YouTube
Your watch-later videos, with a summarized transcript.
A 40-minute video you keep "for later" and never watch. Pile follows your YouTube queue, fetches the transcript and summarizes it. You know in 30 seconds whether the video is worth your 40 minutes.
Extracted, ready to revisit
- The full video transcript, when YouTube or the channel provides it (auto or human captions).
- The title, channel name, duration and publication date.
- The official video description, used when no transcript is available.
- Video chapters, if they exist, to anchor key passages in the summary.
- The thumbnail, shown as the item cover in your Pile.
Connect YouTube
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Connect YouTube
In Connect, pick YouTube and authorize read access to your watch-later list or a dedicated playlist.
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Pile fetches transcripts
For each video, Pile reads the available transcript and metadata (channel, length, date).
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Summary in key points
Your AI condenses the video into key points and tags it by topic. You see the substance without hitting play.
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Wiring being finalized
The connector is coded and tested. Runtime wiring (keys, scheduling, ingest queue) is being finalized. Sign up and we open this source for you the moment it ships, no second signup.
Concretely, what for
Decide in 30 seconds whether a video deserves 45 minutes
Your AI condenses the transcript into key points. You read the summary, know if the video answers your question, and hit play only if it is worth the time.
Build a conference talk library
Add videos from a "conferences" playlist to your Pile. Each talk is summarized and tagged: you find talks on a specific topic without remembering which event they came from.
Keep the substance of a tutorial without rewatching it
Pile extracts the key steps of a tutorial from the transcript. You reread the card when you need it, without restarting the video from the beginning.
Practical tips
- Create a dedicated "Pile" playlist: add videos to digest there, keep your main queue clean.
- Transcript summaries work best on spoken videos (talks, tutorials) than on music.
- File conference talks into a vault: you build a searchable library.
If something breaks
The summary is thin even though the video is long
The video likely has no transcript: some channels turn off auto-captions. Pile then summarizes from the description and chapters. The result will be less precise than on a video with a transcript.
A video from my playlist does not appear in Pile
The connector is activating. Sign up to get access when it opens: all videos you have queued will be processed on the first sync.
I want to summarize a video that is not in my watch-later list
The connector reads your watch-later list or the playlist you designate at connection. To bring a video into Pile's scope, add it to that playlist before running a sync.
Frequently asked
Does Pile download videos?
No. Pile reads the transcript and metadata to summarize, without downloading the video.
What if a video has no transcript?
Pile then keeps the title, channel and description, and flags the missing transcript.
When is it available?
The connector is ready, runtime wiring is being finalized. Sign up for activation.
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