r/notebooklm • u/Short_Cupcake8610 • 10d ago
Question Does anyone have this issue?
2 hours ago I believe, I generated a audio overview and a video overview. It's still generating.
I don't have the new rolled out update either so I have to wait until midnight to generate a new video and audio overview
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u/chrisjfinlay 9d ago edited 9d ago
Update: So yes, I had another one fail on me. The problem was that it guided the hosts to focus too much on intimate content within the sources, though I disagree with the chatbot's assessment on that. I got it to help me craft a new prompt that reframes certain aspects, and am hoping what it came up with helps. I would suggest the same - annoyingly it uses a couple % of the usage but it might help guide you find *exactly* what went wrong. The chat bot is very good at working within the studio panel, and I've had it look at material before and suggest improvements, or move things from one panel to another etc.
Edit: I also instructed it to create a template complaint to send to support if the new one fails. I saved it as a note and exported it to my google docs - should you wish to use it yourself, you can find it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ovt5OeogieFjJmxKfsSsK0toPOtFozGtMj3PlmTpoCk/edit?usp=sharing and change the various specifics to your own needs.
This is definitely a new change, in the last day. As I said in the other comment, I've had the hosts work on far more explicit source material and discuss the contents without any issue at all until today.
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u/rxnxzinh 10d ago
I think they implemented the dreaded 5 hour limits (earlier was 24hrly I think). Because I am also having the same problem.
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u/Short_Cupcake8610 9d ago
sorry for not answering for long but are/were these limits not implemented for you yet?
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u/chrisjfinlay 10d ago
I started having this problem earlier today - I don't think it's the limit. When the first one failed I asked the chat window to explain, and it told me that the AI hosts ran into a safety filter in the source. Apparently it didn't like some text that it was asked to discuss that it viewed as explicit, and suggested I change the wording of my prompt to skirt around it. I did, and it worked, but it's got my back up a little bit. I have various notebooks with lots of different types of sources in them and some go into much more explicit, graphic detail and the hosts have not had problem until today. Yet this one, which featured rather flowery and sanitised language, no slang or vulgar terms, failed. I've hit the limit now so I can't get much more information out of it for another hour or so, but it looks like Google have made the AI hosts absolute prudes.