How to turn a podcast into short video clips

PodRescale selects short moments from an episode and makes clips you can share. A video recording can produce clips showing the speakers. An audio recording can produce an audiogram with visuals, audio and captions.

1. Open the Clips tab

Open a finished episode from Episodes, then choose Clips. Each card shows a moment and its duration. Start with a clip that makes sense without the rest of the conversation.

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Choose a clip from the episode's Clips tab. The duration helps you pick a suitable moment.

2. Play the rendered clip

Open the clip's preview and play it. Check the start, ending, audio, speaker framing and words on screen. A still preview is not enough to judge the result.

Listen for whether the clip keeps the speaker's meaning. A sentence can be accurate but misleading when separated from its context. Use the source or transcript link to check the surrounding conversation.

3. Check the written caption

A clip has two kinds of captions: the subtitles inside the rendered video, and the written caption that accompanies the social post.

Use the clip's caption editing action to change the written caption. Saving that text does not change the words burned into the video. See how clip captions work before making changes.

Check names, any call to action, hashtags and links. Do not say the clip contains something it does not show.

4. Download it or send it through Review

Use the clip's download action to save the video file. You can upload it yourself to the platform you use. Alternatively, open its planned social post in Review and check the destination and publishing time before approving.

Downloading does not publish the clip. Approving schedules the associated post according to its channel and time.

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Use Review when you want PodRescale to publish the clip through a connected channel.

5. Set the look for future clips

Open Settings → Look to choose caption style, position, size and video framing. Do this before processing your next recording. Changing a setting does not immediately remake every clip already rendered.

Automatic framing focuses on speakers. Use the full-frame choice when you want to keep more of the source image, such as a demonstration or shared screen. Preview the result before sharing.

Using clips on a phone

Working with an audio-only show? Follow how to make Instagram Reels from audio for the audiogram workflow and a free publishing checklist.

Open the episode, choose Clips and tap the clip you want. The episode tab row can scroll sideways. If you cannot see Clips, swipe that row rather than the whole page.

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On a phone, use the episode tabs to reach Clips.

Why are there no clips?

A very short recording or one with little usable speech may not produce clips. Check whether rendering is still underway or has failed. If the episode shows an error, follow processing recovery.