Extract YouTube Video Slides into Clean PDFs
SlideSieve is a browser extension for Chrome and Edge that automatically captures presentation slides from any YouTube educational video — lectures, university courses, conference talks, and tutorials — and exports them as a clean multi-page PDF. It filters out instructor talking-head footage, extracts the full video transcript, and removes near-duplicate frames.
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How to save slides from YouTube videos
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Install SlideSieve from your browser store
Add SlideSieve from the Chrome Web Store or Microsoft Edge Add-ons — free install, no account required.
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Open any YouTube educational video
Navigate to any YouTube lecture, tutorial, or conference recording that contains presentation slides. SlideSieve works on any publicly accessible YouTube video.
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Start Auto-Capture and play the video
Open a YouTube video to reveal the SlideSieve toolbar. Click Start Auto-Capture, then play the lecture normally. SlideSieve monitors the video frame-by-frame, automatically capturing each unique slide while skipping talking-head segments, dark transitions, and near-duplicate frames.
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Export all slides as a PDF
When the video ends, open the SlideSieve side panel and click "Export PDF". All captured slides are saved as a clean, organized PDF named after the YouTube video title.
Why use SlideSieve for YouTube?
Works on any YouTube video with slides
SlideSieve captures slides from MIT OpenCourseWare, Stanford, Harvard, 3Blue1Brown, Andrej Karpathy, Khan Academy, conference talks (NeurIPS, Google I/O), and any other YouTube educational channel.
Captures slides even in long multi-hour videos
SlideSieve handles lecture recordings of any length. For long videos, it continuously monitors the player and never misses a slide change — even in 3-hour university lecture recordings.
Handles YouTube's compression artifacts
YouTube streams are heavily compressed, introducing visual noise between frames. SlideSieve's binarized structural diff algorithm distinguishes real slide changes from video compression artifacts, preventing false captures.
Manual capture shortcut for live drawing and math
If an instructor writes equations or draws diagrams on a digital whiteboard that auto-detection skips, press Ctrl + Shift + 9 to add the current frame to your deck.
No YouTube Premium required
SlideSieve works on all publicly accessible YouTube videos regardless of your subscription tier. It does not require YouTube Premium, though it works with Premium accounts too.
Completely private — no data leaves your browser
SlideSieve performs all analysis locally. No YouTube video content, captured slide images, or personal data are sent to any server. Slides are stored in your browser's local storage only.
Export YouTube Video Transcripts
SlideSieve can automatically extract and save the full transcript from the YouTube video. Search the text for specific topics and export the transcript along with your slides.
Frequently asked questions about SlideSieve & YouTube
Does SlideSieve work on YouTube?
Yes. SlideSieve works on any YouTube video and automatically captures presentation slides. It works on educational lectures, conference recordings, university courses, and video tutorials that contain slide-based presentations.
Does SlideSieve require a server upload?
No. Frame analysis runs inside your Chrome browser using computer vision algorithms. Your video streams and captured slide images remain on your local machine.
Does it work on MIT OpenCourseWare, Stanford, or other university YouTube channels?
Yes. SlideSieve works on any publicly accessible YouTube video, including MIT OpenCourseWare, Stanford Engineering Everywhere, Harvard lectures, and courses from any university that publishes on YouTube.
Does SlideSieve work on YouTube Live recordings?
SlideSieve works on recorded YouTube videos (both standard uploads and past live streams saved as videos). It does not work on active YouTube Live streams since those are not seekable video-on-demand content.
What kinds of YouTube videos work best with SlideSieve?
SlideSieve works best with videos that have clear slide-based presentations: university lectures, conference talks (NeurIPS, Google I/O, TED), tutorial courses, and instructional videos. It doesn't work on vlogs, music videos, or content without slides.
SlideSieve works only on publicly accessible YouTube videos. Captured slides are for personal study only. Please respect content creators' intellectual property.
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How It Works
Extract slides and transcripts in a few simple steps.
Install Extension
Add the SlideSieve Chrome extension to your browser. The tool runs alongside your video player.
Open Video Lecture
Navigate to any YouTube educational video — a university lecture, conference talk, or tutorial. The SlideSieve toolbar appears below the YouTube player.
Set Detection Zone (Optional)
If your course has a persistent instructor webcam (Picture-in-Picture) over the slides, draw a Slide Detection Zone over the slide area to ignore the camera.
Capture Slides
Click Start Auto-Capture, then play the video. The extension analyzes the frames and extracts presentation slides. It skips instructors, code screens, and transitions.
Review Captured Slides
Access your saved slides in the side panel. View them in a grid, list, or presentation view, and delete any unwanted frames.
Export PDF & Transcripts
Generate a PDF document of your slides and optionally export the full course transcript. Read or print your study guide offline.
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- Auto slide detection, deduplication & instructor filtering
- Transcript extraction alongside your slides
- Custom capture/exclude zones
- Up to 150 slides captured globally
- Export free slides to PDF
- Grid, List & Slideshow views
- Multi-language interface (15 languages)
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