MinusPod Documentation
August 29, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
Full documentation for MinusPod. Start with the project README for a quick install, then come here for the details.
Contents
- How It Works & Detection Pipeline - the transcription -> detection -> cut pipeline, verification pass, sliding windows, processing queue, validation, pattern learning, audio analysis
- Episode Processing Workflows - visual map of the pipeline, the five processing modes, re-runs, and failure paths
- Installation - requirements, quick start, CPU-only image, Intel hybrid CPU tuning
- Web Interface - the management UI, ad editor workflow, screenshots
- Configuration & Experiments - settings, per-stage LLM tuning, VAD gap detector, provider keys, ad reviewer, community patterns, scheduled backups
- Audio Cue Detection - per-feed cue templates, the find-audio-cues scan, cue types, settings, and tuning
- Environment Variables - every env var, grouped by how often you touch it
- LLM Providers - Claude Code wrapper, Ollama (local/cloud), OpenRouter, recommended models, pricing
- Whisper / Transcription - GPU compute types, whisper.cpp, Groq, OpenAI Whisper, language, timeouts
- Intel GPU Transcription (OpenVINO) - offload Whisper to an Intel GPU via OpenVINO Model Server
- Finding Feeds & Usage - podcast search, finding RSS feeds, Audiobookshelf
- Local Feeds - build a feed from your own audio files: creation, uploads, bulk archive import, naming scheme, JSON sidecar schema
- API & Webhooks - REST endpoints, webhook events, payload templates, signing
- Security, Storage & Custom Assets - remote access, login lockout, backups, custom ad markers
- Podcasting 2.0 - what MinusPod emits, regenerates, and deliberately strips from the Podcast Namespace, and why
- Glossary - every term the app uses, defined and linked to the docs that cover it
- Deployment Runbook - operational runbook
- Releasing & Channels - stable vs edge channels, how releases are tagged and promoted