Zencastr Editing is a paid feature that enhances and combines your separate recorded audio and video files into a polished, mixed file. The Remove Long Pauses Smart Filter is an AI-powered tool within the Editor that automatically detects and shortens lengthy pauses, reducing unnecessary silence and making your editing process faster and more efficient.
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What Is Remove Long Pauses And Why Use It?
Remove Long Pauses is a Smart Filter designed to automatically shorten pauses in your recording, saving you significant editing time. It scans the combined audio of you and your guests, identifying any pauses that are equal to or longer than the threshold you set, and trims them down to a length of your choosing.
By using this filter, you can easily reduce periods of silence in both audio and video files without needing to manually trim each pause in external software. This helps create a smoother, more polished final mix, allowing you to focus on content rather than time-consuming edits.
Before You Edit
Editing can be run for up to 6 participants at a time.
Editing can be started after the host stops the recording and participants’ files are uploaded.
The Remove Long Pauses filter is available for recordings in all languages.
1. Opening the Preview and Editor
To open the Editor:
From a Recording page, click the Preview button.
OR
From your Dashboard, on the Sessions tab, under the ‘My Sessions’ list, click the name of the session.
Locate the recording you want to edit and click the Preview button next to its name.
On the Preview page, click the Edit button in the top right corner.
2. Configuring Remove Long Pauses
To configure the remove long pauses filter:
In the Editor, click the Content & Clips tab at the top.
In the ribbon above the transcript, hover over Remove Long Pauses and toggle it on.
In the Long Pause Threshold field, enter the minimum pause length (in seconds) that the filter should search for.
In the Shorten To field, enter how long each pause should be shortened to (in seconds).
Example: If you enter 2 in Long Pause Threshold and 1 in Shorten To, the filter will shorten all pauses of 2 seconds or longer to 1 second. Pauses under 2 seconds will remain unchanged.
Make any additional adjustments to your postproduction within the Content & Clips tab or the Audio & Video tab within the Editor.
3. Running the Postproduction
To run the postproduction:
On the Editor, click the Apply button to commit your selections.
On the Preview Page, click the Next button at the top right.
Note: If you aren’t hosting a podcast on Zencastr, skip filling out the Episode Info on the right section as it is for publishing an episode to a podcast.On the Review and Confirm insert, review the summary of what you are getting and the credits cost.
Click Run Now to start the postproduction.
Result: The postproduction will begin to run, and the necessary amount of credits will be deducted from your credits balance when the postproduction completes.
4. Getting and Downloading Postproduction Files
Once the postproduction is running, you can either close the Preview Page or stay on it. The postproduction will run in the background and you will receive an email when it completes.
Downloading Files From the Preview
If you stayed on the page while the postproduction ran, click the Download button in the top right corner of the Preview Page to download postproduction files.
Result: All your postproduction files will be zipped and downloaded to your computer.
Downloading Files From the Sessions Tab
To download postproduction files from the Sessions Tab:
From your Dashboard, on the Sessions tab, under the ‘My Sessions’ list, click the name of the session.
Click the Postproductions tab.
Click the 3-dot menu next to the name of the postproduction.
Select Download from the dropdown.
Result: All your postproduction files will be zipped and downloaded to your computer.
Downloading Files From the Recording Page
To download postproduction files from the Sessions Tab:
From your Dashboard, on the Sessions tab, under the ‘My Sessions’ list, click the name of the session.
Click the Join Session button at top.
On the Recording Page, locate and click the recording name that you ran the postproduction on.
On the Podcast Mixes track click the Download Audio Podcast and Download Video Podcast buttons.
Result: The individual files will download to your computer.
Note: The postproduction transcript is downloadable from the Preview Page or the Postproductions list on the Sessions tab, but can’t be downloaded from the Recording Page.
Related Questions
Where can I learn more about editing my recording/running my postproduction?
To use editing to run a postproduction for a recording done in the ‘Record Audio, No Video’ or ‘Record Audio, Show Video’ modes, see this guide. To run a postproduction for a recording done in the ‘Record Audio and Video’ mode, see this guide.
How long does it take for the postproduction to finish?
Postproductions normally finish in under an hour. The exact time can vary depending on the recording length and the number of participants selected.