Podcast encoding

Jive Encoder

Drop your podcast .wav into a shiny MP3, AAC or Opus with metadata, cover art, and all.

Formerly Jivedrop.

WAV or FLAC in. A podcast file out.

# Hugo mode reads the episode metadata
$ jive-encoder LMP67.flac episode/67.md

# Encode as AAC in place of MP3
$ jive-encoder LMP67.flac episode/67.md \
    --format aac

# Standalone mode takes metadata as flags
$ jive-encoder audio.flac --num 66 \
    --title "Terminal Full of Sparkles" \
    --cover artwork.png

Distribution-ready

One command.
No FFmpeg incantation.

Jive Encoder takes your mixed podcast audio and outputs RSS-ready files with optimised encoding, embedded artwork, and complete metadata.

Read the CLI reference

The right tags for each format: ID3v2.4 tags for MP3, iTunes MP4 atoms for AAC, and Vorbis comments for Opus. Each holds the title, episode number, artist, album, date, and comment.
Speaks Hugo natively: Hugo mode reads the title, number, and cover art from your episode Markdown. It then offers to update the front matter with the duration and byte count.
Works without Hugo: Standalone mode takes the same metadata as flags, and names the output file from the artist and episode number.

Encoding settings

MP3. AAC. Opus.

Choose a format with --format. Output is mono unless you add --stereo.

--format mp3
MP3, for every player

The default. 112 kbps CBR mono or 192 kbps stereo at 44.1 kHz, with embedded cover art.
--format aac
AAC, as Apple recommends

64 kbps CBR mono or 128 kbps stereo at 44.1 kHz, in an .m4a file with embedded cover art.
--format opus
Opus, for Android and the web

About 32 kbps VBR mono or 48 kbps stereo at 48 kHz. Apple Podcasts does not accept Opus.