CLI reference
Drive the whole Podcli pipeline from your terminal. One command transcribes, picks moments, crops to the speaker, and burns captions in.
Everything the studio does is available from the terminal. The one command you need most:
That transcribes, picks the best moments, crops to the face, burns captions in, and writes upload-ready clips. Nothing leaves your machine.
Common flags#
Use an existing transcript instead of transcribing, and cap the clip count:
Set caption style, crop mode, and output format:
Force thumbnails on or off:
| Flag | What it does |
|---|---|
--transcript <file> | Use a .txt / .srt / .vtt transcript instead of transcribing. |
--top <n> | Cap the number of clips. |
--caption-style <style> | branded, hormozi, karaoke, or subtle. See captions and formats. |
--crop <mode> | center, face, or speaker. |
--format <ratio> | vertical (9:16), horizontal (16:9), or square (1:1). |
--logo <file> | Bake a logo onto every clip. |
--thumbnails / --no-thumbnails | Force thumbnail generation on or off. |
Presets#
Save a set of render settings once and reuse it:
Other commands#
podcli opens the interactive menu with Open Web UI. podcli ui opens the
studio directly at localhost:3847.
podcli uninstall removes all managed data by default. Run it with --dry-run
first to preview exactly what will be removed.