Use case or problem
I am annotating YouTube videos and trying to import my notes. These sometimes include embedded images - screen grabs. These display in the markdown as something like…
![Zozc!3.x_ZS of(data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEAAUDBBAODg0ODQ0OEA0ODQ0ODQ4NEA8NDQ8NDw0NDR...
These display properly BUT they make editing the markdown IMPOSSIBLE because the markdown is completely overwhelmed by thousands of bytes of this stuff. The entire visible page is a continuous stream of bytes. This is what it looks like to me…
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjaZ-t3uLVN_0N1316E8WdE--pdEXQ?e=i3Trng
Proposed solution
Few ideas:
- Plug-in to export these embedded images into an “images” folder and replace embedded data with local link.
- Format the markdown of these images (or any really long link) so they are collapsed by default. Don’t like the markdown files being huge though.
- Preferred option is a built-in converter, not a plug-in, that notices these situations upon paste and offers to move the embedded images into another folder. Also when an image is embedded and you are previewing it, show a menu button near the image for “export this image” and “export all images in file”.
Current workaround (optional)
Delete the images