Replay your podcast archive as a 24/7 YouTube stream
Upload the episodes you have already recorded as video files. AutoStream plays them one after another on your channel, around the clock or in the hours you choose. The stream is sent from the service's server.
How it works for a podcast or talk-show archive
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Upload the episodes
Upload your recorded episodes as video files: MP4, MOV, MKV or WEBM. The service converts them to a streaming format.
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Put them in order
Build a playlist: episodes in the order you set, or shuffled. Turn on loop so the archive starts again after the last episode.
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Set the schedule
Stream 24/7, or only in the hours and on the days you choose, in your time zone.
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Connect the channel and start
Connect your YouTube channel with your Google account. The service creates the broadcast, keeps it running and restarts it after a failure.
What AutoStream does for an episode archive
Episodes in your order
Play the archive in the order you set, or shuffled. With loop on, the playlist starts again when it ends.
A long archive is fine
Playlists can be any length. What is limited is storage, and that depends on the plan.
Runs from our server
The stream is sent to YouTube from the service's server. Your computer can be off, and no streaming software is needed.
A new broadcast every few hours
With the channel connected through your Google account, the service ends a broadcast after the number of hours you set and starts a new one.
Titles and thumbnails from your pools
Prepare pools of titles, descriptions, tags and thumbnails once. Each new broadcast takes the next one.
Restart after a failure
If the stream drops, the service restarts it automatically and writes the event to the log.
What it does not do and does not promise
Better to know this before you sign up than after.
No audio-only episodes
The service accepts video files. An audio podcast has to be put into a video before upload.
No title per episode
Titles and thumbnails change when a new broadcast starts, in the order of your pools — not when the next episode begins.
It does not edit episodes
No trimming, clips or highlights. Each file plays as you uploaded it.
No multistreaming
The stream goes to YouTube. It is not sent to several platforms at once.
Rights to the content
You are responsible for the rights to what you stream. A podcast or talk-show archive has to be your own or licensed to you, and that includes what is inside the episodes: guests, music and clips. AutoStream does not check or clear rights. This is a practical note, not legal advice.
YouTube's rules
YouTube sets the platform rules and changes them without us. Its rules on repetitive and reused content apply to looped streams, and the channel owner is responsible for what is streamed.
No guaranteed result
AutoStream does not guarantee channel monetization, revenue, views, subscribers or any other audience result. What comes of a stream depends on your content and on the platform's rules.
Questions about this kind of stream
My podcast is audio only. Can I stream it?
Not as it is. AutoStream accepts video files: MP4, MOV, MKV or WEBM. Put each episode into a video first — for example, with your cover image — in any video editor, then upload that file.
Can episodes play in their original order?
Yes. You set the order in the playlist yourself. You can also shuffle the episodes, and loop the playlist so it starts again after the last one.
Will the stream title change with each episode?
No. Titles, descriptions, tags and thumbnails are taken from your pools when a new broadcast starts — after the number of hours you set — not when the next episode begins. Write titles that fit the stream as a whole.
My episodes are already published on the channel. Is that a problem?
Technically these are different objects on the channel: a live broadcast and an uploaded video. But how YouTube treats repeated material is up to YouTube, and its rules change. We do not recommend building a stream from content you have already published, and we do not take responsibility for that choice: originality of the material remains your job.
How much of the archive fits?
It depends on the plan. Storage is counted by stream-ready files: after upload the service converts each video to the streaming format. The free trial gives 5 GB; the numbers for each plan are on the pricing page.
You can start your first stream today
Upload one video and turn on the schedule. The service does the rest.