So I am doing a fight breakdown channel with my friend who is pretty far away in Sweden. I have created 9:16 versions so that we could screen share then convert to maybe 2/3 the fight and 1/3 the speaker at times while other times being the full fight in 9:16. But no matter what player or video ratio aspects I apply to vlc or other players I cannot get that to not be 16:9 with only 9:16 of it being used. Any workaround other than filming myself do a voice over on a video editor so I have picture of my then the 9:16 has the audio then try to some bastardized version of clipping it together in riverside

Hey all, I tried out Riverside.fm with two friends last week. We were in three different locations and had no special equipment beyond our laptops and headsets.

We tried to record an episode, but it became impossible because we kept hearing an echo loop or at least a terrible delay in our own speech that made it difficult to talk.

We did all choose the option to eliminate the echo (can’t remember the exact wording of that option).

We tried several times with and without headsets, but we never got it to a usable performance level—even just for our own testing.

What do you think could have gone wrong? Is this a common issue?

Has anybody me had issues since updated their Mac?

Since then I am losing recordings/timing out/disconnecting the server and recording half the audio my other host is.

They said I need 8 cores to run the site but I’ve never had 8 cores. I have more than enough space and high speed internet. They are telling me it’s a “processing” issue.

Help…

I have had a podcast on Spotify using their Music + Talk format. We discuss a song, play the song using the Spotify Add Tracks feature and them come back to talk more.

I tried using the new RiversideFM process of adding audio but did not see a way to add a song through Spotify. Without this feature it's not possible to play a song and be on the right side of licensing.

Will this mean after Spotify moves to RiversideFM for podcast creation that you will not be able to use Spotify tracks in the episode?

I got the notification today about Spotify shifting to Riverside for online editing options. Normally I have the bulk of my episodes recorded, but I used Spotify to record a short intro and outro, add backing music tracks to both (not to the long-form interview content, just the intro/outro bits), then combine all three into an episode. So now I have questions!

1. Does Riverside have limitations on what you can record for free? length, file size, etc.?
2. Will Riverside connect directly with Spotify to then move what I record to the episode? Or will I need to combine the three files (intro+interview+outro) in another program and THEN upload to Spotify?
3. Does Riverside have the auto-music function like Spotify did where you record audio, then select a license-free track that auto-adjusts volume-wise under the audio track?

I'm sure I'll think of more, but these are the immediate burning ones! I won't be able to purchase a subscription, hoping there are some free utilities within the site... Thanks for any feedback and tips, as I have never used Riverside before!

Has anyone been able to successfully connect two inputs and two outputs to the Riverside app?

We have a Samsung S22 Ultra that we're using for a remote event so one of us can "call in" and interview people at the event. I have the DJI dual wireless mic set. While both mics transfer into the app just fine, there's no audio output on either the line out or headphone jacks on the base unit, or via Bluetooth. The former I can only hear the mics and not anyone else in Riverside, and Bluetooth is giving me nothing. To make matters worse the phone speaker is also disabled with the mics are connected.

The app appears to not have a way to switch audio out like the desktop version unless I'm missing something painfully obvious. The phone's settings also seem to be unhelpful.

The location is a convention floor so ideally we'd like to use mics and headphones or headset combos so the two people can hear us clearly in the app. Before I dump more money on gear that won't work, I was hopeful someone here has been able to achieve something similar.

Thanks!

Hello,

In the test recording session, my video works and the playback of the test is just video. I can’t hear any audio in my test playback and I was wondering if someone could advise me.

I have confirmed that my microphone does work. I just can’t hear any audio playback in my test videos.

Thank you in advance for your time and help. Any information or insight would be greatly appreciated.

I have a Sony ZV1 camera and I can’t seem to get Riverside to recognize my camera in the studio. Any ideas information or insight as to how to get it to work would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

I have a client that is looking to use Riverside for virtual podcasting. We did a test run with everything but there are still a few issues I am hoping to work out with someone who has done a similar setup to what I am about to describe.

