Why Markdown for transcripts?
A transcript you can't search is a video you have to rewatch. As Markdown in your notes app, every lecture and interview becomes full-text searchable, linkable from other notes, and quotable with its timestamp attached. The moment a half-remembered phrase matters, you find the exact minute it was said.
What do the files look like?
Each video becomes one .md file: an # heading with the video title, then one bullet per caption line — - **[12:34]** the words spoken. Headings and bold timestamps render natively in Obsidian, Notion, Logseq, and anything else that reads Markdown.
How do you export YouTube transcripts to Markdown?
1. On scripthaul.com, paste a video, playlist, or channel link.
2. Set File type to Markdown · .md. (Timestamps are built into the Markdown layout.)
3. Press Get Transcripts. Single videos open in the browser with a download button; channels build a ZIP of .md files as the job runs.
4. Obsidian: unzip into any folder inside your vault — the files index immediately. Notion: use Import → Text & Markdown, or drag the files into a page; each becomes its own subpage.
How do you handle a whole channel?
Files are named date - title.md, so they sort chronologically in a vault folder. The ZIP's manifest lists any videos without captions, so your archive has no invisible holes. Up to 500 videos per job, with a one-click continuation for bigger channels; anything fetched before arrives instantly from cache.
Related: download a whole channel, compare all seven formats, or read the FAQ.