hours of life using it.
like the person below mentioned, video speed controller is rad, i LOVE it
@@diggidyd2009 cheers mate. I’ll have to check this one out
Great video -- definitely looking forward to your Zotero 6 notetaking content.
Coming soon!
you're my fucking hero
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great great, things like this were only in my dreams.😁
How disappears in the Video timestamp? Nice video.
Templater plug-in moves your cursor to that tag
Keep it up! Very useful material.
BTW cool tatoos, what do they mean?
glad you liked it!
almost all of them are religious
please do a video how to use media extended for local stored videos?
its posible just drag and drop your video holding CTRL you would get a link copy from file:/// until the end and you insert the link in the media extender box that he shows in the video
answered below :)
HI @@ismaelpizarromedina4343 .. I don't get it. How do you create such a link?
@@FabriceMous 1) you have a video on your pc just drag an drop the video into obsidian, that will give u a link on obsidian 2) then you copy that link and paste it on media extender box
3)you done
@@ismaelpizarromedina4343 thank you for explaining. My rundown: On a mac where my video lives in my vault, I dragged and dropped the file and I had to append 'file:///' to my file 'video.mp4' ... that created the video pane. However, I does not stream the video. So I am somewhat stuck with this. So I do agree with @jesbel johnson that a video on how to time stamp local videos would be very useful.
Have you given ReClipped a try?
never heard of it!
Peculiar that the name of the app isn’t in the title or description or timestamps
What are you referring to ???
Thank you! you helped me a loot.
I’m glad!
that is so funny from 2020-2022 you went from LARBS-macOS, same as me
lol when i finish school ill likely have more time to actually spend on my thinkpad to build out my own arch distro, just dont have the time right now lol
For everyone wondering, it was actually quite simple: just open two windows of the same note. In one of them, use Ctrl+P and then open Media. In the other window, you can get the current timestamp (you can go into the settings of Obsidian and add a hotkey for the timestamp feature). Then, when you click something, you can decide, for example, to use Alt+P as your personal choice. This will insert the timestamp into the note window-the one that hasn’t changed into a video container.
I just wonder why some video tutorials show the video inside the note, like over the notes, while I can't do that. Anyway, what I’ve explained is the process to work with local videos from start to finish. (Obviously, you’ll need to install the community plugin first and enable it in the settings).
Nice!
There's another plug-in name "time stamp"❤
I think I’m using that one now
Thx but you could share the template with us....
all my templates are freely available
@@BryanJenks @BryanJenks No I mean the entry of template 6:37
BTW, anybody knows tools to tag and search content inside videos?
inside videos? i dont think it works like that
Askify is great browser extension for this things, it works with markdowns
nice!
thank you
Welcome!
legend.
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The plugin developer must've watched your video. I'm not seeing any of those pain points on my PC.
In my computer they did fix the box selection for pasting the media link, but I do have to press the TAB key and then press ENTER to open the video. In any case, this does meet Bryan's need to do these actions only using his keyboard.
SWEET
Thankyouuu.
You're welcome 😊
Informative but can I provide some feedback. The video is too long and the points could have been made in a shorter period of time.
thanks for the feedback!
Love your tats dude!
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Thanks
No problem
Superb!
Thanks a lot!
Is it possible to open obsidian files as sticky notes?
I think it can be used to create a wanted chaos, it would help to lay many notes out in front of you like luhman was able to do with physical notes.
I can not find a method and would be very thankful for your insight!
Keep up the sharing wonderful knowledge;)
Try notion or trello
scrintal might interest you, or the obsidian markmind plugin
Ye-note? Did Kanye get into PKM?
lol chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/yinote/fhpgggnmdlmekfdpkdgeiccfkignhkdf?hl=en
Hi Bryan, thanks for the video. When I played the video in Obsidian with a shortened version of the link from the UA-cam "Share" button (something like this: ua-cam.com/video/GQXVWtNkeZwf/v-deo.htmlrom) and tried to use the "Media Extended: Get timestamp from player" command to create a link with the timestamp to the original UA-cam video (as when you pressed the hotkey in your video), the generated link looked like this: ua-cam.com/video/GQXVWtNkeZw/v-deo.html#t=531.120466. When clicking the link, it doesn't go to the timestamp but starts from the beginning of the video.
So when you play the video in Obsidian, make sure that you're using the "normal" version of the link (something like this: ua-cam.com/video/GQXVWtNkeZw/v-deo.html) so the added timestamp can work.
Just something that I found and hope helps others using this plugin.
That's very helpful! Also, if you've got any buttons on your note from the button maker plugin, the timestamp feature doesn't work at all 😑
weird, i wonder if its been fixed by now because that is not how the functionality should work, the t=### at the end should be an integer not a decimal as its counting seconds into the video
Thanks for this advice ! Same problem here.
... Did Bryan always have these tats lol?
Perhaps, he is getting cooler everyday
LOL some are new, but i got my first tattoo over 8 years ago 🤣️
If you mean always always, then no, I doubt he was born with them. But for all of his videos, from what I remember, yes. :)
One critique for the video video: why didn't you show it earlier! That looks very nice and could making notes on Videos less painful. Than you.
ive had too much going on D: sorry!
@@BryanJenks Sorry from me to you. I always forget marking irony with a smiley. What I really meant to say was: "Thanx for the great information. Can't await to see your next video." So thanks again! 😆 Oh, I found my smiley again. 😅
@@hansimeier6587 LOL no worries i didnt take it negatively :)
PiP is needed.......
For Python?
@@BryanJenks I mean Picture in Picture feature is needed for the Media Extended plugin
Sick tat's!±
thank you :)
Video with 5 ways ua-cam.com/video/fOGdb1CTu5c/v-deo.html
yup thats the one
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The Timestamp Notes plugin works better than this one.
i do believe ive been experimenting with that one lately
first here
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I'm trying to see what I did wrong. When I insert the timestamp the URL that Media Ex inserts actually does have the specifiied number of seconds, each one is different depending on when I insert it, so that's great, but when I go back and click on the timestamp it simply starts playing the video from the very beginning. Anyone have any idea why it's doing this? E.g., Even if I copy the URL from my note and paste it into the browser, even though it has the timestamp in the URL (155 seconds), the vid STILL opens up and starts at the beginning: ua-cam.com/video/B26ZHTkd6AY/v-deo.html#t=155.28334799046326. The "155" is the number of seconds because I did the Media Extender at the 2 min. and 35 second mark. Mahalo in advance for any solutions to what I'm doing wrong.
ive seen other comments about this, wondering if its an M1 mac thing?
@@BryanJenks I'm not sure but I use a PC. I'll be trying this process again soon and see if something has changed. Thanks.
@@raiseyourvibration1411 so weird
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