Managing Episodes

Episodes are the individual pieces of published audio that your listeners hear. Most episodes are created automatically from your schedule, but you can also upload and create them manually.

How episodes are created

Episodes in AutoPod come from two sources:

• Automatic episodes — Created from your broadcast schedule. AutoPod records your stream, matches the recording to your schedule, and generates an episode for each show. This is the main way episodes are created — it happens without any action from you.
• Manual upload — Upload a pre-recorded MP3 file directly. Useful for interviews, special content, or shows recorded outside the studio.
• Create from recording — Extract a segment from the continuous stream recording and turn it into an episode. Useful for creating episodes from unscheduled broadcasts or re-cutting existing content.

Viewing your episodes

Go to Episodes in the sidebar. The page is organised into tabs:

The Episodes page — browse, filter, and manage all your published episodes.

Tab	What it shows
Active	Published episodes available to listeners (newest first)
Archived	Episodes you've archived — hidden from listeners but still in the system
Deleted	Permanently deleted episodes (metadata kept for audit)
Scheduled	Upcoming recordings that haven't been processed yet
Failed	Episodes that failed to generate (with retry option)
Bulk Edit	Select and modify multiple episodes at once

The Episodes tab shows all episodes for a show with play counts and status.

Each episode in the list shows its artwork, title, publication date, show name, and status badges.

Episode statuses

Episodes move through different states during their lifecycle:

Status	What it means
Active	Published and available to listeners in the player, website, and RSS feeds
Scheduled	Has a future publication date — will become active automatically when the time arrives
Private	Belongs to an unpublished show — visible in the dashboard but not to the public
Archived	Hidden from listeners but still in the system — can be unarchived at any time
Pending	A recording job has been created and is waiting to be processed
Processing	Audio is currently being generated (stitching segments together)
Failed	The audio generator encountered an error — see Handling failed episodes
Deleted	Permanently removed — the audio file has been deleted from storage

Episode detail page

Click any episode to see its detail page:

An episode's detail page — overview, sharing, settings, and the audio editor.

Tab	What it shows
Overview	Description, listen count, audio player preview
Share	Embed codes, social sharing links (published episodes only)
Settings	Edit title, description, show, date, artwork, audio file
Editor	Waveform audio editor for trimming and cutting (when audio file exists)

Available actions

From the episode detail page, you can:

• Download — Download the MP3 file to your computer
• Play — Open the episode in the player
• RSS — Link to the show's RSS feed
• Archive / Unarchive — Toggle the archived state
• Upload to Mixcloud — Queue the episode for Mixcloud upload (if Mixcloud is connected)
• Delete — Permanently remove the episode and its audio file

Editing an episode

1. Go to the episode detail page → Settings tab

2. You can change:

   • Title (max 499 characters)
   • Description
   • Show — move the episode to a different show
   • Publication date and time
   • Artwork — upload a new image (PNG, ideally 3000 × 3000px)
   • Audio file — upload a replacement MP3

3. Click Update Episode

Changes take effect immediately in the player and website. RSS feeds update within a few minutes.

Audio editing

For episodes with audio files, the Editor tab provides tools to modify the audio without re-uploading:

Tool	What it does
Trim / Cut	Remove a section from the start, end, or middle of the episode
Waveform Editor	Visual editor — see the waveform and select regions to trim or cut
Replace Audio	Upload a completely new audio file to replace the existing one

This is useful for removing dead air, cutting out music segments for podcast distribution, or trimming episodes that were generated slightly too long.

Handling failed episodes

Sometimes an episode fails to generate. This can happen if:

• The stream was offline during part of the scheduled time
• There weren't enough recording segments available
• A temporary processing error occurred

To retry a failed episode:

1. Go to Episodes → Failed tab
2. Find the failed episode
3. Click Retry

The episode re-enters the processing queue with a fresh attempt. You can retry as many times as needed.

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Most failures are temporary. If an episode fails once, retrying usually succeeds. If it fails repeatedly, check that the stream was actually broadcasting during the scheduled time.

Archiving and deleting

Archiving (reversible)

Archiving hides an episode from your listeners but keeps it in the system.

• Archive — Episode disappears from the player, website, and RSS feeds
• Unarchive — Episode reappears everywhere

Use archiving for seasonal content, episodes you want to remove temporarily, or old episodes you want to keep but not display.

You can also set up auto-archiving on a per-show basis — see Managing Shows.

Deleting (permanent)

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Deleting an episode permanently removes the audio file from storage. This cannot be undone.

1. Click Delete Episode from the episode's action menu
2. Confirm the deletion

The episode's metadata is preserved in the Deleted tab for your records, but the audio file is gone.

If you're unsure, archive instead of deleting. You can always delete later.

Bulk actions

From the Bulk Edit tab on the episodes page, you can select multiple episodes and:

• Archive or Unarchive in bulk
• Delete multiple episodes at once

This is useful for cleaning up a large backlog or archiving an entire season.

Mixcloud integration

If your stream has Mixcloud connected, you can upload individual episodes directly:

1. Open the episode detail page
2. Click Upload to Mixcloud from the action menu
3. The episode is queued for upload

Once uploaded, a View on Mixcloud link appears. Episodes are uploaded with their title, description, and artwork.

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Mixcloud uploads happen in the background and may take a few minutes. You can continue working while the upload processes.

Episode distribution

Every active episode is automatically available through multiple channels:

You don't need to publish episodes to each channel separately — once an episode is active, it appears everywhere your station is configured to distribute to.