MP3 to YouTube video

Turn an MP3 into a real YouTube video

You have an MP3 and you want it on YouTube. The usual tools give you a single still image with a waveform bouncing on it. Podeo takes the same MP3 and builds an actual video: directed scene by scene, captioned at the word, with b-roll and chapter markers, ready to upload.

Real exports

Every one of these started as an audio file

No footage was shot for any of them. Podeo built each video from the audio alone. New exports appear here as they land in the bucket.

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Finished export

Bites

Illustrated storytelling

What Podeo does today

Upload

Drop the file, pick nothing else

MP3, WAV, or M4A. No RSS feed, no video track, no timeline to set up first. Podeo reads the audio and starts building.

Director

A watchable frame at every second

Podeo Director writes a visual script from the audio, so there is movement on screen from the cold open to the outro, not one frozen image.

Captions

Word-level captions on every build

Captions are placed at the word, and translated subtitle tracks cover the major languages so the video travels past one audience.

B-roll

Footage behind the talk

Stock footage where a clip fits the subject, a generated shot where nothing does, each one placed on the line that calls for it.

Chapters

Chapter markers YouTube can read

Podeo detects the structure of the recording and writes timestamped chapters straight into the description.

Publish

Leaves as a YouTube upload

The export carries an AI title, description, chapter list, and thumbnail, and posts to a connected channel in place.

Questions, answered.

Can I upload an MP3 straight to YouTube?

You can, but YouTube needs a video file, so you end up with your audio behind one static image. That gives viewers nothing to watch and it tends to be shown to fewer people. Podeo turns the MP3 into a real video first, so there is something on screen the whole way through.

Do I need a podcast or an RSS feed to use this?

No. You can upload a single audio file directly. A podcast feed is one way in, but any MP3, WAV, or M4A works, whether it is an episode, an interview, a talk, or a voice recording.

How long can the MP3 be?

Up to 120 minutes on the Studio plan. The lower plans cover audio up to 5, 30, and 60 minutes. Podeo resets the visual rhythm section by section so a long recording stays watchable throughout.

What do I get back, and in what format?

A finished MP4 with directed visuals, word-level captions, b-roll, and chapters, plus an AI-written title and description. Download it, or publish straight to a connected YouTube channel from inside Podeo.

Is there a free version?

There is a free trial with 30 credits. After that Podeo runs on credit plans at $49, $149, and $449 a month. Each build shows its credit cost before you spend it.

Audio in. Video out. Today.

Set up your studio, drop your latest episode in, and watch Podeo's director do the rest. Free to try, no credit card.