# Changelog of Video & Audio Transcriber (`parsebird/video-audio-transcriber`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parsebird/video-audio-transcriber/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/parsebird/video-audio-transcriber.md

## Changelog

### v1.0 — 2026-08-28

- Initial release.
- Transcribe video, audio, and podcasts from 1,800+ sites with OpenAI Whisper (faster-whisper).
- Input types: social video (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X), audio (SoundCloud), other video sites (Dailymotion, Rumble), podcast RSS/Atom feeds, and direct media files.
- `tiny` / `base` / `small` model selection, forced language, and translate-to-English mode.
- Output: full transcript, timestamped segments, SRT and VTT subtitle strings, and downloadable `.srt` / `.vtt` files.
- Per-URL minute cap and per-feed episode limit for cost control.
- `cookies` input for YouTube's bot-check gate and other restricted content.
- Tiered pay-per-event pricing: charged per started minute of media transcribed; failed items are never charged.