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VideoDB Documentation
  • Pages
    • Welcome to VideoDB Docs
    • Quick Start Guide
      • Video Indexing Guide
      • Semantic Search
      • Collections
      • Public Collections
      • Callback Details
      • Ref: Subtitle Styles
      • Language Support
      • Guide: Subtitles
      • How Accurate is Your Search?
    • 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 Visual Indexing
      • How VideoDB Solves Complex Visual Analysis Tasks
      • Multimodal Search: Quickstart
      • Conference Slide Scraper with VideoDB
    • Examples and Tutorials
      • Dubbing - Replace Soundtrack with New Audio
      • VideoDB: Adding AI Generated voiceovers to silent footage
      • 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
      • 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
      • Fun with Keyword Search
      • Overlay a Word-Counter on Video Stream
      • Generate Automated Video Outputs with Text Prompts | VideoDB
      • VideoDB x TwelveLabs: Real-Time Video Understanding
      • Multimodal Search
      • How I Built a CRM-integrated Sales Assistant Agent in 1 Hour
      • Make Your Video Sound Studio Quality with Voice Cloning
      • Automated Traffic Violation Reporter
    • Live Video→ Instant Action
    • Generative Media Quickstart
      • Generative Media Pricing
    • Video Editing Automation
      • 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
      • Setup Director Locally
    • Workflows and Integrations
      • 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
    • Meeting Recording SDK
    • github
      Open Source
      • llama
        LlamaIndex VideoDB Retriever
      • PromptClip: Use Power of LLM to Create Clips
      • StreamRAG: Connect ChatGPT to VideoDB
    • mcp
      VideoDB MCP Server
    • videodb
      Give your AI, Eyes and Ears
      • Building Infrastructure that “Sees” and “Edits”
      • Agents with Video Experience
      • 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
      • Beyond Traditional Video Infrastructure
    • Customer Love
    • Join us
      • 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
      • Edge of Knowledge
        • Language Models to World Models: The Next Frontier in AI
        • Society of Machines
          • Society of Machines
          • Autonomy - Do we have the choice?
          • Emergence - An Intelligence of the collective
        • Building Intelligent Machines
          • Part 1 - Define Intelligence
          • Part 2 - Observe and Respond
          • Part 3 - Training a Model
      • Updates
        • VideoDB Acquires Devzery: Expanding Our AI Infra Stack with Developer-First Testing Automation
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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.
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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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