Supported File Types

Buzzsprout supports video and audio podcasts, to we can accept several different file types. Here we will break down our recommendations for both audio and video podcasts. 

We recommend that you upload either a WAV file or a high-quality MP3 file.

The only downside to uploading WAV files is that they can be large, which means a longer uploading time. If you have a strong internet connection, a WAV file is great! If you have a weaker internet connection, there is more room for the upload to fail. In that case, a high-quality MP3 is a great option and will upload faster!

If your upload fails, there could be a couple of things going on. Check out this article that covers some common uploading problems.

Pro Tip: Your file should be smaller than 5GB.

If you're on one of our video plans, you can upload video files for your video podcast. You'll be able to upload either an MP4 and MOV file and we will make sure the video meets Apple's requirements to be available there as video and audio.

Pro Tip: Your file should be smaller than 60GB.

When you upload a file to Buzzsprout, we will optimize the file based on industry best practices for spoken word podcasts, which is 96k Mono. If your file is in stereo, then that optimization could affect your sound quality. If you have a stereo file then we recommend adjusting your settings to upload optimized for stereo. To learn more about that, check out this article: Automatic Audio Optimization

What about my video files? If you upload a stereo video file, we will not optimize that for video. Instead, we will optimize it for stereo automatically.

If you have a question about uploading audio, feel free to email our support team at support@buzzsprout.com.