Upload a video podcast to Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, RSS (first look at Transistor hosting)
Upload one video file, Transistor distributes it everywhere: @YouTube, @Apple Podcasts, @Spotify (coming soon), and every podcast app that supports HLS video in RSS (Fountain, @Pocket-Casts, True Fans, @iHeartRadio, and more).
In this video, I walk through Transistor.fm's new video podcast hosting and distribution feature: https://transistor.fm/features/video/
→ Try Transistor podcast hosting free for 14 days: https://transistor.fm/?via=youtube
→ Read: What is a video podcast? https://transistor.fm/video-podcast/
CHAPTERS
0:00 Upload one video, distribute everywhere
0:23 Setting up video in Transistor
0:39 Connecting YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify + HLS in RSS
1:14 Your audio version goes everywhere too
1:28 Publishing a new video episode
1:45 Uploading the MP4 (up to 8GB)
2:04 Encoding for HLS, YouTube, and Apple
2:31 Show notes and transcripts
2:50 Publishing (or scheduling) your episode
2:58 Auto-embedded on your podcast website
3:24 Smart YouTube descriptions (with links that actually work)
3:58 Watching video podcasts on your phone
4:07 Apple Podcasts (audio/video switcher + AirPlay)
4:35 YouTube and YouTube Music
5:13 Fountain and the open podcast ecosystem
5:37 Spotify
5:53 Try Transistor free
Transistor.fm video podcast hosting features:
Automatic publishing to your YouTube channel (with a podcast playlist)
Automatic video publishing to Apple Podcasts
Automatic video publishing to Spotify (coming soon)
Automatic video publishing to podcasts apps that support HLS video: Fountain, Pocket Casts, True Fans, and iHeart
Audio-only version distributed to Amazon Music, Podcast Addict, Deezer, Player FM, Overcast, Castro, Castbox, and the rest
Auto-embedded video on your Transistor podcast website
Auto-formatted YouTube descriptions (Transistor parses your bullet points and hyperlinks into the plain text URLs YouTube accepts)
Episode scheduling
Built-in transcripts