Podcasters Buried by Video Production
Content creators are finding that adding video to their podcasts introduces significant complexity and workflow inefficiencies. They grapple with technical setup, quality concerns, and the duplicated effort of managing both audio and video production pipelines, leading to increased time investment and frustration. Many are seeking streamlined solutions and best practices.
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“Zoom can have lag issues for any type of recording. Zoom can lag because of internet bandwidth differences, having too many tabs or programs open while recording, outdated computers, or any other reason. Because Zoom is intended for meetings, not for production-quality media recordings, it…”
“I set it to record two separate audio tracks and haven't noticed lagging, but to be fair - it's an audio only show. That may be an issue if it were video too?”
“I’m looking for a tool to generate a podcast script only. Not to generate the podcast or record it, but only the script. I would really appreciate if you can post any link with tools you’ve used and you know are working. submitted by /u/cheesymod [link] [comments]”
“The guest can use phone, tablet, it laptop. Any device, any platform. You'll receive their call on your own device, connect it to the Rode via either Bluetooth or USB. You'll speak into whatever mic you connect to the Rode, and hear them over headphones connected to the Rode. All audio flows through, and is recorded by, the Rode. Yes, audio only. If you want video, that adds complexity, but this audio setup would still work”
“I already have a roadcaster. That actually sounds like a much better idea. Am I going without video if I do this? I could demand my money back from riverside and just do google meet for video connection, which anyone could easily do. They wouldn't match up, but it's an audio only podcast anyways. Edit: And would the guest have to use their phone for the interview, or would a laptop work?”
“We’ve done this for decades before these services existed. Set up a mix-minus and record them on your end. It’s damn near bullet proof.”
“Don't use a platform to record. And you're right, you can't expect guests to have the ability or skills to record their end locally. Get a dedicated piece of hardware, something like a Rodecaster, and record it yourself. The guests quality will be however good their connection is, be it phone, FaceTime, zoom, whatever. That's the most you should ever rely on remote for, getting a voice to you.”
“I may have to do that, but I really don't want to pay for Zencastr if all I'm using it for is recording. But I'm not a fan of Zoom and it seems like other recording options have the same problems. I may ask my cohost and guests to download Audacity and send me the files!”
“I have podcasted before but only audio using a stream site and audacity. I won’t to start a new show using video and video live streams. I’m not super producer savvy these days so I need something easy to use but will make my product look great with things like banners/Chiron. Any suggestions would help. Thanks! submitted by /u/TAwrites [link] [comments]”
yeah the safe zone approach is the way to go, saves so much hassle in post
“i switched to Klap (klap. app) after capcut put captions behind that paywall. it gives fewer clips than opus but they actually make sense, captions and framing are usually right so i barely edit them. we do a comedy pod and the timing has been fine. still paid but less annoying than opus for the price.”
“Everyone's right about the 4K crop and it's worth knowing the actual number before you frame anything. A full height vertical slice out of 4K is 1215 px wide, so you're still above 1080 with about 12 percent spare to punch in. Out of a 1080p camera that same slice is 607 px, which is the whole reason people keep saying shoot 4K. The part that bites later is a framing tension nobody can crop their way out of. Two people framed well for 16:9 sit near the left and right edges, and a cen”
“Sorry I missed this I just discovered you! Will there be another one in September”
“Hi. I plan to do recording for our radio drama in various interiors. It's me and two more friends. I do have a laptop but I do plan to acquire a mixer, mics and headphones. I have a Lenovo ThinkPad X280 that I used to record audio. submitted by /u/lorenza-de-arabia [link] [comments]”
“I have been using Zencaster for 4 years now and this recent UI update where all I can do is chat with some AI bot is driving me insane. All I want to do is edit my audio in audacity, write my show notes, and distribute to podcast players without needing to chat with a f****** AI bot. I want my podcast to be made by humans. We paid a human to license the music. The show notes are written by my co-host and me. We actually sit down and record our real conversation, and I don't use AI to edit th”
“Which platform i should use for video podcast ? I want to start video podcast now. submitted by /u/XIFAQ [link] [comments]”
“Because Youtube is horizontal videos, and Tiktok is vertical, how do you film for both options? submitted by /u/Aggravating_Face_655 [link] [comments]”
“Cleanfeed is probably the closest fit to what you described — browser link, no guest account, nothing to install, and Pro gives you per-participant multitrack. It's built for audio only, so you're not paying for a video pipeline you've said you don't want, and the guest side is about as fool-proof as this gets. Zencastr's free tier also records local audio-only tracks and gives you video for the seeing-each-other part without recording it. Whichever you pick, test it once wit”
“You’re going to get recommendation for DaVinci. Put me in that camp. But I’ll say one thing. I’ve seen a lot of “potential” podcaster quit video once they realize there’s a learning curve to video editing. But yeah, DR is your best bet.”
