European Alternatives to Riverside
Looking for a European alternative to Riverside? Riverside is provided by RiversideFM, Inc., registered in the State of Delaware with a Palo Alto address, and its terms send disputes to binding individual arbitration. The free plan caps video at 720p with a Riverside watermark and 44.1 kHz audio, and the Pro plan is listed at $288 billed annually.
The European tools below cover remote podcast recording from companies in the UK, Germany, Italy, Austria and Denmark. Riverside is stronger on all-in-one 4K video, editing and AI tools, while several European options are free or audio-focused.
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12 European Alternatives to Riverside
Cleanfeed
Browser audio studio from a UK LLP, free tier included
Podigee
Berlin podcast host with a built-in recording studio
ipDTL
Broadcast-style audio link from Hebden Bridge, no install
StreamYard
Browser studio to record or stream with guests
Studio Link
Open-source audio-over-IP for podcast guests and plug-ins
Whereby
Norwegian browser video rooms with optional recording
Auphonic
Austrian audio post-production, free for two hours monthly
Hindenburg
Copenhagen spoken-word editor for journalists and podcasters
Jitsi
Open-source video meetings you can self-host
Livestorm
Lyon webinar platform with on-demand and restreaming
Soundation
Stockholm online studio for recording and co-creating
Mixlr
London live-audio broadcasting with local recording
Key takeaways
- Riverside is sold by RiversideFM, Inc., a Delaware corporation with a Palo Alto address, and its terms of use require individual arbitration.
- Riverside lists its Pro plan at $288 billed annually, and its free plan caps video at 720p with a watermark and 44.1 kHz audio.
- Cleanfeed (United Kingdom) offers a free Lite plan with commercial use allowed and no watermark, but records audio only.
- Podigee (Germany) combines hosting with a browser recording studio from its EUR 29 per month GROW plan.
- Auphonic (Austria) and Hindenburg (Denmark) replace the editing side of Riverside, not the recording studio.
Why people leave Riverside
Riverside is a browser studio for recording podcasts and video interviews with remote guests, sold by RiversideFM, Inc. Its about page says two brothers, Gideon and Nadav, founded it in 2020. The home page now lists recording, an AI text-based editor, live streaming, webinars, hosting and newsletters as separate products under one login. For many shows it is the first and only tool they open.
The company is registered in the State of Delaware, and its German imprint page gives a Palo Alto street address, a Delaware registry number and no VAT ID. The terms of use name RiversideFM, Inc. as the provider and send claims to binding arbitration on an individual basis. A podcaster in Lyon or Leipzig therefore signs a US contract, even when every guest and every listener is in Europe.
People who look elsewhere rarely start with the contract. They notice that a watermark sits on their free recordings, that an audio-only show pays for 4K video it never uses, or that a client in the public sector asks who the processor is and where the files go. Those three questions drive most of the switching described below.
- The free plan is a trial with a watermark Riverside's free plan includes 2 hours of multitrack recording, video up to 720p, 44.1 kHz audio and a Riverside watermark. Removing the watermark, reaching 4K and getting 48 kHz audio means the Pro plan, which its pricing page lists at $288 billed annually. Cleanfeed Lite, by contrast, has no watermark and allows commercial use, though it holds only 2 guests and records audio.
- A US contract with arbitration and automatic renewal The terms of use name RiversideFM, Inc. and require individual binding arbitration, with a waiver of class actions. They also state that a subscription renews for the same period unless you cancel. A European tool such as Podigee or Auphonic sits under a German or Austrian company register, with German or Austrian courts in the terms, which is easier to explain to a client or a works council.
- You buy a suite when you wanted a recorder The Riverside home page lists seven product areas, from webinars and newsletters to AI clones and translation. A podcaster who only wants separate voice tracks pays for that breadth inside the plan price. The European field splits the job: Cleanfeed or ipDTL records, Auphonic cleans, Hindenburg edits, Podigee hosts. That costs more setup but each piece can be swapped.
- Documents of very different age The Riverside terms were updated on 5 October 2026, while the privacy policy on the same site shows a last revision date of 22 June 2022 and mentions Riverside.fm, the former name. An older policy does not prove anything wrong, but a data protection officer who reads it will ask how it covers the AI features the home page now advertises.
What you have to replace, not just match
Riverside is not one product, so the first job is to list what you actually use. Most shows use four things: a guest link, a recording per voice, a way to cut the episode and a place to publish. Riverside also offers webinars, live streaming, newsletters, an AI clone, translation and a mobile app, and few European vendors cover those under one roof.
On the recording side, Cleanfeed and ipDTL give audio with a track per guest, Studio Link records into a desktop editor, and StreamYard handles video guests with a live-first design. On the editing side, Hindenburg edits by transcript and Auphonic levels and denoises. On the publishing side, Podigee hosts and also has a recording studio from its GROW plan.
Video is the gap to plan around. Riverside records each participant locally at up to 4K on Pro, according to its pricing page. Among the twelve European tools here, StreamYard offers 4K local recordings only on its Advanced plan and Cleanfeed has video only on the Cinema tier. If your show is a video interview, test that before you cancel Riverside.
