DEMO
DEMO16:9
01 The wall02 Hover preview03 Player04 Links play too05 Details and thumbnails
// License
$14.99
USD
- Version1.5.0
- Obsidian1.10.0 or newer
- Bases pluginRequired
- PlatformsDesktop + mobile
- Download
.zip - BySchimke Studios
Obsidian 1.10+Desktop + mobileNeeds Bases
// 01 The problem it solves
File names are not a library
If you keep videos in your vault (or links to YouTube, TikTok, and X), they show up as a boring list of file names. You can't see what anything is without opening it one by one. Bases Video Library adds a "Video library" view to Bases: artwork tiles, hover previews, and a popover player, all driven by the notes and files you already have.
// 02 Features
What you get
F.01
New Bases view type
Add a Video library view to any base.
F.02
Zero setup required
A video is found from the row itself (a base of .mp4 files already works with no notes at all), from a mapped property holding a path, [[wikilink]], markdown link, or URL, or from any video the note embeds or links to.
F.03
Two layouts
Landscape (16:9) or Poster (2:3) tiles, with an adjustable tile width.
F.04
Shelves
Set Group by on the base and the library splits into shelves with a heading and count, like a game library.
F.05
Hover previews
Vault videos play muted and looping right in the tile after a short delay. A speaker button unmutes previews and remembers your choice.
F.06
Duration and format badges
Shown on each tile.
F.07
Popover player
Click a tile to play. Space plays and pauses, arrow keys seek 5 seconds, Shift+arrows jump to the previous or next video, f toggles a clean fullscreen, and Esc closes.
F.08
Plays lots of sources
MP4, WebM, MOV, and M4V in your vault play in the popover. YouTube, TikTok, and X links embed in the popover. Direct https://.../file.mp4 links play too. Formats Obsidian can't decode (MKV, AVI, WMV and friends) open in your computer's default video player instead.
F.09
Resume where you left off
Playback position is remembered per video and stored in plugin settings, never written to your notes. "Forget all playback positions" clears them.
F.10
Details panel
Hover a tile to see the note's title and properties beside it, with images shown as images. Edit values in place, and numbers stay numbers and lists stay lists. Formula and file properties are shown locked.
F.11
Create a note for a bare video
One click writes a matching note next to the file (Clips/Trip.mp4 gets Clips/Trip.md) linked back to the video, and the two merge into one tile.
F.12
Thumbnails
Uses your thumbnail property (video_thumbnail by default), or grabs a frame from local videos at a point you choose. Right-click a tile and choose Fetch thumbnail, or run "Fetch missing thumbnails for the open library" to pull YouTube and TikTok posters into your vault so the library works offline. (X doesn't offer public thumbnails, so supply your own.)
F.13
Right-click a tile
For Play, Open note, and Fetch thumbnail, plus Open in default app (vault files) or Copy link (web videos). There's a custom accent color too.
// 03 Compatibility
Will it run?
Obsidian
Obsidian 1.10.0 or newer with the Bases core plugin turned on.
Platforms
Desktop and mobile (not marked desktop-only). Opening unsupported formats in an external player works on desktop only.
// 04 Install
Up and running in five steps
Download and unzip bases-video-library-1.5.0.zip.
Move the bases-video-library folder into <your vault>/.obsidian/plugins/ (.obsidian is a hidden folder, so turn on hidden files if you don't see it). You should end up with <your vault>/.obsidian/plugins/bases-video-library/main.js.
Restart Obsidian.
Go to Settings > Community plugins, turn off Restricted mode if it's on, and enable Bases Video Library.
Make sure the Bases core plugin is on, open a base, and add a view of type Video library.
// Bases Video Library 1.5.0
Give your videos a real library
Turn any Base into a streaming-style video library, right inside Obsidian.
$14.99