AVI video file to show notes in English
AVI video file to show notes in English: send the file and get the text with the timecodes. One file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro.
A English AVI video file is read once and comes back as the show notes. The answer keeps the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes and the time of every line, and the free plan gives 3 files a day of up to 30 minutes.
How to get the file and turn it into show notes
- 1
Find the file
The .AVI is one of the video files that Google Drive stores and previews
- 2
Hand the file over
The file of the AVI video file is attached in the widget of this page, and the speech is marked as English; the answer comes back as the show notes.
- 3
Run the instruction of the show notes
The ready instruction reads the transcript of the AVI video file as the producer of the episode, and the show notes comes in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes.
- 4
Mark the language of the speech
The speech of the AVI video file is English, one of the 99+ languages the engine reads, and the widget is left on English while the show notes is written.
- 5
Check the file before the upload
The list of the video files of Google Drive names .AVI next to .MOV, .MPEGPS and .WMV
What comes back from the engine
- TXT
One segment per line, the way a person wrote it down. It is the format to paste into a ticket, a chat or a document.
- TXT, CSV
The start and the end time of every segment, and the speakers named separately when you ask for it.
- SRT, VTT
SRT and VTT with the time of every line, so the recording can carry its own subtitles.
- Markdown, DOCX
The transcript is edited through the API and exported as Markdown for a wiki, or as DOCX for a review.
What AVI keeps, and what it says about it
- Where the file is
Google Drive keeps an .AVI among the video files it stores, next to .MOV and .MPEGPS.
- What the file is
The VLC player opens AVI among the input formats it reads, in the same line with MPEG and ASF.
- What can go wrong
The FFmpeg library of Audacity imports the audio of most video files, so the sound of an AVI file is taken out without a converter.
- What the platform says
AVI stands in the list of the input formats of the VLC player, next to MPEG (ES,PS,TS,PVA,MP3) and ASF / WMV / WMA.
- What the platform says
The list of the video files of Google Drive names .AVI next to .MOV, .MPEGPS and .WMV.
- Length of one file
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
- Free plan
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
- Pro plan
$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month
What the recording does not give you
The file of the AVI video file is what the AVI keeps. Google Drive keeps an .AVI among the video files it stores, next to .MOV and .MPEGPS. The engine reads the English speech, and the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes come out of it.
Tips
Read the sections of the show notes before you send it on.
Mark the language of the speech of the AVI video file.
Take the file of the AVI video file as soon as you have it.
The preview of Google Drive is a scaled-down version of the complete file.
The FFmpeg library of Audacity cannot open a file that is DRM-protected to work only in a particular software.
Questions about AVI video file and show notes
Which problems can come with the AVI video file?
Google Drive keeps an .AVI among the video files it stores, next to .MOV and .MPEGPS. The engine does not change the file of the AVI video file; it reads it as it is and writes the show notes.
What does the AVI say about the AVI video file?
The preview of Google Drive is a scaled-down version of the complete file. The engine reads the English speech of the AVI video file and writes the show notes from that text.
How is the show notes built from the AVI video file?
The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the show notes in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes; every line comes from the transcript of the AVI video file.
Is there a limit to the length of the AVI video file?
One file of the AVI video file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan; the free plan gives 3 files a day.
Is a link enough for the AVI video file?
Bring the file of the AVI video file to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the show notes with the time of every line.
Related pages
The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Podcast episode to show notesThe page of the task: the instruction that is written for it and an example of the answer.
Transcribe audio to textWhat the service does with a file: the formats of the export, the limits and the plans.
Sources
- SGoogle Drive Help: Files you can store in Google Drive (read 2026-10-25)support.google.com · checked
- WVLC features: the formats it plays (read 2026-10-25)www.videolan.org · checked
- MAudacity manual: FFmpeg Import/Export Library (read 2026-10-25)manual.audacityteam.org · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
Reading: 4 minutesUpdated Transcribsi editorial team
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Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.