Creators & Publishing Webapps Stack Exchange · 2024-02-16

Search and filter across all my saved YouTube playlists

几百个收藏的 YouTube 播放列表，想全局搜索和筛选其中的视频

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WhoWebapps Stack Exchange · 2024-02-16 · 2 upvotes
The askSearch and filter across all my saved YouTube playlists
The openingA web tool that fetches playlist metadata and enables local full-text search (title/channel/duration/description) with playlist and tag filters.

What was actually said

“With hundreds of saved playlists, finding 'that video I saved on this topic' means opening each list one by one; YouTube has no cross-playlist search.”
— Webapps Stack Exchange · 2024-02-16 · webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/173886/searching…

Background and pain

The pain

For heavy savers the re-watch path is broken: saving is easy, retrieving is nearly impossible.

A buildable angle

The opening

A web tool that fetches playlist metadata and enables local full-text search (title/channel/duration/description) with playlist and tag filters.

How to validate it

Read the whole thread and note the recurring scenarios — repetition is the density of the need.
Search existing tools around "youtube / playlists" and check which single step they actually cover.
Put up a one-line landing page, share it back to Webapps Stack Exchange, and see whether anyone asks about pricing.

Existing options

YouTube 自带第三方书签工具

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