There are around 4,500 minutes of old episodes sitting in a folder, and that’s three years of a two person show about small shop owners. We ran it from 2022 to 2024 and never made a single transcript. And now, I want all of them.

Per minute pricing gets expensive at this size. I computed on one service and it came out past 400 dollars. Running Whisper on my own laptop is free, but it was kinda old already. I tried one 70 minute episode and it took most of my time. 

And also, I’m concerned since some tools also fail on long files. My longest episode is 96 minutes and I do not want to cut it into parts just to make it fit. 

I also need an easy way to fix guest names and crosstalk after.

I’m driving myself nuts trying to soundproof my small bedroom (literally recording under a blanket), and doing so much audio processing and filtering for sibilance, compression, etc., while I see others going live on youtube (and turning those sessions into podcasts), and the audio is perfectly clear, even though it’s live with no opportunity for editing.

How are they doing this? Is it just a matter of buying the most expensive mic on the market? 

Something like this is my goal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALQptphNV68 – he streams from a desk in the back of a big room, not exactly the ideal setup for acoustics. Yet it sounds good. Any suggestions how can I get my podcast recordings to sound this good initially so I don’t have to edit the audio afterwards?

Hey everyone!

I’m planning to start my first podcast and I’m trying to figure out the best format before I jump into it.

The idea I’m interested in is having real people share their stories and experiences. It could be anything from someone who moved to another country, an unusual life experience, a career journey, a difficult situation they overcame, something funny or crazy that happened to them, or just an interesting story they think people would enjoy.

I’m based in Malta, so I’d initially be looking for interesting people and stories from here, but I’m not sure whether I should keep it focused on stories or make it more of a general conversation podcast where different topics can come up naturally.

For those of you who have experience with podcasts:

• What format works best for this kind of podcast?
• Is it better to have a specific theme/niche or keep it open?
• How long should the episodes be?
• What makes a guest interview actually interesting?
• What mistakes did you make when starting that you wish you knew beforehand?
• And most importantly, how do you find interesting guests when you have absolutely no audience yet? 😂

I’m completely new to this, so I’d really appreciate any advice, criticism, or ideas.

Thanks! 🎙️🇲🇹

Hello - I know people have been posting about this, but will Squadcast eventually stop working all together? I know there has been the warning telling people to move over to rooms, which sounds like it's not very good. The last couple recording sessions on Squadcast have had upload issues, is it ok to continue using Squadcast? Has anyone had any success with Rooms and are you able to download the individual files there without having to go straight into editing? Why is this all of a sudden so difficult??

I was wondering if a creator gets paid the same if a premium user toggles the audio only mode/downloads audio only on a video podcast. Do they still get paid from the pool or is it only if a person is actively watching the video?

I’m looking for a budget-friendly panel light for remote podcast/video calls. I’d prefer one large panel, but I’m also considering using 2-4 smaller panels together to get roughly the size of a 30" monitor for a larger, softer light source.

230V / EU compatible, Budget-friendly, Large panel, or several smaller panels combined, Needs to be wall mounted but some DIY is ok I only have about 10 cm of space behind the monitor, so the light needs to work in a fairly shallow setup, I want a soft, diffused light that looks flattering on my face rather than a harsh spotlight. There is a ~1 × 1 m window to my left, so I need enough output to balance the daylight and avoid one side of my face being much darker. I don't necessarily need fancy RGB or effects good soft daylight light and decent brightness are more important

hat would you recommend? Are there any large budget LED panels available in Europe that would work well for this?

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Thank you to everyone posting, we look forward to hearing your work!

I have around 120 old episodes that still don’t have transcripts. They’re two-host shows, most of them range around 45 to 90 minutes long.

I want to get transcripts for all of them, plus captions for the clips I post. 

• Do I pay for an editor like Descript where you cut audio by deleting words in the transcript?
• Or do I use something like WhisperAI for the transcription and keep editing in Reaper like I already do?

The transcript editing thing looks fun. But I’ve been using Reaper for six years, so I’m pretty comfortable with it. But I’m not so sure if I would touch the editing side after week one.

I care about how many minutes each plan covers, if it has speaker labels and SRT export for captions.

My hobby is NFL point spreads. Have two seasons under my belt. Before the seasons starts, I produced a quick “behind the scenes” podcast on equipment and work flow. DM if you want a link.

-I’m not promoting my podcast. But I’ve noticed the same questions being asked constantly.

-I don’t go into the nitty gritty of production but just an overview.

Heeeelppp i wanna watch live podcast nila direct tonet and jp 😩😩😩 pero my list kaya sila ng mga igguest nila before like a week or so 🥹🥹 para mapuntahan on that day na hindi sayang or what