Generate Video Overviews in NotebookLM

Important: At this time, the NotebookLM mobile app may have limitations to this feature.  Learn more about the supported features in NotebookLM mobile app .

Video Overviews  transform the sources in your notebook into an engaging video. They distill complex information into clear, digestible content, providing a comprehensive and engaging visual deep dive of your material. 

Generate a Video Overview

1. Open an existing notebook or create a new one and upload sources.
   • To generate or delete a Video Overview, you need edit access to a notebook.
2. In the "Studio" panel, select "Video Overview" to initiate generation of a new video. Before generating, you can customize your video if you would like; otherwise, NotebookLM will create a video overview using default settings.
3. After you provide the format, language, visual styles, and other custom instructions as needed, select “generate” to start creating your video overview. The video will be generated in the background, so you can generate other artifacts concurrently or even navigate to other screens.

Important:

• Video Overviews, including voices and visuals, are AI-generated and may contain inaccuracies or audio glitches.
• NotebookLM may take a while to generate the Video Overview (sometimes, more than 30 minutes). Feel free to come back to your notebook later.

(Optional) Customize your Video Overview:

Customize your Video Overviews by specifying the following:

• Format: Choose the type of video that works best for you.
  • Cinematic (Ultra, 18+ users only. At this time, only supports English): A rich, immersive experience that can unpack the complex ideas of your sources through engaging visuals and storytelling
  • Explainer: A structured, comprehensive overview that connects the dots within your sources.
  • Brief: A bite-sized video format to help you quickly grasp the core ideas of a document.

• Language:Pick from any of our supported languages for your video's narration.
• Visual Style:Select a look for your video (only for 18+ users, excluding Cinematic Video Overviews). You can choose from styles like Classic, Whiteboard, Watercolor, Retro Print, Heritage, Paper-craft, Kawaii, and Anime. Or, let NotebookLM auto-selectfor you! You can also choose “ Custom” and input a description, to generate a custom visual style.
• Steering Prompt:Give instructions to help NotebookLM focus on what's most important to you. For example, you can tell it to focus on certain sources or topics.

Manage your Video Overview:

• To change the playback speed, select a different speed from “1x”.

• Navigate forward or backwards in the video by using the playback slider, or by tapping “rewind” or “skip forward”.

• Enter full screen mode by clicking on the full screen button

• To send feedback, tap “good video” or “bad video”

Play a Video Overview

Important: This is only applicable to notebooks that have previously generated Video Overviews.

1. Open an existing notebook.
2. In the "Studio" panel, select the title of your previously generated Video Overview.
3. Once the video player opens, start the Video Overview by hitting “play” 

Tip: to view the prompt used to generate your audio overview, select “View custom prompt”within the three dots menu next to your artifact in the Studio panel.

Share a Video Overview

Option 1: Share a link

1. Generate a Video Overview.
2. In the video player, select Share.
3. Confirm that the notebook is shared with the recipient or is made public (open to “Anyone with a link”), and viewers have access to the “full notebook” (and not just “chat only”).
4. Copy link to Video Overview to share with recipient.
5. Save to apply changes.

Important:

• Public notebook sharing is only enabled for consumer accounts. It's currently disabled for Workspace Enterprise or Education accounts.
• Only notebook owners and editors can make a  generated video publicly available and manage its access. As an owner or editor, you can turn off public access by selecting a different Notebook access level in the sharing panel.
• Once a video is deleted, any previously generated share link will no longer work.

Option 2: Share the entire notebook

1. Generate a Video Overview.
2. Share the full notebook.
   • Other users can access the Video Overview in the "Studio" panel.

Option 3: Download & share the Video Overview

1. To download the Video Overview, select Download.

2. Share the downloaded video file.

Output language for Video Overview

You can generate Video Overviews in 80+ languages.

To set your desired output language:

• Navigate to Settings  Output Language.
• Or, choose your language when generating the video overview 

Tip:NotebookLM uses the preferred language from your Google Account settings as your default output language.

Related resources

• Learn about NotebookLM
• Create a notebook in NotebookLM
• Add or discover new sources for your Notebook