Forecast^® podcast MP3 encoder with chapters

NOTE: Forecast is still a beta. It has been tested and used in production for over four years, but the interface is still a bit rough. Feedback is welcome in the Overcast Slack group.

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Version history

0.9.5 (138) • April 15, 2024

Chapters with certain title prefixes can now appear only in the sponsor-free version.

(File → Export Sponsor-Free Version)

This can be used to provide exclusive bonus content in the sponsor-free version.

Exclusive chapters are not saved in the regular Save operation. Use File → Export with All Chapters to save a file with all sponsor and exclusive chapters.

For instance, if you set the exclusive prefix to “Bonus”, and a chapter title is “Bonus: Behind the Scenes”, that chapter would not be present in the regularly saved MP3, but it would be present in the exported sponsor-free version.

Sponsor and exclusive chapters are also now color-coded in the list, and the preferences for title prefixes to indicate sponsor and exclusive chapters now support multiple entries (one per line).

0.9.4 (137) • July 14, 2021

Window size is now remembered
Fixed imports of AIFF files
Improved performance when importing very large files

0.9.3 (135) • May 19, 2021

Can now import MP3s without re-encoding.
Improved support for very large WAV files.
Improved duration accuracy.
Deflated several beachballs.

0.9.2 (131) • February 4, 2021

Now universal for Apple Silicon and Intel.

0.9.1 (129) • May 25, 2020

Added higher bitrates for music
Improved audio quality at each bitrate
Improved chapter-timing precision
New feature: Export Sponsor-Free Version (File menu)
Fixed dark-mode table appearance
Fixed issues on older Macs
Fixed handling of 48 kHz input

0.9 (125) • January 24, 2018

Fixed image-size limits on chapter art
Other image formats are now converted to JPEG or PNG

0.9 (124) • January 16, 2018

More accurate long-silence warnings
Can now import markers from AIFF files
Fixed importing markers from Sound Studio

0.9 (123) • December 10, 2017

Fixed importing markers from Amadeus Pro.

0.9 (122) • December 5, 2017

Fixed importing markers from certain files exported by Logic Pro.

0.9 (121) • December 1, 2017

Fixed importing markers from Adobe Audition.
Fixed a crash when opening some VBR MP3 files.

0.9 (120) • November 29, 2017

Fixed bugs and crashes.
Can now select and delete multiple chapters at once.
Manual chapter creation is slightly smoother.
Removed VBR modes — I didn’t intend to ship those publicly (oops). VBR isn’t supported enough yet to be responsibly used for podcasts. If and when that changes, it’ll be back.

0.9 (119) • November 28, 2017

Initial public beta

Forecast® podcast MP3 encoder with chapters