No! StreamYard is browser-based which means you and your guests don't have to download anything.
The easiest way to record podcasts
StreamYard is a recording studio in your browser. Interview guests from anywhere in the world, on any device, with perfect quality.
Little to no editing needed!
Record with remote guests
Record audio and video with up to 10 people. It’s easy for guests to join from their browser or phone in a few clicks. No software downloads.
Studio-quality audio
Turn on echo cancellation and background noise removal to refine your audio output. Elevate your podcast with background music. Use our royalty-free songs to add some ambiance or upload your own custom tracks.
Professional sounding audio every episode. We use advanced AI to remove background noise and enhance your audio. Up to 256kbps bitrate.
Perfect recordings on any connection
Sick of Zoom and Skype ruining your podcast? With local recordings, a separate audio and video file is recorded on each user's device. Even if someone has weak internet, the recordings won't be blurry or choppy.
Live stream your podcast to increase engagement
StreamYard is not only the best recording studio, it's also the best live streaming studio. Multistream to many platforms, easily brand your show, interact with your audience through comments, and much more.
How podcasters are using StreamYard
Joe Pulizzi - This Old Marketing podcast
"With StreamYard, we've added video, lowered our production time, and have been able to stream to our biggest audience on LinkedIn. I never knew how easy this would be"
Rob Balasabas
"StreamYard is my go-to tool for recording my podcast episodes and interviews. It's so easy for me and my guests"
Rob Greenlee
"StreamYard has been a very easy-to-use and versatile tool for me to record and live stream the many podcast shows I produce and host weekly. The video and audio quality is perfect for creating a video and an audio show simultaneously"
FAQs
You can record with up to 9 other guests (10 people total) on our paid plansopens in a new tab. You can record with 5 other guests on the free plan.
No, you can send them a link to easily access the recording studio. They don't have to sign up or download anything.
Each user records a separate audio and video file on their device and uploads them to StreamYard in the background. Even if someone has a weak connection, the recordings won't be blurry or choppy. Useful if you need to do post-production editing. We'll also still create a cloud recording.
The audio and video files are still saved on their device. They simply need to return to the studio, or go to streamyard.com/uploadopens in a new tab to finish the upload.
No, local recordings do not count towards your storage limit. For example, if you and 3 guests record for 1 hour with local recordings enabled, it will only count as 1 hour of storage.
All plans have local recordings, including the free plan! The free plan is limited to 2 hours of local recording per month. Paid plans are unlimited.
No. Every interview is recorded in the cloud. Local recordings are useful if you want to do post-production editing with the highest possible quality.
On paid plans, all live streams are recorded on StreamYard, up to a maximum of 10 hours per stream. On the Free plan, you can create recordings, but you can't live stream and record at the same time.
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