# Podcast Transcript & Video to Text – X, Facebook, Loom, RSS (`tubetext/any-video-podcast-transcript`) Actor

Transcribe audio and video from podcast RSS feeds, Apple Podcasts, X, Facebook, Loom, Twitch or direct media links. Returns transcript text, timestamps, SRT and RAG chunks via Whisper AI. $0.004 per audio minute; music-only and failed items are free. · by TubeText

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tubetext/any-video-podcast-transcript.md
- **Developed by:** [TubeText Labs](https://apify.com/tubetext) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 transcribed minutes

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Podcast Transcript & Video to Text – X, Facebook, Loom, RSS

> **TubeText** · Transcripts · Pay per result. No login. Ready for AI agents. [All tools](https://apify.com/tubetext)

### Quick start (no coding)

![Podcast & Video Transcript quick start: click Try for free, paste your input, click Start, export to Excel](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LMSlay/tubetext-assets/main/any-transcript-quickstart.gif)

1. Click **Try for free** at the top of this page. A free Apify account is enough – it includes monthly credit.
2. In **Links**, paste one link per line – a podcast RSS feed, an Apple Podcasts show or episode, an X/Twitter or Facebook video post, a Loom share, a Twitch clip or a direct audio/video file.
3. Click **Start**. Short videos take under a minute; long episodes are split and transcribed in parallel (a 3¾-hour episode plus 9 other links finished in under 10 minutes).
4. When it says **Succeeded**, open the **Output** tab and click **Export** → **Excel** (or CSV). One row per episode or video: the `transcript` column has the text, plus timestamps or SRT if you turned them on.

**Cost:** $0.004 per minute of speech – a 30-minute episode ≈ $0.12. Music-only, silent and failed items are free.

**Common mistakes**

- Pasting YouTube, TikTok or Instagram links → you get a free row pointing to our dedicated, cheaper transcript tools (listed at the end of this page).
- A podcast feed only gives you 3 episodes → raise **Max episodes per podcast** (newest first).
- Vimeo and Dailymotion links → not supported; you get a free error row.

**Questions or problems?** [Open an issue](https://apify.com/tubetext/any-video-podcast-transcript/issues) (we read every one). **Need a custom version?** Ask in an issue or [email us](mailto:tubettext@gmail.com) – we build it as a private Actor on Apify.

### Use from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client

Add `https://mcp.apify.com?tools=tubetext/any-video-podcast-transcript` as a remote MCP server and sign in to Apify (Claude: **Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector**). Claude Code:

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http tubetext "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=tubetext/any-video-podcast-transcript"
```

Then ask, for example: *"Transcribe this Loom video and turn it into a step-by-step doc: \[link]"* or *"Transcribe this X video and summarize the main argument: \[link]"*

🆓 **Free to try:** Apify's free plan includes $5 of usage every month, no credit card needed – enough for about 1,200 minutes of audio with this tool.

**What you get** – real output from a test run, shortened. One row per video or episode:

| Site | Title | Minutes | Transcript |
|---|---|---|---|
| twitter | TED Talks - Americans aren’t just polit… | 3 | Americans are feeling sort of stuck in a doom loop of sorts… |

Turn **podcasts and videos from almost any site into text** with Whisper AI. Paste podcast RSS feeds, Apple Podcasts links, X/Twitter video posts, Facebook videos, Loom shares, Twitch clips or direct audio/video files – mixed in one list – and get a clean transcript, timestamps or SRT for each one. Built for researchers, marketers, newsletter and content teams, and anyone feeding long-form audio into ChatGPT, Claude or a RAG pipeline.

### Why this one

- 🎙️ **Podcasts without the busywork** – an RSS feed or Apple Podcasts show link is enough; the newest episodes are picked up automatically (you choose how many).
- ⏱️ **Long audio is fine** – episodes are split into 10-minute pieces and transcribed in parallel. A 3 h 44 min episode came back as 29,165 words with no gaps; 10 links including that episode finished in 9.5 minutes.
- 🌍 **Any language** – Whisper large-v3 detects the spoken language automatically.
- 💸 **Pay per minute of speech only** – music-only audio, songs, silent clips, private or unsupported links and failures are free.
- 🧩 **Ready for AI** – plain transcript, `[mm:ss]` timestamped text, SRT and WebVTT subtitles, raw segments and optional RAG chunks.
- 🔁 **YouTube, TikTok or Instagram?** Those links return a pointer to our dedicated, cheaper Actors (see below).

### Supported links

| Works (tested in the cloud) | Notes |
|---|---|
| Podcast RSS feeds | newest *N* episodes per feed |
| Apple Podcasts show or episode links | |
| X / Twitter video posts | public posts |
| Facebook public videos | |
| Loom share links | |
| Twitch clips | |
| Direct audio/video file links | e.g. mp3, mp4 |
| SoundCloud, VK | audio download tested |

**Not supported** (you get a free `error` row explaining why): Vimeo (login required), Dailymotion (blocks cloud servers), Douyin.

### Input example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://feeds.npr.org/510318/podcast.xml",
    "https://x.com/TEDTalks/status/2072728824911938015",
    "https://www.loom.com/share/…"
  ],
  "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 1,
  "includeTimestampedText": true,
  "includeSrt": false
}
```

