Allow Custom Filetype when Publishing to Services Like PodBean
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2dominic
I use PodBean to automatically publish my content to Spotify, but when I use PodBean it doesn't seem to work. I believe this is because Spotify only accepts .mp3 files, and Descript published files are arriving as .m4a files.
It would be great if this could get resolved or a custom filetype setting could be added to fix this.
Canny AI
Merged in a post:
Direct export to PodBean
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Eric Davis
The integration with PodBean is touted in sales pitches as giving users the ability to go from recording to posting without ever leaving Descript. The reality, we learned, is that Descript exports an .m4a file that Spotify, one of the biggest podcast apps, does not accept. When asked if we could publish as an .mp3, we were told that is just not possible. So, instead of having an all-in-one solution, we now have to instruct our users to export an .mp3 file and upload that separately to PodBean. Not sure why giving an option to export as an .mp3 file is not possible, but not posting to Spotify does not work for us or our customers. Hopefully adding this option is one that is easy and can be done quickly.
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Patricia Ortega
YES!! We need this please! The Publish to Podbean feature is zero help to all Podbean hosted podcasters, because we are all trying to publish at the very least to Spotify and Apple (and Spotify does not accept M4A)
Canny AI
Merged in a post:
Podbean Export in .mp3 versus .m4a
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Jodi Carlton
Spotify can only use .mp3 files so the current integration with Podbean that exports a .m4a file is not helpful when all episodes cannot be pulled into Spotify.
Please give the option to export directly to Podbean in .mp3.
Canny AI
Merged in a post:
Publish to Podbean as .MP3
Fernanda Adams
It would be beneficial to add an option to select the audio type when publishing directly to Podbean, right now it publishes as an .m4a but that file type is not compatible with Spotify (Spotify requires .mp3), which means I have to export my audios and import to Podbean as .mp3 manually.
Modeste Muhire
In the meantime, Descript should update the note about Spotify allowing m4a from external hosts. It is misleading. Spotify only allows mp3.
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Bree Luck
I want to second this request. My client and I were both very excited to be able to publish directly from Descript to Podbean, but the .m4a file limitation renders that option virtually useless. It would be FANTASTIC if you could allow for custom filetype settings!