When you publish an episode, you need to enter information about it so that it appears correctly in your publication destinations. To speed up your publication process, you can enter default information that appears automatically in the Episode Details form.

For example, if you know that your episodes will almost always have a clean rating, you can use defaults to select Clean so that it always appears automatically in the Rating field when you're preparing an episode for publication. The default saves you from having to select that option every time you publish an episode.

The information you enter as default is just a starting point to help speed up your publication prep. You can always change any default settings when you publish an episode if they don't apply.

To set up episode defaults:

1. Click the  icon on the bottom, left-hand side of your Libsyn account. The Settings menu opens.
2. Click Episode Defaults. The Episode Defaults form opens.
3. Enter the information you want to appear automatically when you prepare an episode for publication. You can leave any field blank if you don't want to enter a default for it. See the table below to learn more about your options.

   Category	Enter the category for your episode. For more information about episode categories, see the "Category" section in The Ins and Outs of Your Episode Details.
   Permalink Points To	Enter the URL you want your publication to point to. For more information about your options, see the "Permalink Points To" section in The Ins and Outs of Your Episode Details.
   Update ID3 Tags	Select one of the following options: Import from MP3 File: Select this option to automatically turn on the Populate Form with ID3 Data option when you publish an episode. This option uses the information in your ID3 tags to import all relevant information to Libsyn. For more information on this option, see the "Populate Form with ID3 Data" section in The Ins and Outs of Your Episode Details. Export to Episode MP3 File: Select this option to automatically turn on the Update ID3 Tags option when you publish an episode. This option takes the information you write in the Episode Details form and uses it to update the ID3 tags in your episode's media file. For more information about this option, see the "Update ID3 Tags" section in The Ins and Outs of Your Episode Details. None: Select this option to leave both ID3 options in the Episode Details form turned off when you publish an episode.
   Rating	Enter whether your episodes are clean or explicit. For more information about ratings, see the "Rating" section in The Ins and Outs of Your Episode Details.
   Season Number	Enter the season number you're currently on. When you change to a new season number, remember to come back to this field and change it. If you don't use seasons for your show, leave this field blank.
   Episode Number	Enter the episode number that you are currently on. For example, if your next publication is episode 6, enter 6. Libsyn automatically tracks your publications and increases your default number by one when you publish to help with episode numbering and to speed up publication. For example, if you enter 6, the Episode Number field will automatically be labeled with a 6 in the Episode Details form when you prepare your next publication, and the publication after that will automatically be labeled 7, and so on.
   Schedule Release	Select None if you don't want to set up a default schedule because you need to set up a different schedule every time you publish. If you want to set up a default schedule or a default custom schedule, see "Understand the Schedule Release Options" below.

4. Click Save. Next time you publish an episode, the information you entered above appears automatically in the Episode Details form for your new episode.

Understand the Default Schedule Release Options

If you have a set schedule for preparing episodes and publishing them, you can set up a default schedule for your episodes. For example, if you usually prepare your episodes for publication on a Friday and release them on the following Monday, you can set up Mondays as your default publishing day.

Schedule One Date to Publish Your Episode to All Your Destinations

This option lets you set up one default time to publish your episode to all of the publication destinations you've connected your show to, including podcast directories, websites, and social media sites. To do so:

1. In the Schedule Release field, select Set Schedule for All Destinations.
2. In the Download Availability field, select one of the following options:

   a.	Media files are always available: Choose this option if you want to make your episode available to share before the date you've scheduled it to be published. This option is useful if you want to share your episode with someone who needs to listen to it before the general public does.
   b.	Media files are available based on the release schedule: Choose this option if you don't want your episode to be available to anyone before the scheduled time for publication.

   Note

   Because the selection you make affects when your episode is available to share, it also affects how Libsyn stats track your episode. Selecting Media files are always available makes your episode available to share as soon as you click Publish. Therefore, if you schedule your episode to be released to podcast directories next week, but you click Publish today, Libsyn stats begin to track your episode today because that is the moment that it is first available.

3. In the Release Type field, select one of the following options:

   a.	Release Immediately on Publish: Select this option if you want your episode to be published immediately to all of your publication destinations when you click Publish.
   b.	Delay Release by Number of Days: Select this option if you want your episode to be published to all of your publication destinations a specific number of days after you click Publish. Enter the number of days you want to wait for your episode to be published in the Release Delay field, and enter the time you want to publish the episode in the field to the right of it.
   c.	Delay Until Next Day of Week: Select this option if you want to publish your episode on a specific day of the upcoming week after you click Publish. Enter the day of the upcoming week you want to publish your episode in the Release Day field, and enter the time you want to publish the episode in the field to the right of it.

4. Click Save to save your defaults.

Set Different Publication Days for Different Destinations

This option lets you set a different release date for each of the publication destinations you've connected your show to.

1. In the Schedule Release field, select Custom Release Schedule.
2. In the Download Availability field, select one of the following options:

   a.	Media files are always available: Choose this option if you want to make your episode available to share before the date you've scheduled it to be published. This option is useful if you want to share your episode with someone who needs to listen to it before the general public does.
   b.	Media files are available based on the release schedule: Choose this option if you don't want your episode to be available to anyone before the scheduled time for publication.

   Note

   Because the selection you make affects when your episode is available to share, it also affects how Libsyn stats track your episode. Selecting Media files are always available makes your episode available to share as soon as you click Publish. Therefore, if you schedule your episode to be released to podcast directories next week, but you click Publish today, Libsyn stats begin to track your episode today because that is the moment that it is first available.

3. In each of the publication destination fields, select one of the following options:

   a.	Release Immediately on Publish: Select this option if you want your episode to be published immediately to all of your publication destinations when you click Publish.
   b.	Delay Release by Number of Days: Select this option if you want your episode to be published to all of your publication destinations a specific number of days after you click Publish. Enter the number of days you want to wait for your episode to be published in the Release Delay field, and enter the time you want to publish the episode in the field to the right of it.
   c.	Delay Until Next Day of Week: Select this option if you want to publish your episode on a specific day of the upcoming week after you click Publish. Enter the day of the upcoming week you want to publish your episode in the Release Day field, and enter the time you want to publish the episode in the field to the right of it.

4. Click Save to save your defaults.