Paste a link — no download needed
Paste public YouTube videos or livestream replays directly; no need to download the file or find a caption track first.
Turn any YouTube video into clean Markdown notes
Paste a YouTube link and get a tidy Markdown file with timestamped chapter headings,keywords, and a Mermaid mindmap — ready to paste into Notion, Obsidian, or Logseq.
Inside the workspace
This is what the summary looks like
The video on the left to check anything against, the overview, background and key takeaways on the right — with the full text, the mindmap and an AI chat one tab away.
- Timestamped chapters
- Click one and the video jumps back to that moment.
- Mindmap and takeaways
- A Mermaid mindmap and a key-point list, generated in the same pass.
- Keep asking
- Chat with the AI over the full text, and switch the output language anytime.
Turn YouTube videos into clean Markdown notes
Auto-transcribed and structured by chapter, the exported .md drops straight into Notion, Obsidian, or Logseq — no manual formatting.
Timestamped chapter structure
Transcription is split into chapters, each heading carrying a timestamp — clean multi-level headings in Markdown.
Structured body + keywords
Outputs an overview, chapter takeaways, keywords, and action items, all as tidy Markdown paragraphs.
Mermaid mindmap embedded in Markdown
The mindmap is written as a Mermaid code block, rendering directly in Notion or Obsidian.
More than a summary: reusable study and work deliverables
After processing, the result page can turn a long video into study notes, a work brief, and an action plan.
Study Notes
Core concepts and definitions
Examples and explanations
Review questions
Work Brief
Key conclusions
Risks and open questions
Reusable briefing copy
Action Plan
Tasks and priority
Timestamp references
No invented missing details
STEP 01
Input
Paste a public link or upload a local video / audio file.
STEP 02
Analyze
Auto-transcribe and generate an overview, chapters, and mindmap.
STEP 03
Ask
Keep chatting with AI about the content to dig into points and actions.
STEP 04
Export
Take the summary, mindmap, and action list to reuse anywhere.
Supported platforms
YouTube
Side by side
SnapVee vs. the summarizers you already tried
How a summarizer built around public links compares with a screen recorder (ScreenApp), a meeting transcriber (Notta) and a YouTube note extension (NoteGPT).
| What matters | SnapVee | ScreenApp | Notta | NoteGPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Getting started | Paste a public link or upload a file in the browser | Record or upload first, then analyze | Join a meeting or upload a recording | Open a YouTube page with the extension |
| Best input | Long videos, podcasts and local audio or video | Screens and calls you recorded | Live meetings and voice notes | YouTube videos above all |
| What you get | Overview, timestamped chapters, key points, Mermaid mindmap, Markdown | Recording summary and highlights | Transcript and meeting minutes | Summary and key points |
| Digging deeper | Keep asking the AI about the full text, switch output language | Ask about the recording | Search across past meetings | Ask about the video |
| After the summary | Subtitles, convert, breakdown, social formatting — same place | Share the recording back | Sync notes to team tools | Export the note |
Compared against each product's publicly observable behaviour, checked August 2026. If screen recording itself is the job, ScreenApp is the better fit, and for live meeting minutes and team collaboration Notta remains the natural pick.
Read the full comparison
You have the notes. Now what?
The rest of the workflow is right here
Same account, same source — export subtitles, break down why it worked, convert the file, lay it out for social. No tool switching.
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User reviews
★★★★★
“Organizing video notes by hand used to take half an hour; now I export Markdown and paste it in.”
Adrian Fontaine
Knowledge blogger · Obsidian power user
★★★★★
“Lecture videos become .md with timestamped headings that link straight into my vault.”
Julian Weber
Researcher · Literature management
★★★★★
“I convert long videos to Markdown, then rewrite them into a newsletter — no more transcribing by ear.”
Maya Lindqvist
Newsletter author
★★★★★
“Chapter headings come pre-split; imported into Logseq it's a ready-made study outline.”
Ryan Cooper
Student · Logseq notes
★★★★★
“I turn launch videos into Markdown drafts, and the Mermaid diagrams render as-is.”
Thomas Wright
Technical writing · Docs
★★★★★
“One video becomes structured .md — enough source material for several articles.”
Nina Albrecht
Freelance writer · Repurposing
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