audio_too_long · 3006 · HTTP 422
The media is longer than this account can transcribe in one request - either past the AI-transcription length limit, or past what the remaining credit balance covers. No audio was downloaded, so nothing was charged. Distinct from no_speech, which means audio WAS transcribed and carried no speech. Retrying the same media changes nothing; the response's message says which limit applied.
Example response
{ "ok": false, "request_id": "req_…", "error": { "code": "audio_too_long", "number": 3006, "message": "The media is longer than this account can transcribe in one request - either past the AI-transcription length limit, or past what the remaining credit balance covers. No audio was downloaded, so nothing was charged. Distinct from no_speech, which means audio WAS transcribed and carried no speech. Retrying the same media changes nothing; the response's message says which limit applied.", "docs": "https://transcriptfetch.com/docs/errors/audio_too_long" } }
Every failure carries error.code, error.number, error.message and error.docs, plus at most one of retry_with (the request change that would succeed), details (structured specifics) or issues (validation problems). Family: 3xxx · this input cannot be served.
What it means
Too long to transcribe. The media is longer than this account can transcribe in one request - either past the AI-transcription length limit, or past what the remaining credit balance covers. No audio was downloaded, so nothing was charged. Distinct from no_speech, which means audio WAS transcribed and carried no speech. Retrying the same media changes nothing; the response's message says which limit applied.
Shown to end users as: “This video is longer than we can transcribe. Try a shorter video, or fetch its captions instead.”
Why it happens
- Too long to transcribe. The media is longer than this account can transcribe in one request - either past the AI-transcription length limit, or past what the remaining credit balance covers. No audio was downloaded, so nothing was charged. Distinct from no_speech, which means audio WAS transcribed and carried no speech. Retrying the same media changes nothing; the response's message says which limit applied.
What to do
- Permanent for this input: the same request will fail the same way, so do not retry unchanged. Failed requests are never charged.
- AI transcription would not help here: the content itself is not accessible to fetch.
request_id; include it when contacting support.Related errors
- unsupported_platform (3001), an input on a platform we do not serve at all