Extract YouTube Video Slides into Clean PDFs
SlideSieve is a free Chrome extension 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 and removes near-duplicate frames, so you get only the genuine slide content, without a single manual screenshot.
No credit card required · Works on Chrome & Edge
Free
Basic tier included
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Manual screenshots needed
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PDF export
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Private — no upload
How to save slides from YouTube videos
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Install SlideSieve from the Chrome Web Store
Click 'Add to Chrome' — free install, no account required. SlideSieve adds an icon to your Chrome toolbar.
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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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Enable auto-capture and watch normally
The SlideSieve toolbar appears on the YouTube player. Enable auto-capture and press play. 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.
Works on YouTube playlists and full courses
When watching a playlist lecture-by-lecture, SlideSieve captures and stores slides separately for each video, grouped by video title. You can export each video's slides independently.
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.
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.
Can I capture slides from YouTube lecture playlists?
Yes. SlideSieve captures slides video-by-video as you watch each lecture in a YouTube playlist. Slides from each video are stored separately, organized by video title, and can be exported as individual PDFs.
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.
How It Works
Get started in 5 simple steps and start extracting slides in minutes
Install Extension
Add SlideSieve to your Chrome browser with one click from the Chrome Web Store
Open Video
Navigate to any course video on DeepLearning.AI, Coursera, Udemy, YouTube, or other platforms
Start Slide Capture
Use the floating toolbar to enable intelligent automatic slide capture for hands-free note-taking, or manually snapshot specific presentation frames.
Review Slides
Preview, organize, and manage all extracted slides seamlessly using grid, list, or immersive presentation views.
Export PDF
Generate a professional PDF with all slides properly formatted
Simple, Honest Pricing
Start for free. Upgrade once — own it forever. No subscriptions, no surprises.
No credit card required
- Coursera, Udemy, YouTube, etc.
- Auto slide detection & deduplication
- 3 Free Lessons (Up to 50 slides each & export)
- 10 slides per lesson limit (after 3 free lessons)
- Grid, List & Slideshow views
- Dark & Light theme
- Unlimited PDF Exports (Pro)
Launch discount — 32% off. Pay once, use forever.
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited slides per lesson
- Unlimited PDF Exports
- Priority support
- All future Pro features
Secure checkout · Instant license key delivery
Already have a license key? Open the SlideSieve side panel → Settings → Pro License to activate.