Media Extended

Installation

Installation guide for Media Extended v4

You can use the following methods to install Media Extended v4.

From community plugin list

Version
4.1.2
Desktop Only
Desktop Only
Minimum Obsidian Version
1.8.9

Installing from Obsidian community plugin list is the recommended way to install Media Extended v4 public release.

Enable community plugin

  1. Open Settings > Community plugin
  2. Turn on community plugin

Install

  1. Go to plugin page by searching Media Extended or link to plugin page
  2. Click Install
  3. Wait for installation to complete

Enable

Click Enable Button

Beta testing via BRAT

Current Beta Release

Version
4.2.0-beta.3
Desktop Only
Desktop Only
Minimum Obsidian Version
1.10.0
Beta versions are not production-ready, make sure to make proper backup before preceeding.

You can use the Beta Reviewers Auto-update Tester (BRAT) plugin to install a pre-release version of the plugin.

Install beta version

Install BRAT

Download BRAT and enable it

Add a beta plugin for testing

  1. Open link to BRAT, it will open BRAT and ask you to add the plugin. Of course, you can manually add the plugin by using the Add Beta Plugin command and enter aidenlx/media-extended.
  2. Click on Add Plugin -- wait a few seconds and BRAT will tell you what is going on

Enable the beta plugin

  1. After BRAT confirms the installation, Open Settings > Community plugin
  2. Refresh the list of plugins
  3. Find the beta plugin you just installed and Enable it.

Updating beta version

BRAT will automatically check for updates to the beta version. You can also manually update:

  1. Go to BRAT settings
  2. Click "Check and update plugin"
  3. If an update is available, it will be updated automatically

Switching back to public release

To switch back to the public release version

  1. Go to BRAT settings
  2. Find Task Genius in the beta plugins list
  3. Click "Delete" to remove the beta version
  4. Install the stable version from Community Plugins

Reporting issues

If you encounter issues with the beta version, Report bugs on GitHub Issues

Please include the beta version number in your report and describe the issue with steps to reproduce

Manual install

Current Release

Version
4.1.2
Desktop Only
Desktop Only
Minimum Obsidian Version
1.8.9

This method is not recommended. Only try manual install if you have trouble with all other methods.

Download

Download media-extended.zip from GitHub Release:

Public Release

Beta Release

Enable community plugin

  1. Open Settings > Community plugin
  2. Turn on community plugin

Open plugin folder

  • If you haven't installed any plugin before, you need to open the plugin folder manually: <vault>/.obsidian/plugins
  • If you have installed other plugins, you can use Open plugin folder button on the right of the Installed plugins section

The .obsidian folder may be hidden. On macOS, you should be able to press Command+Shift+Dot to show the folder in Finder.

Create plugin folder

Create a new folder media-extended and put files from media-extended.zip into the folder

Finally, the folder structure should look like this:

main.js
manifest.json
styles.css

Make sure three files are in the plugin folder: main.js, manifest.json and styles.css

Reload & Enable

  1. Refresh the list of plugins or restart Obsidian if you have installed other plugins
  2. Open Settings > Community plugin and find Media Extended in the list
  3. Enable the plugin using toggle

Continue to Getting Started to explore features.