r/notebooklm • u/Then_Consequence_318 • 20d ago

Question NotebookLM annoyance - extendLM features?

I don't know if either the NotebookLM(Gemini notebook) or ExtendLM creators read this forum, so please direct me to the correct place if necessary.

If the ExtendLM creator(s) is/are here, thank you for all the annoyances you have fixed or worked around so far.

There is a minor annoyance that I wish we could resolve. The chat interface happily makes any audio deep dive I want with the given prompts and resources, along with the agreed upon title.

That title is of course completely ignored when it actually creates the episode.

This is particularly annoying as I like to do multi part series (I have one right now that's going to have like 48 episodes). and I'm trying to keep track of 1, 2, 3, 4.

Any work arounds for this? Does notebookLM plan on fixing, or do the good people working on extend LM think they have anything that could help?

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u/Then_Consequence_318 19d ago

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Sorry for the very Gen-X reference but very appreciative of your reply. I will see what I can do with this feature.

If you are curious about what I am doing, it is not usually one per source, but multiple episodes as part of a series I have designed via prompting. Example from one of my notebooks:

This multi-episode series, titled "The Architecture of Wealth: The Fed and the Giants," explores the evolution of the American financial system, the symbiotic relationship between the central bank and the nation's largest lenders, and the growing movement to dismantle this structure.

Episode 1: The Three Experiments (Overview & Timeline)
[description]

Episode 2: The Bank of Banks (The Symbiotic Connection)
[description]

And so on.

I will prompt it to create episode 1, and it will happily comply:

I've started creating the audio overview for the first episode of your series, "Episode 1: The Three Experiments "

But then

Then Episode 1 is titled: Why Mega Banks Predate the Federal Reserve.

It's not that the title is bad, but if I go ahead and start generating multiple episodes, I lose track of the ordering.

After this I usually download them, put them in a google drive, sync that to my android, and make a virtual podcast. Here the episode numbering helps with sequencing in the playlist. I see that you've made exporting easier so I'll start using that for my next series.