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YouTube to NotebookLM – Add a Whole Playlist or Channel
NotebookLM can't open a playlist or channel link. Paste one here to get every video link, split into batches you can paste into NotebookLM in one go. No extension needed.
How to add a YouTube playlist to NotebookLM
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Copy a playlist or channel link
Copy a playlist link (it contains “list=”), a channel link or a channel's @handle.
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Get the links in batches
Paste the link above. Every public video is listed and split into batches that fit a notebook.
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Paste into NotebookLM
In NotebookLM, click Add source, choose the website and YouTube links option, paste a batch and click Insert.
What people put into NotebookLM
Long videos are hard to search and slow to rewatch. Once a playlist is in a notebook, you can ask questions across all of it and get answers with the exact video cited.
- Online courses
- Add every lecture of a YouTube course, then ask for a study guide, a summary of lesson 7 or a list of every term the teacher defined. Handy right before an exam.
- Interview and podcast series
- Load a season of interviews and ask what each guest said about a topic, or where two guests disagree, without listening to 40 hours of audio again.
- Conference talks and recorded meetings
- Many events and teams publish talks and meeting recordings as a playlist. Turn them into a notebook and find the one talk that covered the question you have now.
- Tutorial series
- Coding, design and cooking channels often teach across dozens of videos. Ask NotebookLM which episode showed a step, and it points you to the right video.
TubeKit vs other ways to add YouTube videos
NotebookLM only takes single video links, so any whole playlist needs some help. Here is how the usual options compare.
| Compare | TubeKit | One link at a time | Browser extension |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playlist or channel link | Yes, every video is listed for you. | No. You copy each video's link yourself. | Usually, from inside YouTube. |
| Adding 50 videos | One copy and one paste per batch. | 50 separate copies and pastes. | A few clicks. |
| Install | Nothing. | Nothing. | An extension that can read the pages you visit. |
| Devices | Any browser, including phones and tablets. | Any browser. | Desktop browsers that support the extension. |
| Problem videos | Deleted, private and live videos are left out before you paste. | You find out when the import fails. | Depends on the extension. |
Faster than adding YouTube videos to NotebookLM one by one
NotebookLM accepts several links at once, but it can't read a playlist link. TubeKit fills that gap.
- Ready-made batches
- Links are split to fit NotebookLM's source limit, so every paste goes through.
- Problem videos left out
- Deleted, private and live videos are removed before you paste, so they don't waste a source.
- A playlist outline
- One extra source with the title, order and length of every video, so answers can follow the course.
- No extension needed
- Works in any browser, on any device. Nothing to install and no sign-in.
Frequently asked questions
Not with the playlist link itself, because NotebookLM accepts video links, not playlist links. Paste the playlist here to get every video link, then paste them into NotebookLM's website and YouTube links option.
On the free plan, a notebook holds up to 50 sources, and each video counts as one source. Paid plans allow more, so pick a batch size that matches your plan.
NotebookLM imports a video's transcript, so it needs public videos with captions. Very new uploads, private videos and videos without captions can fail, and live streams can't be imported until they end.
Yes. In Add source, choose the option for website and YouTube links and paste several links separated by spaces or new lines. Each link becomes its own source.
It is a short document listing every video's title, length and link in playlist order. Adding it as a source helps NotebookLM follow the order, for example when you ask it to summarize videos 5 to 10.
Yes. Paste the channel link or its @handle above. TubeKit reads the channel's videos, leaving out Shorts and live streams, and splits them into batches you can paste into NotebookLM.
Not the picture itself. When you add a YouTube link, NotebookLM imports the video's transcript, so it can answer questions about what is said, but not about what only appears on screen. That is also why videos without captions can't be added.
No. TubeKit runs in your browser on any device. There is nothing to install and no sign-in.
Ask questions across every video, get summaries and study guides, or generate an Audio Overview that talks through the playlist. Answers cite the video they came from, so you can jump back to the source.
Yes. Each batch is a plain list of links you can paste anywhere. If you need titles, lengths and links in a spreadsheet, use the Playlist Exporter instead.
More free YouTube tools
- Link & Title ExtractorCopy every video link or title, one per line
- Playlist Length CalculatorTotal length and watch time of any playlist
- Play All VideosPlay a whole channel, newest or oldest first
- Playlist ExporterExport to CSV, Excel, TXT, JSON or Markdown
- Playlist RandomizerTruly shuffle every video in a playlist
- Reverse PlaylistPlay a playlist or channel oldest first