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VideoDB Documentation
  • Pages
    • Welcome to VideoDB Docs
    • Quick Start Guide
      • Video Indexing Guide
      • Semantic Search
      • How Accurate is Your Search?
      • Collections
      • Public Collections
      • Callback Details
      • Ref: Subtitle Styles
      • Language Support
      • Guide: Subtitles
    • Examples and Tutorials
      • Dubbing - Replace Soundtrack with New Audio
      • VideoDB x TwelveLabs: Real-Time Video Understanding
      • Beep curse words in real-time
      • Remove Unwanted Content from videos
      • Instant Clips of Your Favorite Characters
      • Insert Dynamic Ads in real-time
      • Adding Brand Elements with VideoDB
      • Eleven Labs x VideoDB: Adding AI Generated voiceovers to silent footage
      • Elevating Trailers with Automated Narration
      • Add Intro/Outro to Videos
      • Audio overlay + Video + Timeline
      • Building Dynamic Video Streams with VideoDB: Integrating Custom Data and APIs
      • AI Generated Ad Films for Product Videography: Wellsaid, Open AI & VideoDB
      • Fun with Keyword Search
      • AWS Rekognition and VideoDB - Effortlessly Remove Inappropriate Content from Video
      • Overlay a Word-Counter on Video Stream
      • Generate Automated Video Outputs with Text Prompts | DALL-E + ElevenLabs + OpenAI + VideoDB
    • Visual Search and Indexing
      • Scene Extraction Algorithms
      • Custom Annotations
      • Scene-Level Metadata: Smarter Video Search & Retrieval
      • Advanced Visual Search Pipelines
      • Playground for Scene Extractions
      • Deep Dive into Prompt Engineering : Mastering Video Scene Indexing
    • Multimodal Search
      • Multimodal Search: Quickstart
      • Conference Slide Scraper with VideoDB
    • Real‑Time Video Pipeline
      • Automated Traffic Violation Reporter
    • Meeting Recording SDK
    • Generative Media Quickstart
      • Generative Media Pricing
    • AI Video Editing Automation SDK
      • Fit & Position: Aspect Ratio Control
      • Trimming vs Timing: Two Independent Timelines
      • Advanced Clip Control: The Composition Layer
      • Caption & Subtitles: Auto-Generated Speech Synchronization
      • Notebooks
    • Transcoding Quickstart
    • director-light
      Director - Video Agent Framework
      • Agent Creation Playbook
      • How I Built a CRM-integrated Sales Assistant Agent in 1 Hour
      • Make Your Video Sound Studio Quality with Voice Cloning
      • Setup Director Locally
    • github
      Open Source Tools
      • llama
        LlamaIndex VideoDB Retriever
      • PromptClip: Use Power of LLM to Create Clips
      • StreamRAG: Connect ChatGPT to VideoDB
    • zapier
      Zapier Integration
      • Auto-Dub Videos & Save to Google Drive
      • Create & Add Intelligent Video Highlights to Notion
      • Create GenAI Video Engine - Notion Ideas to Youtube
      • Automatically Detect Profanity in Videos with AI - Update on Slack
      • Generate and Store YouTube Video Summaries in Notion
      • Automate Subtitle Generation for Video Libraries
      • Solve customers queries with Video Answers
    • n8n
      N8N Workflows
      • AI-Powered Meeting Intelligence: Recording to Insights Automation
      • AI Powered Dubbing Workflow for Video Content
      • Automate Subtitle Generation for Video Libraries
      • Automate Interview Evaluations with AI
      • Turn Meeting Recordings into Actionable Summaries
      • Auto-Sync Sales Calls to HubSpot CRM with AI
      • icon picker
        Instant Notion Summaries for Your Youtube Playlist
    • mcp
      VideoDB MCP Server
    • Edge of Knowledge
      • Building Intelligent Machines
        • Part 1 - Define Intelligence
        • Part 2 - Observe and Respond
        • Part 3 - Training a Model
      • Society of Machines
        • Society of Machines
        • Autonomy - Do we have the choice?
        • Emergence - An Intelligence of the collective
      • From Language Models to World Models: The Next Frontier in AI
      • The Future Series
      • How VideoDB Solves Complex Visual Analysis Tasks
    • videodb
      Building World's First Video Database
      • Multimedia: From MP3/MP4 to the Future with VideoDB
      • Dynamic Video Streams
      • Why do we need a Video Database Now?
      • What's a Video Database ?
      • Enhancing AI-Driven Multimedia Applications
      • Misalignment of Today's Web
      • Beyond Traditional Video Infrastructure
      • Research Grants
    • Customer Love
    • Team
      • videodb
        Internship: Build the Future of AI-Powered Video Infrastructure
      • Ashutosh Trivedi
        • Playlists
        • Talks - Solving Logical Puzzles with Natural Language Processing - PyCon India 2015
      • Ashish
      • Shivani Desai
      • Gaurav Tyagi
      • Rohit Garg
      • VideoDB Acquires Devzery: Expanding Our AI Infra Stack with Developer-First Testing Automation

Instant Notion Summaries for Your Youtube Playlist

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Goal:
This workflow monitors YouTube channels for new content and automatically creates summaries in Notion. It builds a searchable knowledge base of video content without requiring manual video watching.
The workflow helps teams track multiple content sources and extract insights from educational or industry content automatically.
Prerequisites:
N8N Instance: Running N8N automation platform (cloud or self-hosted)
VideoDB API Key: Obtain from VideoDB Console
VideoDB N8N Node: Install the custom node in your N8N instance
Notion Workspace: With page/database access for content storage
YouTube Channels: Specific channels to monitor via RSS feed
RSS Configuration: N8N RSS trigger setup for channel monitoring
Main Workflow Steps:
Step 1: Content Discovery
RSS feed trigger monitors specified YouTube channels for new uploads
Capture video metadata (title, description, author, publication date, URL)
Activate immediately when new video is published
Step 2: Video Upload and Processing
Upload video content to VideoDB for processing
Monitor upload and indexing completion status
Index spoken words for transcript extraction
Step 3: Content Analysis
Generate full transcript of video content with timestamps
Apply AI summarization to extract:
Key topics and themes discussed
Important quotes and insights
Technical concepts explained
Action items or recommendations mentioned
Step 4: Notion Integration
Create new Notion page with structured video summary
Include comprehensive documentation:
Video title and source channel information
Publication date and metadata
Detailed summary with key insights
Direct link to original video
Add entry to Notion database with appropriate tags for searching
Conclusion:
This workflow automates video content monitoring and creates a searchable knowledge repository in Notion, enabling teams to stay informed about relevant content without manual video consumption.


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