PodNotes

The one goal for PodNotes is to make it easier to write notes on podcasts.

Here are the features that will help you do that 👇.

Features

Mobile friendly - works on iOS and Android, including offline playback of local files and downloads
Podcast player built into Obsidian, for both audio and video episodes
Add any publicly available podcast through search, or custom feeds by URL
Track played episodes & playback progress, with continuous resume
Works with Obsidian Sync and other sync tools: changes made on another device merge in without a restart
Create podcast notes from templates with rich metadata about episodes
Bases-friendly default notes you can sort, filter, and group with Obsidian Bases
Create a feed note for an entire podcast that every episode note links back to
Capture timestamps & link directly to the time in the episode
Transcribe episodes, with optional speaker labels (diarization)
Download episodes for offline playback
Support for non-podcast local audio and video files
API that can be used by plugins like QuickAdd or Templater for custom workflows

Installation

This plugin is in the Obsidian community plugin store. You can find it by searching in the store, or by clicking here.

Installation with BRAT

BRAT is an Obsidian plugin that helps you test beta plugins and themes. Click here to install it in Obsidian.

Add chhoumann/PodNotes to BRAT with the Add a beta plugin for testing command.

Now follow the appropriate instructions, which most likely will have you go and enable the plugin once it has finished installing.

Manual installation

Go to the releases page. Download main.js and manifest.json. Create a new directory in your Obsidian vaults .obsidian/plugins/ folder called podnotes and place the downloaded files there.

Now refresh the plugins in Obsidian and enable PodNotes.