Pullcast

What it does

Pullcast makes one job calm: get a local file from a media URL. The user pastes one or more URLs, chooses an output folder, and downloads transcription-ready M4A audio, or the actual video when audio is not enough. The completed file is easy to reveal in Finder or hand to MacScription.

• Paste URLs directly, even inside messy text, or import a text file of URLs
• Audio M4A by default, with video as an explicit option
• An output folder that Pullcast remembers
• A status log and a list of completed files
• A queue that continues past a failed URL

Product surface

Why it exists

yt-dlp is powerful but command-line first. Choosing the right format, setting an output path, reading progress, and finding the finished file all add friction for someone whose real goal is a transcript. Pullcast exposes only the small part of yt-dlp that job needs.

Separate from MacScription

Pullcast is its own product, kept apart from MacScription for distribution and review reasons. The two meet at a file: Pullcast produces it, MacScription reads it.

Not a media library

It is not a full yt-dlp interface and it does not manage an archive.

Status

Pullcast is a MacOS application, launching soon on the Apple App Store.