Will the host and guest be labelled separately?

No. We transcribe the audio without identifying speakers, so the episode comes back as one continuous transcript with H2 sections and timestamps rather than alternating host/guest turns. For published show notes that is usually fine; if you need explicit attribution, run the episode through a dedicated diarisation tool such as WhisperX or pyannote and merge the results.

How long can episodes be?

Typical podcast episodes (under 3 hours) process reliably. Multi-hour marathons may need to be split — use ffmpeg to split locally, convert each segment, concatenate the resulting Markdown.

Can I generate timestamps for chapters?

Yes — the output includes timestamp anchors at major section breaks. To convert to YouTube chapter format, ask Claude/ChatGPT to "format these into YouTube chapter markers" with the transcript pasted in.

Does this handle podcasts with three or more speakers?

Yes for the words: transcription accuracy holds up on roundtable shows with clean audio. But no voice is attributed to anyone, so a five-person panel reads as one continuous document. Heavy cross-talk is where that hurts most; sections and timestamps are what keep it navigable.

For audio-only podcasts what should I use?

Use Audio to Markdown directly, or Podcast to Markdown for the audio-podcast workflow.

Video Podcast to Markdown — Episode Transcripts and Show Notes

What you get

The transcript is structured: H1 with the episode title (filename or you provide it), H2 sections at topic shifts, punctuated paragraphs, and timestamp anchors at section starts. There are no host/guest labels: the transcription engine turns speech into text and does not identify which voice said what.

Show notes from a transcript

Once you have the .md, two minutes with Claude or ChatGPT — paste the transcript, ask for "10 chapter markers with timestamps and one-sentence summaries" or "5 quotable moments suitable for social media". The structure of the Markdown makes these prompts reliable.

Audio-only podcasts

If your podcast is audio-only (no video version), use Audio to Markdown with the MP3/WAV directly, or Podcast to Markdown for the podcast-specific page.

Video Podcast to Markdown — Episode Transcripts and Show Notes

What you get

Show notes from a transcript

Audio-only podcasts

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