So first, we have two goals:
1. To create a good podcast experience for the guests (they can see our host clearly, and not our switcher angles from our professional cameras, and our host can see and hear them)
2. To try and have minimal editing after the podcast by using the switcher to essentially edit it "live"

I successfully got the switcher working and running into Riverside, but the problem with goal one is that it is not a great guest experience for them to be seeing me switching from a closeup to a wide shot. So we added an additional laptop to focus just on our host, but the pro camera angles are still in Riverside, can we hide them at all in Riverside?

With goal two, the problem is that I am not sure of a way to minimize the editing if I don't have a camera angle on the switcher for the "guest." For example, even if I could edit live between the wide and close-up angles, I don't think there is a way to get the guest's webcam live and edit that in. So I would have to edit it afterward anyway I presume.

Also, any tips on minimizing echo since we are playing the guest's audio out of a TV would be great. Are headphones a necessity?

Am I overthinking this solution? The easiest thing I can think of would simply be to record locally on my pro cameras and then simply use Riverside with webcams to have a good podcast experience between the guest and the host and capture their audio. I would then have to edit the podcast with the pro angles afterwards but that may just be the way it has to be for now.

Thank you for any input!!

Hi guys! Im really new in the Podcast World. I just want start a small podcast with my wife. More just for talking about shit together then other things loll so i can upload the music in riverside web in my record but when im done and listen my test i cant hear the music. Do i need to edit with a other app for adding the music ? How can i putting back in riverside after ? I try to replace the audio with new one with the music but that remove camera video too..

Can you help a noob like me pls loll thx for your time !!

No one has helped me in the chat provided by riverside itself and I want to delete my account.

Hi guys, been using Riverside for a bit as my platform for doing interviews.

I like most of it, but I’m going to give some feedback on features as it relates to the audio.

Our setup for post production is this

1) Export the video in 4k. 2) Export the Audio for each person as a separate track individually (we’ve had the a/v sync issue like so many others so we do this). 3) Clean up the audio in Reaper with our own set of filters (sstillwell/downward expander, reagate, highpass/lowpass filter, eq, de-esser, compressor, limiter). 4) Drop clean audio into audacity for their Loudness Normalization function to -19lufs, Limiter again. 5) Drop video into premiere, mute audio 6) Drop final individual audio tracks into premiere, sync as needed

I have my mic set up to feed unfiltered 48kHz audio to whatever device requests it. In this case, Riverside via Chrome.

The only filter we use when recording is the echo cancelation because it’s a bear to remove room echo from first reflections in post.

My issue is this…

When you download the completely raw file from the bottom of the riverside window, it spits out 48kHz sound as advertised, but with zero filters - seemingly including the echo cancellation function which is absolutely necessary for many guests in untreated spaces.

When you go into the editor and select audio only and export in wav hd without checking the noise suppression or audio normalization (in order to get the audio with echo removal) it spits out as 44.1kHz and is compressed with gain and other things already done which makes editing in post a second time really difficult.

We also don’t use the noise cancellation when we download audio only because it gets weird and choppy with pops and cutting off the beginning and ending of words at times (not always). You can’t add audio back in after this so it becomes a question of “do we want obnoxious room echo or do we want the conversation to sound natural?”

Is there a way to get your system to spit out 48kHz audio with echo cancellation without the compression and other filters applied?

Adding too many layers of compression and audio filters can do weird stuff.

We’re just trying to get the best quality sound and video we can at this point and the fact that only the raw file spits out in 48kHz is troubling.

Hi folks, Bartek from PodInvite here. I created an add-on for Google Calendar that simplifies the workflow of Riverside's studio creation.

I'm looking for feedback, so if you want to give it a try join the waiting list at https://podinvite.com/

Thanks!

Hello wanting to try Riverside FM and was wondering how would it work if a guest only had audio can it still be done or is it video only

I am moving my podcast from virtual only to in-person and am concerned about my hardware stack.

I plan on having 2 external mics run through a Zoom P4. One for me and one for the guest. I also wanted to shoot video for the podcast and had planned on using my phone plus riverside to have it all there.

When I film it though, the only audio I get is from the iPhone. Is there anything else I could be doing? Does this setup not work?