I’m confused. Are you asking about studio setup or editing?
“Hi. I record the audio for our pod. My cohost has recently started recording the video through our Teams, at her end, to put clips up on Youtube. Sometimes, if I'm adding something to the audio track, it requires something a little magical, or fantastical... which is dead easy to do with sound effects. Less so with video. Sometimes the most effective way to get round this in the video (and not just record us sitting there without anything actually happening) would be a second or two of scree”
“Sounds like riverside or zencastr would do the job, both let you send a single link with no signup and record hd audio locally, plus you get video for the chat without needing to record it”
“Some questions that I see others have asked about: What is your budget? Is the budget only for a microphone or can you do some sound treatment to the room as well? You mention that you record on your phone, is that something you're planning to continue or would you prefer to record some other way? Do you plan for the podcast to only be you, even for the future or do you want equipment that can expand with regards to having guests or hosts? You mention you record in the basement "...wher”
“I have a similar issue in that I cannot download the transcripts. In order to do so, I have to upgrade my member tier from standard to Pro. Which I don't want to do. It doesn't seem fair to block transcripts, which is an accessibility issue. Does anyone know a workaround?”
“A simple cheap Fifine usb microphone will do the job. Most important thing is sound treatment and mic positioning.”
“I know i won’t subscribe if the audio is bad. A lot of times it sounds like room treatment would go a long way. A $20 lav mic sounds fine if the space isn’t creating issues.”
“Would have to be really bad/defective. You can upscale audio in post and record from an iPhone. Focus on content and audience not gear.”
“Hi everyone, I am looking to buy a new microphone for my podcast channel and would love your hands-on recommendations. Here are the details of my setup to help narrow it down: Podcast Format: [e.g., Just me speaking solo Current Gear: I am currently using my iPhone but want to upgrade because it picks up too much room echo / I want a more professional tone]. submitted by /u/MulberryBeneficial84 [link] [comments]”
“How noob friendly it is? me and my co'hosts are older ladies with almost no kno'how, making a podcast for fun. we used discord + craig, that was super easy and gave us good audio, but with a lot of discord features being banned in brasil we were left empitied handed”
“What would be the best solution/ best method if I needed to borrow or rent 2 high definition Sony cameras for my podcast? I’m looking for the cheapest alternatives. submitted by /u/glamrosey [link] [comments]”
“don't buy both boom mics and lavs yet. record a 20-minute test episode with one audio path first, then spend on whatever actually sounds bad.”
“Hi, I have a couple of questions for people who record conversational videos. I'd really appreciate it if you could answer them. How do you usually save ideas for videos? Where do you keep your ideas right now? When was the last time you lost or forgot an idea? What happens after you record a voice memo? How do you then turn those thoughts into a script? What annoys you the most about this process? Have you tried any tools? If so, why did you stop using them? submitted by /u/Marl”
“One of the thing I hate about recording videos is that I have to sit in mic'd up , locked in the chair. I can't turn on FAN, or AC because the noise would be loud and screw up the recording. My experience of removing the noise is post production has been terrible. If you guys face this, have you found any solution for this? What's your workaround? submitted by /u/PeeledReality [link] [comments]”
“I’ve been brought on to help get a podcast up & running. I’ve never done this but I have video/live broadcasts experiences. I’ve done some research into what programs/ equipment I need to •boom mics • phones that shoot 4k • lav mics •tripods • using riverside to record • rodecaster pro duo 2 • computer Are there better programs to record the podcast to. I just enjoy the easy interface. Any help is appreciated submitted by /u/TrainerD4Rk0 [link] [comments]”
“I use a p4next and love it. My mic is now a Sm7b with a Triton Ferhead. I Feed the gain-hungry mic with phantom 48v power and my headphones are the Audio Technica M50 B2s. It's a great set up .”
“Since you are specifically after free and already on rss.com: try PodcastsAI . It works straight off your feed, no upload step. Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.transcriptai.app Web: https://www.podcasts-ai.com iOS: in App Store review, not out yet. Library tab, paste your rss.com feed URL, tap an episode: it reads the enclosure itself and gives you a speaker-labeled transcript plus srt, vtt and txt downloads. You name the speakers once and it applies them throughout. I”
“A lot of long-form podcasters and YouTubers put hours into recording episodes, but miss out on reach because they don't have time to cut vertical clips for Reels or Shorts. To build out fresh case studies for my editing workflow, I'm offering to take 1 long-form video from 5 creators today and slice out a high-retention vertical clip for free. What I'll do with your video: Cut straight to a strong 3-second hook (removing intros/dead air) Reframe to 9:16 with animated line-by-line sub”
“FYI, Commercial radio stations, particularly rock and country formats, have been using very sophisticated compression techniques for decades to maximize their "apparent loudness" and "increased sound clarify". They use devices such as the Orban Optimod. ( OPTIMOD 5950 Audio Processor - Overview — Orban ). Way too much horsepower for the average podcaster, but I wonder if any of the big podcast production companies use this kind of technology for their final output?”