Options: *Max episodes per podcast* (newest first), *Max length per item* (default 180 min, up to 600), timestamps, SRT, WebVTT (`vtt`), segments, and *Chunk size for AI/RAG* (words).

### Output example

Real output (shortened) for an NPR podcast feed:

```json
{
  "status": "ok",
  "platform": "podcast",
  "podcast": "Planet Money",
  "author": "NPR",
  "title": "Charles Ponzi's scheme (plus a new scam)",
  "episodeUrl": "https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5992800/charles-ponzis-scheme-plus-a-new-scam",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-07T07:00:00Z",
  "durationSeconds": 1739.1,
  "language": "en",
  "transcript": "…",
  "timestampedText": "[00:00] …",
  "wordCount": 4512,
  "billedMinutes": 29
}
```

`status` is `ok`, `no_speech` (music or sound only – free), `lyrics` (a song, not speech – free), `skipped` (e.g. longer than your limit – free) or `error` (unsupported link or failure – free). Video rows also include `viewCount`, `likeCount`, `authorUrl` and `thumbnail` when the site provides them.

### Pricing

Pay per event:

- **$0.004 per transcribed minute** (every started minute, with a 2-second grace), plus Apify's standard Actor start fee. Cheaper on higher Apify plans: $0.0038 / $0.0034 / $0.003.
- Not charged: music-only audio, songs, no speech, unsupported or private links, failures and items over your max length.

Examples: a 29-minute podcast episode ≈ **$0.12**; a 3 h 44 min episode ≈ **$0.90**; 50 one-minute Loom videos ≈ **$0.20–0.40**.

### Use it from n8n, Make, Zapier or your code

One HTTP request runs the Actor and returns the transcripts:

