Getting started
Supported file types & audio formats
Which audio and text files you can bring into QuestLog - and what happens to each.
QuestLog accepts audio from any recorder or app, plus text notes and transcripts.
Audio formats
MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, FLAC, OGG/Opus, WebM, MP4 (audio), and AMR. If your recorder makes it, QuestLog almost certainly reads it.
Text & transcript formats
TXT, MD, SRT, VTT. A text file with no audio becomes a text-only recording that QuestLog still summarizes.
What happens to each file
- Audio is transcribed fresh by QuestLog - diarization, summary, highlights, action items and notes.
- Text is imported as-is and summarized.
About OGG/Opus and WebM
These are common from Plaud and some web/browser recorders. They're great for size, but Safari can't play them natively - so QuestLog automatically creates a small .m4a copy for smooth in-browser playback. You don't lift a finger, and your original file is kept untouched.
Already-universal formats (MP3, M4A, WAV) are used as-is, no conversion.
A few practical notes
- Long recordings are fine - they just take proportionally longer to process.
- The companion app, QuestLog Capture, records
.m4a- universally playable, so phone captures never need converting. - Not sure a file will work? Just drop it in Import files and try - unsupported types are rejected up front, nothing breaks.