LM Podcast 0.8.5 Beta: Series, Editing, Native RSS and Public Distribution
LM Podcast now combines series publishing with one- or two-input local recording, expandable non-destructive audio tracks, simpler metadata, public episodes, native RSS, and imported legacy feeds that can move toward LM distribution without losing existing audio.
What changed in LM Podcast
Each LM Podcast project is now treated as one podcast series rather than one loose audio file.
Private recordings, reusable intro/outro assets, finished MP3s, series metadata and published episodes remain inside the same project.
The metadata panel now keeps the everyday fields visible and moves less-common people, rights, keyword and file metadata behind Advanced controls.
Publishing a finished episode turns on the public series page and the project’s LM-native RSS feed.
Existing Riverside feeds can be imported into real LM Podcast projects without re-uploading every historical audio file first.
The six current Boundless/LM feeds have been imported as six projects with 81 episodes total and validated native LM RSS feeds.
The migration rule
LM does not break an established podcast just to move it. During this transition, historical episode audio can remain hosted at Riverside while LM becomes the metadata, public-page and RSS layer. That gives each show a migration path without deleting the original feed, losing episode history, or forcing a giant upload all at once.
Current editing workflow
Record on a phone or laptop microphone.
Keep timestamped notes beside the recording.
Use the original waveform editor for precise single-recording trims, cuts, silence shortening and fades.
Use the multitrack arrangement to add and name tracks, place clips across them, drag clips into position, trim source ranges, split at the playhead, adjust clip gain and track level, solo/mute tracks and zoom the timeline.
Timeline clips reference the original audio instead of destructively rewriting the source file.
Export the multitrack mix as a finished MP3 with artwork and embedded metadata.
Publish a finished file into the series page and RSS feed only when the creator chooses.
What testers should try now
Open one of the imported show projects and confirm the show artwork, title and historical episodes are present.
Open its LM-native RSS feed and compare the episode count with the existing Riverside feed.
Edit metadata and confirm the simple fields are easy to understand while Advanced controls stay out of the way until needed.
Record a new episode, finish an MP3, and publish it into the same series.
Keep using existing distribution while evaluating when to switch podcast directories to the LM-native RSS feed.
What is next
The multitrack timeline is now in the beta. The next refinement wave is focused on touch-first clip dragging, pinch zoom, richer waveform detail across every clip, faster mobile editing gestures, subscription controls, and a clearer distribution dashboard for submitting each LM-native RSS feed to outside podcast platforms.
Use the beta on real work.
The most useful feedback is not “I like it.” Tell us where you hesitated, what took too many clicks, what did not save the way you expected, and what would make this useful enough to return to next week.
