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#408 - My favourite meeting platform just got better

There's a better way to do meetings.

If you're not recording your meetings in Riverside.fm you're missing a trick!

Why?

  • It's easy for anyone to use (no client tech support required)
  • Instant transcription for text-based editing
  • AI Show-notes (Summaries, quotes, chapters, etc.)

I've previously shared the exact prompts I use, to extract useful intel from these transcripts - and even feedback on my performance in a meeting; “Some questions could have been phrased in a more open-ended way to elicit even richer responses.

But in this issue (sponsored by Riverside.fm - thanks for the support guys!) I'll share Riverside's best new AI features that could create time-saving workflows for every editor.

  • AI Video Dub – Replace dialogue with AI generated lip-sync to fix mistakes
  • Cross Talk Markers – Mute speakers where conversation overlaps
  • AI Smart Scenes – Auto edits between speakers in 4 layouts

Plus I'll walk you through my Riverside workflow to "pre-edit" interviews.

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Riverside's Oscar-Winning Bacon Save

Riverside.fm is my favourite video call recording platform for a number of technical and creative reasons, but mostly because it just works, even when things get tricky.

For example, Riverside saved my bacon when I interviewed Oscar, BAFTA, and Eddie-winning Oppenheimer editor Jennifer Lame, ACE, and at the last minute, she called in from her phone while going for a walk.

Riverside still managed to upload her locally cached recording and alerted me that part of the file wasn’t completely transferred until she got to her home Wi-Fi. With other platforms, I’m sure I would have lost the whole thing!

I also relied on Riverside to record my 90-minute interview with BAFTA-winning Andor editor Simon Smith because I could synchronously record both the screen share of his Avid timeline and our conversation and cut between them as individual video and audio stems with ease.

Five Technical Reasons I Use Riverside

  • Pristine locally cached video recording 
  • Individual video/audio stems
  • HD screen recording
  • Auto-sync and Premiere timeline download
  • Instant timecoded transcription and subtitles

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