Videos are one of the most popular ways we learn today. From YouTube tutorials to Udemy courses and university lectures, so much knowledge is delivered in video format. But here's the challenge: our learning happens in videos, while our knowledge lives in Obsidian.
That gap between passive watching and active knowledge building has always been the problem for many video learners. You watch a lecture, take scattered notes, and a week later you've forgotten most of it.
The good news? There are now several tools that make video note-taking in Obsidian smoother, faster, and more effective.
In this guide, I'll walk you through the best options in 2025.
Traditional Plugin Approaches
If you want to stay fully inside Obsidian, plugins are the natural first step:
