Atomos Ninja · audio from the SSD · about 2 min per hour

Transcribe long Atomos Ninja recordings by sending the sound, not the ProRes.

A 5.5-hour recording captured on an Atomos Ninja is transcribed in about 11 minutes once you export its audio track and upload it, or share it as a Google Drive link, at up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file. The first 20 minutes are free for a first-time visitor, and the 330 minutes fit the $6 pack of 500 minutes with 170 left.

Packs from $6, credits never expire · then from $0.36/hour · Credits never expire · Never used to train AI

✓5.5 hours in about 11 minutes · ✓A free 20-minute first look · ✓Minutes that stay on the account · ✓Recordings never train a model

Monitor-recorders make heavy files

A Ninja captures the camera feed in an editing codec. That is the right choice for the edit and the wrong file to upload.

What sits on the SSD

A Ninja usually records Apple ProRes or Avid DNx into MOV files on its SSD, and some models add other codecs; check the recorder's menu for which one you used. Those codecs keep image quality high for editing, and the audio from the camera or an input rides along inside the same file.

Why the original will not fit

Editing codecs run to tens of gigabytes per hour even at 1080p, so a 5.5-hour take can be several hundred gigabytes, far above the 5 GB per-file limit. The speech is all a transcript needs: export the audio track and the same take becomes a file you can send in minutes.

Getting the audio out

Drop the clip into the editor you already use and export audio only, or use a converter such as ffmpeg. A 128 kbps MP3 of 5.5 hours is about 317 MB, which this page's box accepts since it takes files up to 500 MB; a heavier WAV continues on upload page.

Timestamps that match the edit

Because the audio comes from the same file, chapters and timestamps line up with the take on your timeline. You also get a brief, the names, numbers and dates said, and speakers named in the summary, key quotes and chapters, which speeds up pulling selects.

Long ProRes takes elsewhere

A long recorder take is easy to edit and nearly impossible to send to anyone for a transcript.

✗ The heavy route

Hundreds of gigabytes, nowhere to send them.

Shipping drives to a transcriber
Upload forms that refuse the MOV
Waiting days for typed pages
Long takes chopped into short clips
Selects found by scrubbing
No text record of the shoot

✓ The light route

Export the sound, send that.

A single audio file up to 10 hours or 5 GB
About 11 minutes for 5.5 hours
Drive links fetched for you
Timestamps that match the original take
Chapters for every segment
20 minutes free to check quality

Sample

A long multi-camera panel recorded to an external monitor-recorder.

Lines invented for this page as an illustration; no real panel was recorded. The timestamps run across 5.5 hours.

transcript · whipscribe.com/view/transcribe-long-recordings-from-atomos-ninja

00:07:22 We're rolling on all three. Panel one, take one, whenever you're ready.

01:41:58 The archive holds forty years of field recordings, and only a fraction is catalogued.

03:20:36 So the question is less about storage and more about who can find anything in it.

05:24:10 That's a wrap on the last panel. Thank you, everyone, and please return your microphones.

Export

One transcript. Five clean formats.

Every pack exports all five — no format is held back for a higher tier.

.txt

Plain text

De-ummed paragraphs. Ready to paste.

.srt

SRT captions

Timed to the speech. Every video editor reads this.

.vtt

WebVTT

HTML5 player + YouTube uploads.

.docx

Show notes

Formatted with chapters and pull-quotes.

.json

Machine-readable

Timestamped text for your own tools.

Pricing

Honest pricing, no surprises.

A pack from $6 (500 minutes) opens the full transcript. After that, no subscription and no auto-renew — every tier is a one-time minute pack, and credits never expire. Buy once, use the minutes whenever you need them.

Casual pack

$6/500 min

8 hours of audio — $0.72 an hour. One-time — credits never expire.

500 minutes of audio
All export formats
AI chat over the whole transcript
Executive summary & key quote

Get 500 minutes

Best value

$12/2,000 min

33 hours of audio — $0.36 an hour. Credits never expire.

2,000 minutes of audio
Summary, chapters and key quotes
All export formats
AI chat over the whole transcript

Get 2,000 minutes

Bulk pack

$24/5,000 min

83 hours of audio — $0.29 an hour. Credits never expire.

5,000 minutes of audio
Summary, chapters and key quotes
API access for batch pipelines
All export formats

Get 5,000 minutes

FAQ

Atomos Ninja recordings, answered.

How long does a 5.5-hour Ninja recording take?

About 11 minutes, at roughly 2 minutes per audio hour. The proof page shows a 9.31-hour file done in 1,033 seconds.

What does a week of shooting cost?

Five 5.5-hour days come to 1,650 minutes, which fits the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes with 350 left. One day alone fits the $6 pack of 500 minutes.

Can I upload the MOV from the SSD?

Only if it is 5 GB or less, and 2 GB or less before a first pack. A long ProRes or DNx file is far bigger, so export the audio first; the speech in it is the same.

What if the take is over 10 hours?

Export the audio as two files at a natural break and upload both. Each file up to 10 hours or 5 GB returns as its own transcript.

Does it handle a shoot in Korean or Swedish?

Yes. Both are among 99 languages detected automatically, and a recording that switches language is transcribed on its main language.

Is there an Atomos integration, and who sees the audio?

No integration, plugin or cloud link with Atomos; you export and upload. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training.

Export the audio, send it here. The first 20 minutes are free.

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