“Recording uncompressed 48 kHz WAV files for each local participant, as Riverside does, certainly helps, but does nothing to correct for cheap mics, noisy rooms and bad mic techniques at the individual locations.”
“tbh text-based editing is overrated unless youre actually editing your episodes that way. most podcasters i know just need a clean transcript for show notes and SEO. been using Transcript LOL for that and its fine, way less bloated than Descript”
“Focusrite (Scarlett) and Behringer make a variety of very good and reasonably affordable microphone to USB audio interfaces, pretty much all with XLR pro audio mic inputs.”
“Excellent advice on mic technique from KN4AQ, who also has technical experience in ham radio, where having clear audio is also important, I would just add, when you get close to the mic, speak across the mic , not directly into it , to avoid "plosives" such as popped "P's" and "sibilants", such as hissing "S's".”
“Me and my friend have been podcasting for just over a year and want to upgrade our set up. Currently we have 2 rode wireless me and Final Cut on an iPad recording audio and video. We found a package deal on Amazon for 4 Zoom ZDM-1 mics boom arms headphones and a Zoom podtrak P4next. Is this a good upgrade? Or has anyone used these mics or recorder? submitted by /u/cammygordo [link] [comments]”
“Adobe podcast / Riverside are great services both free and paid that you can start.”
“I’ve never looked at Descript at a transcription tool; it’s a text-based editor. If I need a transcription tool, that’s to transcribe my already edited episode so I’ll use something like MacWhisper or Otter to transcribe it. That said, I’ve never been a fan of text-based editing tools. They make too many unnatural edits, and by the time I find and fix them I could’ve just edited it in my DAW.”
“For me the text-based editing is where it all falls down or nails it with these tools, if scrubbing through a transcript feels laggy or the sync drifts even a little it wrecks the whole flow Speaker separation is a close second though cause if it can't tell who's who the transcript turns into word soup real fast”
“So, we started around 3 months ago and two things I started noticing: Getting the mixing right whilst 3 people have different kind of qualities in their recording setups is a chore. Recording for an hour is no problem topic wise. But the constant shifting between having set topics or segments and more free speaking is hard to nail in my opinion. What are your tips and tricks to handle these? Am I overthinking and we are actually doing alright? German podcast btw. Thanks in advance guys! su”
“Should I start just recording the video and then add audio or while recording itself shld I use Mike ?”
“Check out the answers to this similar question here: https://www.reddit.com/r/podcasting/comments/1w0mq1d/what_is_the_best_for_unlimited_ai_transcription/ In short, I recommend paying for MacWhisper Pro for macOS , but it comes with unlimited usage. Or check out these alternatives for Windows . (Moderator-required disclosure: I host The Audacity to Podcast ®, a podcast about podcasting ; run the Podgagement® (formerly My Podcast Reviews) service to help you engage your audience and grow your pod”
“For sound quality, put more attention in your environment than the microphone quality when you start. No ventilation, vibrations from a table or room echo will make it sound proper. Record in a room with furniture, a mattress, curtains, low ceiling... anything that will make sound not bounce everywhere.”
“Riverside is a solid choice for recording from far apart. It handles lag pretty well and captures each person's audio and video separately, which is great for music shows. Plus, you can bring in soundboards easily. If you want a full rundown of recording options, check out this guide: https://kompozy.io/how-to/record-a-podcast . You'll find some useful info there. Happy podcasting!”
“Treat your room first. For my sports pod I use a shure 7b mic with the Scarlett amp. But ever since I got a XLR shoe for my camera I got directly to the DSLR. Still use the Scarlett if I’m a guest over zoom or Riverside .”
“Setup-wise: I record the podcast via a usb sound interface, and for microphones I use a pair of Shure SM58. This is likely more than most people really need, but I had parts of the equipment from when I was in a band. If I were to start out without any equipment today, I would first understand the format I would go for. To me, my format is to interview one person, so I'd either go the route of using USB microphones directly into a computer, or I'd use something like the Zoom Podtrak P4ne”
“Something like InShot for mobiles has a simple layout & allows for for trimming clips, adding background music, and formatting vertical videos. Check out PCMag & TechRadar coverage for pros & cons of various apps & platforms. Definitely focus on creating compelling content! The main thing is to get started hitting that record button!”
“honestly a big chunk of the problem might just be streamyard itself compressing things, not just your webcam. i switched to riverside for recording and the quality jump was noticeable even before touching lighting or a new cam, it records locally so it doesnt get crushed by your internet connection. still worth grabbing a cheap ring light though, that alone does wonders.”