( Chapters )
Chapters that survive your edits
Chapters in Cast are anchored to the words you attached them to, not to a clock time. Cut two minutes of filler out of the middle and a timestamped chapter would now point at the wrong moment — yours still points at the sentence you chose.
Two clicks in, two formats out
Make a chapter from a selection — the title comes from your words — or click “+ Chapter here” between paragraphs with nothing selected. The same chapters ride the timeline in the mixing view, so structure follows you between editors.
On export they become the two lists that matter: a YouTube description block that turns into clickable chapters when pasted, and a Podcasting 2.0 chapters file for podcast hosts that support markers.
- Anchored to words, not clock time
- YouTube description format
- Podcasting 2.0 JSON
- Rename and fold in place
FAQ
01How do I add chapters with timestamps?
Select the text where a chapter should start and mark it (⌘⇧M) — the title comes from your selection. Chapters export as timestamp lists for YouTube and for Podcasting 2.0.
Read more →02How do chapters export?
Chapters export as a timestamp list in two formats: YouTube description chapters, and Podcasting 2.0 chapters for podcast apps. The full transcript can also be exported as JSON.
Read more →03Do chapters work with captions too?
Captions come from your edited transcript and download as SRT, VTT or plain text — so the words you cut do not come back in the subtitles.
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