Quick Start
Getting started with Media Extended v4
Introduction
Welcome to the docs for Media Extended v4 beta!
Integrate, manage, and play media files directly in Obsidian. 🖇️🗂️⏯️
For User from v3
License Change
Future releases of v4 will be closed source.
The original codebase remains open source under the MIT license and can be found in the v3 branch.
If you're coming from earlier versions or planning to join the beta testing, there are some important changes you should be aware of. We recommend starting with the breaking changes to understand what's different in v4, then check out the new features to see what's new.
Installation
via BRAT
Current Beta Release
- Version
- 4.0.0-beta.2
- Minimum Obsidian Version
- 1.8.9
You can use the Beta Reviewers Auto-update Tester (BRAT) plugin to install a pre-release version of the plugin.
Install BRAT
Download BRAT and enable it
Add a beta plugin for testing
- Open link to BRAT, it will open BRAT and ask you to add the plugin.
Of course, you can manually add the plugin by using the
Add Beta Plugincommand and enteraidenlx/media-extended. - Click on
Add Plugin-- wait a few seconds and BRAT will tell you what is going on
Enable the beta plugin
- After BRAT confirms the installation, Open
Settings>Community plugin - Refresh the list of plugins
- Find the beta plugin you just installed and Enable it.
Getting Started
With just one click, you can open video directly in Obsidian.
Click this link to try it now: Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
See that Timestamp ⭐ button? When you're ready to take notes, one click adds a timestamped link back to this exact moment in the video. It's that easy!
You're all set! To continue, you can check out the following guides:
Special Thanks
A special thanks to bfcs for their valuable contributions. They have helped fix issues during a long period of inactivity and made attempts to implement YouTube transcript functionality!