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 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.
The steps
1. On bulktranscripts.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.
Bulk tips
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.