Upload the Whole Episode: Video Files Up to 20GB, and They Pick Up Where They Left Off

By Junaid Ahmed

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A few weeks ago we made it possible to upload your episode video to PodGlue.

There was a catch. The limit was 500MB.

That sounds like a lot until you look at a real recording. My sessions run 2.5 to 3GB for 30 to 40 minutes. A 90-minute episode is around 7GB. Almost nothing I record would have fit.

So we fixed it.

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What changed

You can now upload video files up to 20GB from Import Episodes.

The file goes up in small pieces, several at a time. If one piece has a hiccup, only that piece tries again. You watch one progress bar either way.

I tested it with a 41-minute recording, 1.87GB. It uploaded in about three and a half minutes. The episode was there when it finished, and the video played and jumped to any point instantly.

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When the upload gets interrupted

This is the part I care about most.

Large uploads get interrupted. The Wi-Fi drops. The laptop goes to sleep. You close the wrong tab.

Before, that meant starting over. Now it doesn't. Drop the same file in again and PodGlue picks up where it stopped. The pieces that already made it stay, and only the rest goes up.

On a 7GB file, that's the difference between trying again and giving up.

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What's next

Big uploads were the first step toward something bigger: editing your episode inside PodGlue by editing its transcript. Delete a sentence, and the video cuts with it.

That needs the whole recording in PodGlue first. Now it can be.

Your recording is the thing you made. It shouldn't be too big to bring home.