Chapter Marks

Chapter marks connect a title to a position in your episode. Support for titles, links, and images changes with the player and delivery route.

Add chapter marks

1. Open the episode and Chapter Marks.
2. Click Add chapter mark, if available. If you use AI suggestions, examine them before you add them.
3. Enter the start time as hh:mm:ss. For example, 01:02:03 is one hour, two minutes, and three seconds.
4. Enter a short title. Add a link or image if necessary.
5. Save the entries. Examine their order and playback positions. Refresh the display if it still shows old values.

Spotify

Spotify supports manual chapters in the episode description. For shows hosted elsewhere, it also supports Podlove chapters in RSS. These routes are different from the Spotify Video API. Saved chapters in Podigee do not show that every connection transfers them.

For a manual list, use at least three timestamps in increasing order, with the first at 00:00:00. Put each timestamp and short title on a separate line. See Spotify's chapter instructions for more requirements.

YouTube

A manual YouTube chapter list must start at 00:00 and have at least three timestamps in increasing order. Each chapter must be at least ten seconds long. Manual chapters override automatic chapters. It is not necessary to disable automatic chapters first. See YouTube's chapter instructions.

After export, examine the actual video description and chapters in the published video. YouTube sets chapter availability and channel requirements.

Intros, advertising, and different files

The timestamps must agree with the media that plays. Audio with an inserted intro or ads can have different positions from the original video.

RSS chapters, chapters embedded in audio files, and video descriptions use different delivery routes. One advertising rule does not apply to all routes. For AdsWizz, PAM, or other advertising routes, contact Podigee Support about chapter export for your episode.

After a change to the intro, ads, or media file, examine the playback positions again. Chapters in the Podigee player do not show that Spotify or YouTube uses the same chapters and times.

Chapter export in Podigee

Podigee includes Podlove chapters in RSS when there are at least three markers and one starts at 00:00:00. The separate Podcasting 2.0 chapter link requires at least one marker. When an episode uses active AdsWizz advertising, these two RSS chapter forms and embedded audio chapters are omitted. This also applies to hybrid episodes using that advertising route.

The YouTube video export calculates chapter times for the original video without an added intro or advertising. The Spotify Video connection does not send a separate chapter list; a manual timestamp list must be part of the description or show notes sent to Spotify. Check the result on the destination platform.