Video Podcasting FAQ

• Does Transistor support video podcasts?

  Does Transistor support video podcasts? Will Transistor ever host video podcasts?Featured

• How do I distribute my video podcast to Apple?

  Apple has a couple of requirements before you can distribute your HLS video podcast to Apple Podcasts. Make sure you do these before you connect your video podcast to Apple. Claim your show in Apple Podcasts Connect Ask Apple to approve your show for video Ask us to enable video for you in Transistor [Add your Apple API Key in TransiFeatured

• Video Beta: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

  | Video podcasting features are currently in Beta Testing and available to customers on Professional plans and up. Please contact us if you're interested! FILES & FEEDS What video formats, resolutions, and file sizes are supported? You can upload an MP4 or MOV file, up to 30GB. (see Billing below for proposed storage caps, coming in the near future) Supported codecs include: HFew readers

Video Beta Scenarios

• I’ve been uploading audio-only podcasts. I don’t care about past episodes, I just want to start publishing video for new episodes.

  Please complete these steps before you start using the new features: If you don't have a YouTube channel yet, you'll need to create one first. Create a YouTube channel. If you want links in your show notes to be clickable on YouTube, you'll also need to verify your YouTube account. Verify your account. Make sure you go to "Distribution > Video Hosting & Distribution" and coFew readers

• I already have a back-catolog of video episodes on YouTube, Now I want to upload video episodes for Apple + HLS

  Please complete these steps before you start using the new features: Go to "Distribution > Video Hosting & Distribution" and connect to Apple video (RSS video is connected by default) Make sure you are disconnected from YouTube before you proceed. This stops Transistor from uploading duplicate videos to YouTube (since your videos are already there). For each episode, download the video from YouTube (or use your original file from Riverside, Descript, etc.) and upload it to TransistorFew readers

• I’ve been uploading audio-only podcasts (and haven’t been uploading to YouTube), and I want to upload video for all my old episodes.

  Please complete these steps before you start using the new features: Make sure you go to "Distribution > Video" and connect YouTube, Apple, etc before you upload video to your existing episodes! Once those steps are complete, open an existing episode and use "Replace media file" to upload your video. Transistor will pull the audio from your video, encode for HLS, and publish to YouTube. Watch this video for more information: ${frame}[](https://www.youFew readers

• How to mark your YouTube playlist as a podcast

  YouTube podcast playlist setup.Few readers

• How do I distribute my video podcast to Spotify?

  How do I distribute my video podcast to Spotify? Transistor is the home for your audio podcast: we host your audio files, generate your RSS feed, and distribute the audio version of your podcast to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube Music, etc. If you want to host both an audio and video podcast, Spotify now offers the ability to upload a video version of your episode on Spotify (even if you don't host your podcast there): https://suppoFew readers