Settings

Look up any PodNotes setting, its default, and what it does. The settings live in Settings → PodNotes, and the sections below follow the tab from top to bottom.

Search Podcasts

The search box at the top finds podcasts by name, RSS feed URL, or Apple Podcasts link. With the box empty, it lists the podcasts you follow, each with a Remove button. See Add a podcast.

Playlists

The section lists Queue, Favorites, and your own playlists with their episode counts. Each playlist you made has a Delete playlist button, and the controls below the list add a playlist. See Collect episodes in playlists.

Playback

These settings sit below Playlists in the tab, with no heading of their own.

Setting	Default	What it does
Keep a queue of episodes you switch away from	On	Puts the episode you switch away from at the top of the queue, and starts the next queued episode when one ends. See Turn off the automatic queue.
Latest episodes per podcast	10	Sets how many of each podcast’s newest episodes Latest Episodes shows and searches, from 1 to 75.
Default Playback Rate	1x	Sets the speed the player uses when Obsidian starts, from 0.5x to 4x. PodNotes: Reset playback rate returns to it.
Default Volume	1 (100%)	Sets the volume when PodNotes starts, from 0 to 1. Changing this setting does not change the current volume. The player’s volume slider updates this saved default too.
Skip backward length (s)	15	Sets how many seconds the skip backward button and command move back.
Skip forward length (s)	15	Sets how many seconds the skip forward button and command move forward.

Episode notes

Setting	Default	What it does
Capture timestamp format	- {{linktime}} with a space at the end	Sets the text each capture inserts. A preview below the field shows the result for the loaded episode. See Capture timestamps.
Timestamp offset (s)	0	Subtracts this many seconds from each capture, to make up for reaction time.
Note creation file path	PodNotes/{{podcast}}/{{title}}.md	Sets where PodNotes creates episode notes. See Create episode notes.
Note creation template	The default episode note template	Sets the content of a new episode note.

Feed notes

Feed note tags lists the tags a feed note path and template accept.

Setting	Default	What it does
Feed note file path	PodNotes/Podcasts/{{podcast}}.md	Sets where PodNotes: Create podcast feed note creates the note for a podcast. See Create episode notes.
Feed note template	The default feed note template	Sets the content of a new feed note.

Downloads

Setting	Default	What it does
Episode download path	PodNotes/{{podcast}}/{{title}}	Sets where downloaded episodes go. PodNotes adds the file extension. A warning appears when the path has no {{title}}, because episodes would share one file. See Download an episode.

Performance

Setting	Default	What it does
Cache podcast feeds	On	Keeps recently fetched feeds on this device, outside your vault, so PodNotes starts faster.
Cache duration (hours)	6	Sets how long PodNotes reuses a cached feed before it fetches the feed again, from 1 to 24.
Clear cached feeds	None	Clear cache deletes the cached feeds. PodNotes fetches them again as needed.

Import/Export

Setting	Default	What it does
Import OPML	None	Import opens a file picker. PodNotes adds the podcasts in the .opml file you choose. See Import podcasts from OPML.
Export OPML	PodNotes_Export.opml	Export saves the podcasts you follow to an OPML file with this name in your vault. See Export podcasts to OPML.

Preferences & templates

Setting	Default	What it does
Import settings	None	Import opens a file picker. After you confirm, PodNotes applies the preferences, templates, feeds, and playlists in the file. Playback progress and downloads stay as they are. Protected private feeds need their private URLs again. See Import your settings.
Include API keys	Off	Adds the OpenAI and Deepgram keys on this device to the next export, in plain text. The export file sits in your vault, where sync and other plugins can read it. The toggle turns off again each time you open the tab.
Export settings	PodNotes_Settings.json	Export saves your preferences, templates, feeds, and playlists to a file with this name in your vault. It does not overwrite an existing file. See Export your settings.

Transcripts

The last three settings appear only when Speaker diarization is on. Deepgram API key also needs Diarization provider set to Deepgram.

Setting	Default	What it does
OpenAI API key	None	Selects the Obsidian secret that holds your OpenAI API key, or creates one. See Set up an OpenAI key.
Transcript file path	transcripts/{{podcast}}/{{title}}.md	Sets where PodNotes saves transcripts. Keep .md at the end, because PodNotes does not add it.
Transcript template	The default transcript template	Sets the content of a new transcript note.
Speaker diarization	Off	Labels transcript segments by speaker. See Add speaker labels.
Diarization provider	OpenAI (gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize)	Chooses OpenAI, which uses your OpenAI API key, or Deepgram, which needs its own key and keeps speaker labels consistent across the episode.
Deepgram API key	None	Selects the Obsidian secret that holds your Deepgram API key, or creates one.
Speaker label format	**{{speaker}}:** with a space at the end	Sets the text before each speaker’s turn. {{speaker}} becomes the speaker label. See Change the speaker label format.