RSS.com's audio-to-video feature (aka. PodViz) converts your podcast episodes into videos and publishes them directly to your YouTube channel. This article explains what the feature does, what the final video looks like, and how to use it.
What audio-to-video does
When you publish an episode, RSS.com generates a video file from your audio and submits it to YouTube on your behalf. You don't need to record a video, edit anything in a video editor, or upload files manually to YouTube. One click at publish time is all it takes.
The resulting video is designed to be more dynamic and visually polished than a static image, without requiring any extra work from you.
What the video looks like
Every video generated by RSS.com includes:
- Episode cover art: your artwork is displayed prominently throughout the video.
- Animated waveform: a waveform visualization reacts to your audio in real time, so the video feels active rather than frozen on a still image.
- Color-matched background: the background color is derived from the dominant colors in your episode art, giving the video a cohesive, branded look with no extra design work.
If your episode includes chapters with individual chapter images, the video also includes:
- Dynamic chapter art: the video updates as playback progresses, displaying the chapter image associated with each section.
- Chapter titles on screen: the chapter title is shown as each chapter begins.
- YouTube chapter markers: chapter metadata is sent to YouTube so viewers can jump to any chapter directly from the player timeline.
See a real example:
Watch the chapter art and titles update as the video plays, and notice the chapter markers in the YouTube player.
Discoverability on YouTube
Because chapter metadata is sent to YouTube, your episodes can surface in YouTube search results for keywords that appear in your chapter titles. This gives your content more surface area on YouTube than a standard video without chapters.
Related: Audio-to-Video vs. YouTube RSS ingestion: which should you use?
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