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/tubetext~any-video-podcast-transcript/run-sync-get-dataset-items?timeout=300" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"urls": ["https://feeds.npr.org/510289/podcast.xml"], "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 1}'
```

For long podcasts, start a normal run and fetch the dataset when it finishes (sync calls time out after 5 minutes).

### Ready-made examples

- [Podcast RSS Feed to Text](https://apify.com/tubetext/any-video-podcast-transcript/examples/podcast-rss-feed-to-text)
- [Podcast Transcripts for RAG](https://apify.com/tubetext/any-video-podcast-transcript/examples/podcast-transcripts-for-rag)
- [Long Podcast Episode Transcription](https://apify.com/tubetext/any-video-podcast-transcript/examples/long-podcast-episode-transcription)
- [Transcribe Video Links from Another Actor](https://apify.com/tubetext/any-video-podcast-transcript/examples/transcribe-links-from-dataset)

### TubeText Labs tools

**TubeText Labs** builds 29 pay-per-result Apify Actors for video, social and e-commerce data – no login, JSON/CSV/Excel output, and ready for ChatGPT and Claude (Apify MCP), n8n, Make and Zapier. All tools: [apify.com/tubetext](https://apify.com/tubetext)

**Transcripts**

- [YouTube Transcript Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/youtube-transcript-fast) – videos, Shorts, playlists and whole channels to text; Whisper AI when there are no captions
- [TikTok Transcript Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/tiktok-transcript) – TikTok captions plus Whisper AI, SRT and timestamps
- [Instagram Reels Transcript](https://apify.com/tubetext/instagram-reels-transcript) – reel links or @usernames to text with Whisper AI
- [Podcast & Video Transcript](https://apify.com/tubetext/any-video-podcast-transcript) *(this tool)* – podcast RSS / Apple Podcasts, X, Facebook, Loom, Twitch and audio files to text
- [Facebook Video Transcript](https://apify.com/tubetext/facebook-video-transcript) – public Facebook videos and Reels to text with Whisper AI
- [X (Twitter) Video Transcript](https://apify.com/tubetext/twitter-x-video-transcript) – X/Twitter video posts to text with Whisper AI
- [Bilibili Video Transcript](https://apify.com/tubetext/bilibili-video-transcript) – Bilibili (B站) videos to text with Whisper AI, plus optional English summaries
- [Podcast Transcript](https://apify.com/tubetext/podcast-transcript) – podcast RSS feeds and Apple Podcasts episodes to text with Whisper AI

**Video & ad analysis**

- [Video Breakdown AI](https://apify.com/tubetext/video-breakdown-ai) – hook analysis, shot list, cut pacing, products shown and script of any TikTok, Reel or YouTube video
- [Video Ad Analyzer](https://apify.com/tubetext/video-ad-analyzer) – competitors' YouTube video ads by brand or domain (Google Ads Transparency), torn down by AI
- [Meta Ad Library Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/meta-ad-library-videos) – Facebook and Instagram ads by brand or keyword: video URLs, images, ad copy, CTA and landing page

**Social, apps & trends**

- [YouTube Channel Analytics](https://apify.com/tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics) – subscribers, recent video performance, Social Blade grade, ranks and estimated earnings
- [Bilibili Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/bilibili-scraper) – Bilibili (B站) keyword search, popular board, top-100 ranking, video stats, danmaku text and creator (UP主) followers – no login
- [China Trending Topics](https://apify.com/tubetext/china-trending-topics) – Douyin, Weibo, Baidu, Toutiao and Bilibili hot-search boards in one run, in English – plus an optional AI briefing on why topics trend
- [WeChat Article Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/wechat-articles-scraper) – WeChat 公众号 articles by keyword or link: full text, English titles and optional English summaries
- [Google Play Reviews + AI Insights](https://apify.com/tubetext/google-play-reviews-ai) – Android app reviews by star rating, country and language, plus an AI report of complaints and praise
- [Steam Reviews Scraper + AI Insights](https://apify.com/tubetext/steam-reviews-scraper) – Steam game reviews with hours played and votes, review score and current players, plus an AI report of top complaints, praise and feature requests
- [Social Blade Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/socialblade-scraper) – Social Blade stats for YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Twitch creators – grade, ranks, 2-week growth, daily history, earnings estimates and top-100 lists
- [Spotify Play Count Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/spotify-play-count-scraper) – play counts for every track of an album, artist or playlist (incl. Top 50 charts), plus monthly listeners, followers, world rank and top cities

**E-commerce & travel**

- [TikTok Shop Product Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/tiktok-shop-product-scraper) – US TikTok Shop prices, items sold, stock per SKU and shop stats
- [AliExpress Search Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/aliexpress-search-scraper) – AliExpress search results by keyword: price, items sold, rating, shipping, badges
- [Google Hotels Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/google-hotels-scraper) – hotel prices for any destination and dates, per booking site and as a 90-day price calendar
- [Taobao & Tmall Product Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/taobao-tmall-scraper) – Taobao/Tmall products by Chinese or English keyword, category or URL: CNY prices, shops and seller scores
- [Alibaba & Yiwu Supplier Finder by Image](https://apify.com/tubetext/alibaba-yiwu-image-search) – product photo in, similar Alibaba.com and Yiwu wholesale listings out: price, MOQ, supplier, country and rating
