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Save YouTube videos to a Notion database
YouTube's own Watch Later is a flat list you can't tag, sort or annotate. A Notion database can hold each video with its channel, date, topic, status and your notes, and a gallery view shows the thumbnails. Here's how to set it up and fill it in one click.
Step 1: Create the watch list
Create a Notion database with these columns. Fieldclip matches page data to columns by name and type, so the names matter.
| Column | Notion type | Fieldclip fills it with |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Title | The video title |
| Channel | Select or Text | The channel name (Fieldclip's "Author") |
| Published | Date | The upload date |
| Link | URL | The video URL |
| Type | Select | "Video", matched to your options |
| Description | Text | The first lines of the video description |
| Cover | (page cover) | The thumbnail, set as the page cover for gallery views |
Add Status (To watch, Watching, Watched), Topic (multi-select) and Notes. You can also use the free Read Later template, which already has a gallery with covers and a queue board; videos fit next to articles.
Step 2: Connect Fieldclip
Install Fieldclip, click Connect with Notion and tick the watch list. See the setup guide. The Free plan saves unlimited pages into one database.
Step 3: Save a video
- Open the video on youtube.com.
- Click the Fieldclip icon. Title, channel, date, link and thumbnail are filled in.
- Pick a topic or status if you want, then click Save to Notion.
For a gallery that shows thumbnails, open the view's settings → Layout → Card preview → Page cover.
Play it inside Notion
Open the new page, paste the video link into the body and choose Embed. Notion shows the player, and your notes sit right under it. Fieldclip Pro can also save the full description text into the page, handy for videos that list chapters, links or sources.
Common questions
Can I play the video inside Notion?
Yes, by embedding the link in the page body as described above.
Does the official Notion Web Clipper save the channel and date?
It saves the title and the link; the other properties you add afterwards. Fieldclip fills them while you save.
Does it work on Shorts or playlists?
It saves the video you have open. A playlist page is saved as one row with the playlist's title and link, not as one row per video.
Build a watch list that you can actually search
Fieldclip is free: unlimited saves into one database. No account.