🎬 Ideal Video & Podcasting

Tired of video galleries that don’t let you create proper pages or add real information to your videos? Other solutions often require you to manually create Joomla articles, making video publishing a tedious, non-SEO-friendly task.

Ideal Video & Podcasting changes all that.
Whether you’re a content creator, church, school, marketer, or nonprofit, this extension gives you a centralized media management system with powerful features to grow your audience and boost visibility — all from inside Joomla.

🚀 Key Features

• 🎞️ Centralized Video Library
  Manage all your videos in one place with categories, tags, and custom fields.

• ⚡ Fast Loading & Lazy Loading
  Smart lazy loading for video players and thumbnails to keep your site lightning fast.

• 🖼️ Auto WebP Image Generation
  Thumbnails are automatically converted to WebP for performance and better PageSpeed scores.

• 🧩 Flexible Modules
  Showcase featured, latest, or category-based videos in grids or lists using Joomla modules.

• 🗂️ SEO-Friendly Video Pages
  Each video gets its own optimized page with meta tags, structured URLs, and descriptions — no need to create Joomla articles manually.

• 🏆 Great Google PageSpeed Scores
  Every element is optimized for speed and user experience — helping your site perform better on search engines.

🔓 PRO Features

• 📥 YouTube Playlist Import
  Automatically import videos from YouTube playlists or channels. Save hours of manual work.

• 🎧 Podcast Integration
  Convert videos to MP3 and auto-generate podcast RSS feeds — ready for Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more.

• 🔁 Scheduled YouTube Sync
  Keep your site updated with the latest content from your linked playlists.

• 📝 Automatic ID3 Tagging
  Automatically write audio metadata (title, artist, album, etc.) to podcast files.

• 📡 RSS Feed per Category
  Create custom podcast feeds for each category — ideal for multi-show or multi-language content.

• 🧩 Priority Support & Updates
  Get fast support and access to frequent feature improvements.

🆚 Feature Comparison

| Feature | Free Version | Pro Version |
| ------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 🎬 Easy YouTube Video Management | Manually add and organize YouTube videos by link. | Includes automation via scheduled imports. |
| 📂 Centralized Video Library | ✅ Organize all videos in one place using categories and custom fields. | ✅ Yes |
| ⚙️ Batch Video Processing | ✅ Perform bulk actions on multiple videos for faster workflow. | ✅ Yes |
| 🏷️ Categories & Tags | ✅ Classify videos with categories and tags for better filtering and UX. | ✅ Yes |
| 🔎 SEO Helper | ✅ Built-in tools to optimize meta tags, friendly URLs, and discoverability. | ✅ Yes |
| 🖼️ Auto WebP Image Generation | ✅ Convert thumbnails to WebP for faster loading and higher PageSpeed scores. | ✅ Yes |
| ⚡ Fast Loading & Lazy Load | ✅ Lazy loading for videos and assets to boost performance. | ✅ Yes |
| 📈 Google PageSpeed Optimization |✅ Engineered to help you achieve high performance scores. | ✅ Yes |
| 🎨 Customizable Layouts | ✅ Adjust video, blog, and category views to match your template. | ✅ Yes |
| 🧩 All Display Modules | ❌ No | Show featured, recent, or category-specific videos/podcasts anywhere on your site. |
| 📡 Podcast RSS Feed Generator | ❌ No | Create and publish podcast feeds for Apple, Spotify, and others. |
| 🎧 Attach MP3 to Video Entries | ❌ No | Add audio files to video entries for seamless podcasting. |
| 🏷️ Automatic ID3 Tagging | ❌ No | Auto-write podcast metadata (title, album, artist, etc.). |
| 🔁 Scheduled YouTube Imports | ❌ No | Automate playlist imports using Joomla Scheduled Tasks. |
| 🎙️ Scheduled YouTube-to-MP3 Conversion | ❌ No | Auto-convert videos to MP3 for podcast distribution. |
| 📝 Rich Markdown from Descriptions | ❌ No | Import Markdown-formatted YouTube descriptions and render them beautifully. |
| 🔗 Podcast Directory Links | ❌ No | Add links to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other directories. |
| 🛡️ Advanced Permissions & Automation | ❌ No | Control user roles and automate repetitive workflows. |
| 🧑‍💼 Priority Support | ❌ Community Support | Get fast assistance from the Ideal Extensions team. |

> ✅ The Free version includes a robust set of features to get started. Upgrade to Pro for full automation, podcast publishing, and advanced control.

👥 Ideal For

• Churches and Ministries
• Educators and Schools
• Podcast Creators and YouTubers
• Joomla Agencies & Developers
• Media-Rich Organizations

⚠️ Content Notice

> Some demo categories on our site display videos from public YouTube playlists for demonstration purposes only.
> We do not own or represent third-party content shown in those examples.

🔗 Learn More

• 🌐 Official Page
• 📘 Documentation
• 💬 Support Forum

Create, organize, and publish engaging video and podcast content — beautifully and efficiently — with Ideal Video & Podcasting for Joomla.