Playlists and batch files

Use playlists when YouTube already groups the videos. Use batch files when you want full control over the input list.

Playlist inputs

NoteWise accepts:

Input	Example
Playlist URL	`https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAYLIST_ID`
Watch URL with list	`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&list=PLAYLIST_ID`
Bare playlist ID	`PL...`, `UU...`, `LL...`, `FL...`, `RD...`, `UL...`, `WL...`, `OLAK5uy_...`

notewise process "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAYLIST_ID"

Playlist output is written under a sanitized playlist folder inside the selected output directory.

Batch files

Batch files contain one source per line. Blank lines and lines starting with # are ignored. Supported encodings are utf-8, utf-8-sig, and utf-16.

urls.txt

# lectures
https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ONE
https://youtu.be/VIDEO_TWO
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAYLIST_ID

notewise process urls.txt --output ./course-notes

Concurrency and rate limits

Setting	Default	Source
Video workers	`5`	`MAX_CONCURRENT_VIDEOS`
YouTube request limit	`10/min`	`YOUTUBE_REQUESTS_PER_MINUTE`
Chapter workers	`3`	code default

Use --throttle when a provider plan needs slower repeated LLM calls.

Re-runs

NoteWise checks the local cache before metadata and transcript work unless --force is set. Use --force when you intentionally want a fresh generation.

​Playlist inputs

​Batch files

​Concurrency and rate limits

​Re-runs

Playlist inputs

Batch files

Concurrency and rate limits

Re-runs