Uploading, Encoding and Replacing Audio Files

Uploading Audio Files

Upload a high-quality version of your episode whenever possible. We recommend CD quality:

• WAV format
• 16-bit
• 44.1 kHz sample rate

If you prefer to upload an MP3 or AAC file, make sure the bitrate is higher than 256 kbps. FLAC files are also supported.

Publishing Your Episode

When you click Publish Now or Schedule Publication, your audio file is prepared for release on the web player and across podcast platforms.

The publishing process includes audio encoding and has a rough processing-time estimate of 50–60% of the audio file’s duration.

💡 Example: For a 10-minute episode, the estimate is 5–6 minutes. Processing can take longer.

If you’ve enabled automatic transcript generation, the publishing time may be slightly longer. If a YouTube connection is enabled, the video generation for YouTube will take place after the audio encoding is complete. This is the export of a video made from audio. It is separate from the upload of your own video file.

Updating An Existing Audio File

Use the “Update Audio File” button if you need to replace an already uploaded file.
This action is only necessary if:

• you're replacing the episode's audio file (see next section), or
• you want to change the advanced audio settings (e.g. to adjust the encoding quality)

If you're only updating metadata such as the title or description, there's no need to update the audio file. we’ll handle that for you automatically in the background.

You'll find more information about the metadata which is part of the audio file Metadata in audio files.

Audio limits and repeated processing

Use your active plan and the limits shown in your account. The current plans distinguish unlimited audio in the listed paid plans from limited audio in Launch. Older plans can have different rules.

Podcast imports do not use your encoding allowance. For plans with an encoding allowance, the first audio encoding counts toward that allowance. Re-encoding can count again once the episode’s audio production is seven days old. This period does not restart after each encoding. Plans with unlimited encoding minutes do not deduct minutes. Later manual processing of an imported episode follows the normal encoding rules. Video limits are separate.

Replace an audio file

Keep a copy of the previous file. Make the replacement file available before you remove the previous file from the episode. Then upload the new file and start the necessary processing. Examine the completed episode. This does not replace files that listeners already downloaded.

Multi-Track

The old audio still plays

1. Play the replacement file on your device to check that it contains the intended audio.
2. Open the episode in Podigee and check that the replacement upload and processing have finished.
3. Use Media Files to check the processed audio.
4. For a published episode, check the media link in the public RSS feed.
5. Compare that audio with the affected platform or player.

The uploaded source, processed audio, feed media link, and a platform copy are separate things. A completed upload does not prove that the processed output changed.

If Podigee or the feed still serves the old audio, send support the episode link and upload and processing times. Include the exact playback location. If only one platform differs, include its episode link and say whether you played a download or started a new stream. Previously downloaded files remain unchanged. Do not repeatedly encode the file to test a platform copy.

An unexpected allowance deduction

Example for a plan with an encoding allowance: the audio production is created on September 1 at 10:00. Its first encoding counts. A later encoding on September 5 is within seven days. A later encoding on September 9 is outside that period and can count again. Publication on September 7 does not restart the clock. Neither does a replacement on September 5.

The date you created the podcast or scheduled publication is not the audio production creation time. If that time is not visible, ask support to check it.

For a disputed deduction, send the episode link, plan name, original upload time, replacement time, processing times, and the allowance before and after. Add screenshots if available. Support must compare these with the usage record. Do not run another encoding only to reproduce a deduction.