- [Amazon Product Search Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/amazon-product-search-scraper) – Amazon search results, Best Sellers lists and product pages: price, rating, reviews, monthly sales signal, badges and specs
- [Google Flights Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/google-flights-scraper) – flight prices for any route or multi-city trip, a cheapest-day calendar, price insights and booking options per site
- [Agoda & Booking.com Hotel Reviews + AI](https://apify.com/tubetext/agoda-reviews-scraper) – Agoda hotel reviews plus verified Booking.com reviews shown on Agoda, hotel scores and sub-scores, and an AI report of complaints, praise and action items
- [Gas Prices Scraper (US & Canada)](https://apify.com/tubetext/gas-prices-scraper) – live gas station prices by ZIP, city or coordinates – regular, premium, diesel, E85 – with an area summary of the cheapest stations
- [Idealo Price Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/idealo-price-scraper) – every shop offer for a product on idealo – price, shipping, delivery, shop rating – in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Spain and the UK, with a summary per market

**Questions or problems?** [Open an issue](https://apify.com/tubetext/any-video-podcast-transcript/issues) (we read every one). **Need a custom version?** Ask in an issue or [email us](mailto:tubettext@gmail.com) – we build it as a private Actor on Apify.

Found it useful? A short review on this page helps others find it.

Built by **TubeText Labs** · Pay per result. No login. Ready for AI agents.

### FAQ

**Which podcasts work?** Any podcast with a public RSS feed, plus Apple Podcasts show and episode links.

**How accurate is it?** It uses Whisper large-v3, which is very good on clear speech in major languages. Expect occasional errors on names, heavy accents and crosstalk; speakers are not labelled.

**Why was a link returned as `error`?** The site needs a login, blocks cloud servers, or the post is private or deleted. The row says why, and it is not charged.

**Is this legal?** The Actor only fetches public, logged-out pages and media, and some sites restrict automated access in their terms or robots.txt. You are responsible for having the right to transcribe the content and for how you use the transcripts.

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

One per line, mix freely: video pages (X/Twitter, Facebook, Loom, Twitch clips, SoundCloud, VK and many more), podcasts (an RSS feed URL or an Apple Podcasts show or episode link) or direct audio/video files (.mp3, .m4a, .mp4…). For a podcast show, its latest episodes are transcribed.

## `datasetId` (type: `string`):

A dataset from another Actor run (e.g. a Bilibili, X, Reddit or podcast scraper). The video/episode links in it are transcribed; links this Actor can't handle are skipped. Read-only access to this one dataset is requested.

## `datasetSortBy` (type: `string`):

Which links to take first when the dataset has more than 'Max items from dataset'.

## `maxItemsFromDataset` (type: `integer`):

How many links to take from the dataset (each is billed like a link you paste).

## `maxEpisodesPerPodcast` (type: `integer`):

For RSS feeds and Apple Podcasts show links: newest episodes first. Ignored for single episodes and videos.

## `maxMinutesPerItem` (type: `integer`):

Longer videos or episodes are skipped (free) to keep costs predictable.

## `includeTimestampedText` (type: `boolean`):

Adds a 'timestampedText' field with one \[mm:ss] line per sentence.

## `includeSrt` (type: `boolean`):

Adds an 'srt' field in SubRip (.srt) format.

## `includeVtt` (type: `boolean`):

Adds a 'vtt' field in WebVTT (.vtt) format, for web players and video editors.

## `includeSegments` (type: `boolean`):

Adds a 'segments' array of {start, duration, text} in seconds.

## `chunkWords` (type: `integer`):

0 = off. Otherwise adds 'chunks': the transcript split into pieces of about this many words, each with start and end times, ready for embeddings.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many links are processed in parallel.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://feeds.npr.org/510318/podcast.xml",
    "https://x.com/TEDTalks/status/2072728824911938015"
  ],
  "datasetSortBy": "views",
  "maxItemsFromDataset": 50,
  "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 1,
  "maxMinutesPerItem": 180,
  "includeTimestampedText": true,
  "includeSrt": false,
  "includeVtt": false,
  "includeSegments": false,
  "chunkWords": 0,
  "maxConcurrency": 6
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `transcripts` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "urls": [
        "https://feeds.npr.org/510318/podcast.xml",
        "https://x.com/TEDTalks/status/2072728824911938015"
    ],
    "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 1
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tubetext/any-video-podcast-transcript").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "urls": [
        "https://feeds.npr.org/510318/podcast.xml",
        "https://x.com/TEDTalks/status/2072728824911938015",
    ],
    "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 1,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tubetext/any-video-podcast-transcript").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "urls": [
    "https://feeds.npr.org/510318/podcast.xml",
    "https://x.com/TEDTalks/status/2072728824911938015"
  ],
  "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 1
}' |
apify call tubetext/any-video-podcast-transcript --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tubetext/any-video-podcast-transcript"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/J0TKMWfgyV1HtsYC3/builds/P186Rrc2E1cmMlmoh/openapi.json