How can I organize and store YouTube thumbnails or image references inside Obsidian?

Knowledge management
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Hi everyone

I’ve been using Obsidian for organizing my notes and project ideas, and recently I started collecting references from YouTube and other websites.

I’m trying to figure out a good way to handle YouTube thumbnails or image previews inside my notes. For example, if I save a video link, I also want to store or display its thumbnail in a clean way.

Right now I can just paste image links manually, but it feels a bit messy and not very organized when the vault starts growing.

So I wanted to ask:

  • What’s the best way to manage or embed YouTube thumbnails inside Obsidian notes?

  • Is there any plugin or workflow that helps with this kind of media organization?

  • Or any better way to structure video references along with images?

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Personally, I use only Convert url to preview as this is all I need.

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But have seen a demo of the RSS Dashboard and it looks good for well-organising YT videos. Plugins Featured Image and Thumbnails sound like something that you’re looking for.

Cheers, Marko :nerd_face:

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Store the link to the YouTube thumbnail image in a property. This is more compatible with bases than any custom plugin setup.

I use a python script that pulls the image URL for every .md file associated with a YouTube video and stores it as a property, and just occasionally run it in my vault whenever I’d like the thumbnails added.