--- title: "Chat with a YouTube Video" description: "Paste a YouTube link, then ask questions about the video. Answers come from its transcript and cite the moment they came from, with a timestamp." url: https://exemplary.ai/chat-with-youtube-video facts_as_of: 2026-10-09 publisher: "Exemplary AI (https://exemplary.ai)" --- # Chat with a YouTube Video Import a YouTube video by its link, then ask Emmy anything about it. Every answer cites the moment it came from, so you can jump there and check. Paste a YouTube link and Exemplary AI transcribes the video; then open Ask Emmy (⌘J) and ask what you want to know. Emmy answers from the transcript and cites the moment each answer came from: click a timestamp to jump there. It reads what is said, not what is on screen, and each message uses credits. The Free plan includes 500 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long; 720p video exports with a watermark. Credits are used by the tasks you run, rather than a fixed number of generations. ## How to chat with a YouTube video 1. Paste the video's link into Exemplary AI (single videos from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo or X). The chat itself does not take links, so the video is imported and transcribed first. 2. When the transcript opens, click Ask Emmy or press ⌘J. 3. Ask a question, or start from a suggestion: Summarize this transcript, Pull out the most quotable moments, or Draft a LinkedIn post from this. 4. Click a timestamp in the answer to jump to that moment. Ask Emmy to draft a post from it, or to make a clip of it. ## Chat with a YouTube video at a glance | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Input | A single YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo or X link, imported first; the chat takes no links | | Answers from | The transcript: what is said, not the picture | | Citations | Each answer cites the moment it came from; click to jump there | | Open it | Ask Emmy, or ⌘J | | Beyond answers | Drafts posts and summaries, makes a clip from a moment, translates the transcript | | Credits | Each chat message uses credits | | Free plan | The Free plan includes 500 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long; 720p video exports with a watermark. Credits are used by the tasks you run, rather than a fixed number of generations. | Facts checked October 2026. ## What to ask a video Ask what you would ask the speaker: what they say about a topic, which tools they mention, where they explain a step, what they recommend. Because every answer cites its moment, you can check it in the video instead of trusting a summary. Emmy cannot see the picture. If something only appears on screen, such as a chart, a slide or a product shot, ask about what is said around it. For notes to keep, see [YouTube to notes](https://exemplary.ai/youtube-to-notes) or the [YouTube video summarizer](https://exemplary.ai/youtube-video-summarizer); for everything Emmy does, see [Emmy](https://exemplary.ai/emmy). ## Questions Answered from the Video The transcript is the source, and every answer points back to it. ### Answers with timestamps Each answer cites the moment it came from; click it and the video jumps there. ### Starts from the link Paste the YouTube link once; the video is transcribed, and the chat opens beside the transcript. ### More than answers Ask Emmy to draft a post or a summary from what you found, or to cut a clip of the moment. ### Transcript beside the chat The full transcript stays open next to the chat, so you can read around any answer. ## Make more from the ideas in your video Move between a concise summary, useful notes, and a post written for your audience. ### [YouTube Video Summary Generator](https://exemplary.ai/youtube-video-summarizer) Get the main ideas and chapters from a YouTube video. [Summarize a video](https://exemplary.ai/youtube-video-summarizer) ### [YouTube to Notes Generator](https://exemplary.ai/youtube-to-notes) Keep the key takeaways from a video in readable notes. [Make notes](https://exemplary.ai/youtube-to-notes) ### [YouTube to LinkedIn Post Generator](https://exemplary.ai/youtube-to-linkedin-post) Build a LinkedIn post around ideas from your video. [Draft a post](https://exemplary.ai/youtube-to-linkedin-post) ## Common questions ### Can I chat with a YouTube video? Yes. Paste the video's link into Exemplary AI; once it is transcribed, open Ask Emmy and ask your questions. Answers come from the transcript and cite the moment they came from. ### Can I paste a YouTube link straight into the chat? No. Import the video by its link first; the chat works on the transcript that opens. ### Does Emmy understand what is shown on screen? No. It reads the transcript, so it knows what is said, not what is shown. Ask about the words around a chart or a demo instead. ### How do I check where an answer came from? Every answer cites timestamps. Click one and the video jumps to that moment, with the line lit in the transcript. ### Does chatting with a video use credits? Yes, each chat message uses credits, on top of transcribing the video. ### Is chatting with a YouTube video free? 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