The alternatives compared
| Position | Tool | Headquarters | Pricing | Jurisdiction |
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| #1 | Cleanfeed | not shown on the pages we read, United Kingdom | Lite: free, commercial use included, 2 guests. Pro: listed from $12 monthly (higher business rate; GBP and EUR prices also listed). Cinema: $2500 yearly for the first seat. Prices exclude VAT. | United Kingdom (adequacy decision, outside the EEA) |
| #2 | Podigee | Berlin, Germany | LAUNCH EUR 0; STARTER EUR 19/month; GROW EUR 29/month; SCALE EUR 39/month; CREATOR EUR 59/month (monthly billing, about 8% less on yearly billing) | EU (Germany) |
| #3 | ipDTL | Hebden Bridge, United Kingdom | Subscription based; prices not shown in the text we read | United Kingdom (adequacy decision, outside the EEA) |
| #4 | StreamYard | Milan, Italy | Free; Essential $14.99/mo billed yearly ($18.99 monthly); Core $35.99 ($44.99); Advanced $68.99 ($88.99) | EU (Italy) |
| #5 | Studio Link | Rahden, Germany | Freemium open-source desktop clients free; paid plans Basic, Standard, Pro priced per month in euros including VAT by number of registered clients (1-4, 5-9, 10) | EU (Germany) |
| #6 | Whereby | Oslo, Norway | Free (1 room, 45 min) / from €6.99/month per host | EEA, not EU (Norway) |
| #7 | Auphonic | Eibiswald, Austria | Free for 2 hours a month (jingle added); recurring credit plans S (9 h), M (21 h), L (45 h), XL (100 h), XXL (250 h); prices without VAT; euro amounts not in the text we read | EU (Austria) |
| #8 | Hindenburg | Copenhagen, Denmark | not shown on the pages we read; trial offered | EU (Denmark) |
| #9 | Jitsi Meet | Originally Strasbourg, France | Free and open source | Wherever you host it |
| #10 | Livestorm | Paris, France | Free plan / from about €79/month (Pro) | EU (France) |
| #11 | Soundation | Stockholm, Sweden | Plan prices not readable in the page text we saved | EU (Sweden) |
| #12 | Mixlr | London, United Kingdom | Intermediate: EUR 49 per month billed monthly, or EUR 38 per month billed annually, unlimited live streaming and 120 recordings or uploads; Advanced and Enterprise listed | United Kingdom (adequacy decision, outside the EEA) |
How each alternative compares to Riverside
Best for: Audio-only hosts who want a free start and a separate track for each guest
Cleanfeed LLP runs a browser audio studio from the United Kingdom. Its Lite plan costs nothing, allows commercial use and holds 2 guests with unlimited recording time. Pro raises the limit to 32 guests and adds an isolated track per guest, plus markers, notes and buffer control. Riverside has none of the Lite generosity: its free plan keeps a watermark.
Against Riverside the trade is scope. Cleanfeed records and routes audio and leaves editing, hosting and AI to other tools. Its privacy page says no media stays at rest on its servers, which helps a data protection review but leaves backup of the files to you. The Pro price text we read was partly garbled, so confirm the figure in your currency.
What Cleanfeed does better than Riverside
- Free plan without a watermark and with commercial use allowed
- Up to 32 guests on Pro, with an isolated track per guest
- States that it keeps no media at rest on its servers
- Prices listed in dollars, pounds and euros
Where Cleanfeed is a step down from Riverside
- No video below the Cinema tier, which costs $2500 yearly for the first seat
- No editor, hosting or AI tools
- Lite has no multitrack recording
Standout against Riverside. Cleanfeed is the only tool here that records guests without keeping any media on its own servers.
Best for: Creators who want recording, hosting and distribution under one German contract
Podigee GmbH in Berlin sells podcast hosting first. The recording studio arrives with the GROW plan at EUR 29 per month and takes up to 8 people in the browser, according to the site. Distribution to 15 platforms, a podcast website and an import tool for moving an existing show come with the paid plans. Riverside offers hosting too, but as one product among seven.
The company is registered at Amtsgericht Berlin Charlottenburg, and its privacy policy names Hetzner in Germany as infrastructure provider. Podigee says it has more than 11,000 paying customers, which is a vendor claim. The caps are the catch: every paid plan limits audience size, and dynamic ad insertion starts at EUR 39 per month on SCALE.
What Podigee does better than Riverside
- Hosting, website and recording sit in one German contract
- Pays by card or SEPA, with euro prices from a free LAUNCH plan
- Names Hetzner in Germany as infrastructure provider
- Registered with a Berlin commercial register number
Where Podigee is a step down from Riverside
- Recording studio only from GROW, so cheaper plans have none
- Audience-size caps on every paid plan
- No 4K video recording or AI clips like Riverside
Standout against Riverside. Podigee is the only tool in this list that records the episode and also publishes it to 15 directories.
