Publishing Video Podcast to Spotify | Spotify Video

You can send video episodes from Podigee to Spotify through the Spotify Video connection. Open your podcast and go to Exports > Video > Spotify Video.

Before you start

Make sure that your podcast and at least one episode are published.
Video podcasts are available to all accounts on the current plan lineup. Legacy plans do not include video podcasts. Your plan's video allowances and upload limits still apply. Video access does not mean an unlimited allowance. If the connection is missing on a current plan, contact Podigee Support.
Upload a video file to each episode that you want to publish as video. An audio file alone does not become a video.
Read the file requirements and error messages in Podigee. The Spotify video specifications are for Spotify for Creators. They do not set the upload limits in Podigee. MP4 with H.264 video and AAC audio is a possible starting format. Follow the requirements for your upload route.
If you upload a thumbnail, use the dimensions shown in Podigee. Read any message about missing artwork or content ratings before activation.

An existing Spotify show

The connection changes delivery from RSS to the Spotify API. Before activation, record the link to your existing Spotify show. Make sure that the connection uses that show. Do not create a second show to repair a connection error.

After activation, open the Spotify show link and examine the existing episodes. Contact Podigee Support if the show or episodes are different. A new show does not automatically get the followers, ratings, links, or historical statistics of the original show.

Set up Spotify Video

Open your podcast in Podigee.
Go to Exports and open Spotify Video in the Video section.
Read the information about API management, content rights, and Spotify terms. Continue only if you have the necessary rights and accept the terms.
If the activation dialog has a catalogue selection, select New episodes only or All episodes. Read the explanation in the dialog.
Click Enable Spotify Video, if this is the action shown in your account.
Wait for the connection status. If an error occurs, read the error message before you try again.

The catalogue selection at activation is not a permanent lock on older episodes. Later changes to connected episodes or shared text can cause updates. Contact Podigee Support before activation if older episodes must stay unchanged.

Audio episodes and video episodes

An API connection can send audio episodes as well as video episodes. An episode without a video file stays an audio episode. Podigee does not automatically make a video from its audio and cover image.

For an older video episode, examine the catalogue selection and its status. A missing episode does not always mean that its video file is missing. Do not upload or delete files again before you find the cause.

Examine the connection and episode status

The connection can show that an import is waiting, that the RSS catalogue is being imported, or that episodes are being connected. An active connection does not show that all episodes are published.

Open each episode and examine its status under Media file. A queued or sent status does not show that Spotify publication is completed. After processing, open the correct show and episode on Spotify. Make sure that the correct audio or video plays.

Manage the connection

View on Spotify opens the show. Examine the show identity and episode playback.
Re-sync with Spotify starts another synchronization, if this action is available. It does not show that publication is completed.
Disconnect Spotify Video ends the connection. Disconnection alone does not restore RSS delivery.

Return to RSS or change hosting providers

Contact Podigee Support before you disconnect or move the podcast. A return from API delivery to RSS can make manual work necessary with Spotify. Disconnection, reactivation, or a feed redirect is not sufficient to show that the delivery route changed correctly. After the change, examine the original show and its episodes on Spotify.

Advertising, chapter marks, and analytics

The delivery route for each episode is important. A Spotify video copy is different from an audio file that Spotify requests from Podigee for playback. Audio delivery through Podigee is sometimes called passthrough.

Dynamic audio ads inserted by Podigee are not automatically inserted into a video copy at Spotify. Ads that are already part of a file are different from dynamic ad insertion. Before activation, contact Podigee Support about the delivery route and advertising for your episodes.

An audio episode without video does not always use passthrough. The API can also send an audio file. Chapter marks from your Podigee audio file are not automatically transferred through the video connection. Examine the published episode.

Spotify playback statistics and Podigee download statistics measure different events. Playback of a copy stored at Spotify is not automatically a download from Podigee. Use Spotify for Creators for Spotify statistics. If your Podigee account shows Spotify analytics, read the metric definitions and date range. Contact support about missing metrics; not all delivery routes give the same statistics.

Audio intro and outro versus the uploaded video

An intro or outro added by Podigee's audio processing is not automatically added to the uploaded video sent through Spotify Video. To include it in that video, edit it into the source video before upload.

Play the source video from beginning to end to check its intro and outro.
Check the processed audio separately in Podigee.
If audio is extracted from a video that already includes the intro or outro, check that the audio settings do not add it a second time.
After publication, check both the Spotify video and the audio route used by your other platforms.

Updating the audio alone does not edit the stored Spotify video. For an existing publication, use the video replacement procedure and its warnings rather than deleting the episode. If the source video includes the material but the published video does not, send support the episode links, upload time, and the affected playback times. This note describes Spotify Video; do not use an audio-only result on another platform as proof of the video result.

Repair errors without deleting content

Read the connection and episode error messages first. Make sure that the episode is published, the video file is present, and processing is completed. Give Podigee Support the podcast link, episode link, error message, and platform with the error. Do not send passwords or access credentials.

Warning: Deleting an episode or removing its video can also remove content from connected platforms. Removing a video to repair Spotify can also remove an existing YouTube video. A replacement can have a different link and lose the connection to its earlier statistics. Contact Podigee Support before a delete-and-upload repair. A Spotify-specific choice must not be treated as protection for other platforms.

Missing episodes or artwork changes

Prepare the video file

Item	Podigee upload requirement
Maximum file size	20 GB per file.
Video file extensions in the classic view	mp4, m4v, m4p, mov, qt, mkv, mk3d, avi, ogv, ogg, ogm, webm.
Starting format	MP4 with H.264 video and AAC audio. This is a recommendation, not a guarantee that every file with that extension will process.
Duration and video allowance	Check your plan and remaining video allowance before upload. A file below 20 GB can still exceed your allowance.
Resolution and other codecs	If you need a particular resolution or codec, ask support before a large upload. Do not use Spotify for Creators limits as Podigee limits.

Keep the original file. After upload, check the processing result before you publish the episode.

Active connection, but no video on Spotify

First complete the connection and episode checks above. If the problem remains, send Podigee Support:

The Podigee podcast and episode links or IDs.
The existing Spotify show and episode links.
Screenshots of the connection status, episode processing status, and exact error.
The upload time and whether the video processed successfully.
Whether you previously uploaded this episode manually in Spotify for Creators.
A previous support reference, if the same problem is already under investigation.

Previous manual uploads help support investigate. They do not prove the cause. Do not disconnect or delete content as a test.

For a host change, first arrange the delivery-route change with support. Then follow the feed redirect guide. Test the original Spotify show before the old hosting service ends.

Removing local video

For a published episode with an active Spotify Video connection, choose whether to remove the episode from Spotify or keep the existing Spotify video disconnected from the local file. Removing local video does not delete the audio file in Podigee. Removal from Spotify runs in the background; check the result on Spotify afterward.