RSS or MP3 · marathon episodes welcome · ~2 min per hour

Transcribe Pinecast podcast episodes including the four-hour specials.

Paste a Pinecast show's RSS feed or upload its MP3, and a 4-hour marathon episode is transcribed in about 8 minutes. The first 20 minutes are free, that episode uses 240 of the 500 minutes in the $6 pack, and 30 episodes averaging 65 minutes, 1,950 minutes, fit the $12 pack of 2,000.

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

✓4 hours in ~8 minutes · ✓Feed link or MP3 · ✓No subscription, from $6 · ✓Shows kept out of training

Marathon episodes included

Some episodes run for hours. They should still come back as one transcript.

Paste the feed

Pinecast publishes each podcast as an RSS feed for podcast apps; the feed address is usually shown in the podcast's settings. Paste it, choose the episode, and the audio is fetched for you. An episode you have not published yet goes in as an uploaded MP3.

Four hours, one clock

A marathon or live-recorded special is uploaded as one file, up to 10 hours. The transcript keeps a single set of timestamps from the cold open to the outro, so chapters line up with the published episode. A 4-hour MP3 at 128 kbps is about 230 MB, far inside the 2 GB that uploads before a pack.

Thirty episodes, priced

Thirty episodes averaging 65 minutes come to 1,950 minutes, which fits the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes with 50 left. One 4-hour special fits the $6 pack of 500. A back catalogue larger than 2,000 minutes goes on the $24 pack of 5,000.

What comes back

A brief with a thesis and takeaways, chapters with timestamps, guests named in the summary and quotes, and the questions the episode answers. Intro music, ad stingers and sound effects are left out of the text. Drop the first file on upload page to see the format.

Long episodes elsewhere

Most tools are built for short clips. A marathon episode is not one.

✗ Split and stitched

Long episodes cut into pieces to fit small limits.

Four files, four transcripts, four clocks
A 25 MB ceiling on the Whisper API
Chapters timed again by hand
Monthly plans for an occasional special
Guests' names misheard and never checked
Show notes written last, if at all

✓ One upload

The full episode, one transcript, minutes later.

Four hours back in about 8 minutes
One set of timestamps
Chapters for the show notes
Guests named in the summary
Credits that never expire
Thirty episodes on one $12 pack

Sample

A 4-hour marathon episode.

Illustrative only: written for this page, not from any real show. Timestamps fit a 4-hour episode.

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

00:03:20 Welcome to the anniversary special; we're going to be here a while.

01:05:44 Our first guest of the night has been on the show more times than anyone.

02:10:18 Grab a drink, stretch your legs, and we'll pick up with the listener mailbag.

03:02:57 This next question came in three times, so it clearly needs an answer.

03:56:30 Four hours, and we still didn't get through the whole list. Thank you all.

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

Pinecast episodes, answered.

Can a 4-hour episode go in as one file?

Yes. One file may last up to 10 hours or weigh up to 5 GB. Past 10 hours, send two files. A special recorded live on stage keeps the audience questions that were picked up by the microphone; crowd noise and applause are left out.

How long does it take?

About 2 minutes per hour of audio: a 4-hour special in around 8 minutes, a 65-minute episode in a little over 2. Each key quote carries the minute it was said, so show notes can link straight to that point in the episode.

What does a back catalogue cost?

Thirty 65-minute episodes, 1,950 minutes, fit the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes. A single special fits the $6 pack of 500. First-time visitors get the first 20 minutes free. Prices are in US dollars, paid once per pack, and the credits never expire.

Is there a Pinecast integration?

No. There is no integration, sign-in or plugin. Paste the public feed or upload the file; your Pinecast account and its settings stay as they are.

What about a private or tip-jar episode?

If an episode is not in the public feed, upload the MP3 you published. Feeds that need a login cannot be fetched.

Which languages and exports, and who sees the audio?

Any of 99 languages, detected automatically. Exports are TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON. Episodes are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training.

Paste the Pinecast feed. We do the first 20 minutes free.

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