# Add YouTube Playlists to NotebookLM


Kortex adds a **NotebookLM** button to YouTube. It sends a video, a playlist, a channel's uploads or search results into a Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) notebook as sources. One click adds up to 50 videos.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-ai-sites-youtube-button.webp" alt="On a YouTube video the NotebookLM button sits beside Like and Share" width="720" />

## Why add videos to a notebook?

A notebook can read the words in a video and answer questions about them. You collect the videos on one topic, and then you ask the notebook what they say.

## How to add one video

1. Open a video on YouTube.
1. Click **NotebookLM**, beside **Like** and **Share**.
1. Choose a notebook, or create a new one.

## How to add many videos at once

On three kinds of pages, the button adds many videos in one go. It adds up to 50.

- **A channel page:** its uploads, newest first.
- **A playlist page:** the playlist, in order.
- **A search results page:** the videos in the current results, with your filters.

1. Open the channel, playlist or search results.
1. Click **NotebookLM**.
1. Choose a notebook. The button says what it is doing as it works.
1. When it is done, the button says how many videos went in, and the notebook opens.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-ai-sites-youtube-channel-import.webp" alt="On a channel page the button imports up to 50 videos and says what it is doing" width="560" />

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-ai-sites-youtube-channel-imported.webp" alt="When it is done, the button says how many videos went into the notebook" width="560" />

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-ai-sites-youtube-playlist-import.webp" alt="The same on a playlist page" width="560" />

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-ai-sites-youtube-search-import.webp" alt="The same on a search results page" width="560" />

## Save to folder

Next to the **NotebookLM** button is **Save to folder**. It files the video, a playlist, a channel's latest videos or search results in a Library folder instead of a notebook. The folder that fits best is marked **Suggested**. You can type a new name to make a folder.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-library-p2b-save-to-folder.webp" alt="Save to folder files a YouTube video in a Library folder or a new one you name" width="560" />

Videos you keep in a folder get their transcript saved, so search can land on the very moment you remember. To see what Kortex keeps, and how to pause or wipe it, see [Videos in the Library](/docs/library-videos).

:::tip Good to know

- A batch of up to 50 videos counts as one import on the free plan. The free plan has 10 imports a day.
- If the notebook already has a video, Kortex warns you first.
- Saving your YouTube history is off until you say yes. Kortex asks the first time you use **Save to folder**.

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Related: [The NotebookLM button on AI sites](/docs/platform-integrations), [Videos in the Library](/docs/library-videos).
