YouTube Ingestion
Memwyre can read directly from YouTube videos — no manual note-taking or transcript copying required.
Overview
When you provide a YouTube URL, Memwyre automatically fetches the video's transcript, title, and description in the background. Hours of video content become instantly searchable, semantic text inside your memory vault.
How It Works
Paste the link — Drop a YouTube URL into the Memwyre chat, or save it as a new memory from your Inbox.
Automatic extraction — Memwyre fetches the English transcript (manual captions or auto-generated).
Semantic storage — The transcript is chunked and embedded into your vault. You can then ask questions like:
"What was the main takeaway from that machine learning video I saved yesterday?"
Memwyre answers using exact quotes from the video.
Supported URL Formats
| Format | Example |
|---|---|
| Standard watch URL | youtube.com/watch?v=... |
| YouTube Shorts | youtube.com/shorts/... |
| Short link | youtu.be/... |
| Embedded iframe URL | youtube.com/embed/... |
Tips
- Videos with manually created captions produce better quality memories than auto-generated ones.
- If a video has no English captions available, ingestion will be skipped and you'll see an error in your Inbox.
- Long videos (1 hour+) may take a few seconds longer to process.