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Video bookmarking: save timestamps with notes

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Description

Feature Request: Video Bookmarking (Save Timestamps with Notes)

Description

Allow users to bookmark specific timestamps in YouTube videos with optional notes — great for tutorials, lectures, and long-form content.

Why
  • TubeInsights (GreasyFork) — "smart bookmarking" as headline feature
  • TurboNote — time-stamped note-taking for YouTube
  • yt-url-at-time (GreasyFork) — copy URL at current timestamp
Preferred behavior
  • Bookmark button during playback
  • Save timestamp + optional note label
  • Bookmark list panel (accessible from player or sidebar)
  • Click bookmark to seek to that time
  • Export bookmarks as text/CSV
  • Per-video bookmark storage in localStorage
  • Optional: sync across devices

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First steps

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  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the existing playback controls and per-video storage in the extension, then define how bookmark creation, listing, seeking, and text/CSV export fit together. Done means timestamps and optional notes can be saved per video, revisited from the UI, and exported; cross-device sync is explicitly optional.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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