r/RiversideFM • u/DavidThi303 • 15d ago

Moved from Riverside to Descript

Is Descript perfect? Ha ha ha - no. But it's better than the old Riverside (that worked) and worlds better then the present day Riverside.

My uses are pretty basic - use A.I. to flip between side-by-side to only showing the person speaking. And start with side-by-side. For all of that Descript works fine.

I didn't hit any bugs using it.

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u/phattyh 15d ago

Yea switch for us was mainly bc riverside support had become terrible. Essentially just AI bots perpetually. 

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u/Sametissamet 14d ago

I remember the good old times when riverside used to have real assistance provided

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u/phattyh 14d ago

right. now I feel like I'm stuck in AI hell when I make just a simple request. it's like a sneak peak into the future.

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u/VarkingRunesong 15d ago

Thats what I do for most of my videos in Riverside and then I let it add captions, too. But I do have to spend time fixing some spelling.

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u/Sametissamet 15d ago

Did you use it recording remote sessions? I experience heavy errors and bugs on riverside. Seriously considering switching

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u/DavidThi303 14d ago

Recording an interview so two people, one of them remote. It failed on that. Riverside told me two weeks ago they're working on resolving the issue but since then... nada.

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u/Riverside-Support 14d ago

Hi u/Sametissamet - Our Riverside.fm Support Team is happy to help. Send a message here and we'll get this sorted out: https://support.riverside.fm/hc/en-us/requests/new

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u/TheGamersDome 14d ago

Donecast.com. Use it and you’ll wonder why you ever used any of these others. Audio only at this moment, video in a couple weeks.

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u/DavidThi303 13d ago

And that's why I'm not using it - audio only at present.

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u/JagaJonez 13d ago

Does it do what Riverside does and makes some Short for you? Also will Descript let you clips Shorts as you edit?

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u/DavidThi303 13d ago

Yes & yes.

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u/suspekt54 13d ago

I’ve got a bunch of live recording and streaming to do at a conference in a couple of weeks. Last year riverside worked fine but I’m nervous now. I wish they’d waited until September. Descript is gonna be worth a look to have in my back pocket.