Best for: Radio-style shows needing stable multitrack WAV links, SIP or phone dial-in
In:Quality Limited has run ipDTL from Hebden Bridge since 2013, according to its About page. The founding director, Kevin Leach, is a former radio host and BBC sound engineer. A host logs in, shares a link or dials a SIP address, and guests join from a browser with a USB microphone or audio interface. Multitrack WAV recording and up to 6 remote connections are listed.
Compared with Riverside, ipDTL gives up video and the whole editing layer, and takes on an audio routing matrix and phone dial-out. Riverside does not stress SIP at all. Prices were not in the pages we read, so the cost against Riverside's $288 yearly Pro plan cannot be judged. Expect an interface written for people who know codecs.
What ipDTL does better than Riverside
- SIP addresses and phone dial-out for guests without a computer
- Audio routing matrix across up to 6 remote connections
- Company, address and founding year named on its own pages
- Aimed at broadcast quality rather than social clips
Where ipDTL is a step down from Riverside
- Audio only, no video, editor, transcription or hosting
- Prices and server location not shown in the text we read
- Interface built for broadcast users, not first-time podcasters
Standout against Riverside. ipDTL is the only tool here that lets a guest join by dialling a SIP address or phone number.
Best for: Hosts of video shows who record or stream with guests and want a free plan
Bending Spoons Operations S.p.A. in Milan publishes StreamYard, and its footer gives a Milan register number. Guests join on screen from a browser. The Free plan carries a StreamYard logo, 6 on-screen participants and 2 hours of local recordings a month. Core adds cloud recording and 50 hours of permanent storage, and Advanced adds 4K local recordings.
Against Riverside, the emphasis moves from recording quality to live output and branding overlays. Whether each guest gets a separate track is not confirmed on the pages we read, and that is the main reason podcasters pick Riverside. Prices are in US dollars, and the Essential, Core and Advanced plans are for individual use only.
What StreamYard does better than Riverside
- Italian contracting entity with a Milan address
- Multistreaming and branding overlays built in
- Free plan with local recordings, though with a logo
- Plans from $14.99 a month billed yearly
Where StreamYard is a step down from Riverside
- Separate guest tracks not confirmed in the text we read
- Terms page returned no text, so the contract stays unverified
- Individual plans exclude company use; companies need Business plans
Standout against Riverside. StreamYard is the only tool here that records and live-streams the same guest session from one browser studio.
Best for: Technical podcasters who record in a DAW such as Reaper or Ultraschall
IT-Service Sebastian Reimers in Rahden, Germany, publishes Studio Link. The free tier consists of open-source desktop clients for Windows, macOS and Linux with multitrack recording and no registration, plus a plug-in in VST, AU and LV2 formats for Reaper and Ultraschall. Riverside has no open-source client and no DAW plug-in.
The vendor is a sole trader with a German VAT ID, not a company, and the site footer reads 2013-2022 while the privacy policy is dated 30 March 2021. Paid Basic, Standard and Pro plans add custom names, OnAir streams and the QuickWeb guest link, priced in euros including VAT. QuickWeb is not part of Basic. A newcomer will find the Riverside studio simpler.
What Studio Link does better than Riverside
- Free open-source clients with multitrack recording
- Plug-in for Reaper and Ultraschall inside the DAW
- Euro prices that include VAT, with Hetzner named as hosting provider
- Runs on Linux as well as Windows and macOS
Where Studio Link is a step down from Riverside
- Audio only, with no video, hosted editor or AI layer
- Sole-trader vendor with documents dated 2021 and 2022
- Guests without software need a paid plan with QuickWeb
Standout against Riverside. Studio Link is the only tool here whose client code is open source and runs inside Reaper.
Best for: Interviews where guests refuse to install anything and a single mixed recording is enough
Whereby AS in Oslo, the former Appear.in, offers browser rooms where guests click a link and join without an account. The free plan has one room, up to 100 participants and 45-minute meetings. Pro costs EUR 6.99 per host per month, removes the time limit and includes recording. Riverside is built around recording quality; Whereby is built around the room.
The pages we read do not describe a separate track per guest, so editing a two-voice interview afterwards may be harder than with Riverside. Norway is in the EEA, so GDPR applies through the EEA agreement, though it is outside the EU. Whereby is a good fit for a client call you also want to keep, less so for a polished show.
What Whereby does better than Riverside
- Permanent room links that guests open without an account
- Pro at EUR 6.99 per host a month is cheaper than Riverside's Pro
- Norwegian company under GDPR via the EEA
- Breakout rooms and screen sharing for non-podcast meetings
Where Whereby is a step down from Riverside
- No per-guest tracks described, so editing a mix is harder
- Sound quality depends on each guest's browser and hardware
- No editor, hosting or transcription for podcast production
Standout against Riverside. Whereby is the only tool here that gives each show a permanent room URL that guests join with no account.
Best for: Podcasters who record in any tool and want leveling and noise reduction applied automatically
Auphonic GmbH in Eibiswald, Austria, does not record calls. It takes audio you already have and applies noise and reverb reduction, an intelligent leveler, filler-word and silence cutting, and speech to text with chapters. Its feature list also includes watch folders and an API, so a Cleanfeed export can flow into it with no manual upload.
The free allowance is 2 hours of processed audio a month, with a jingle added to free productions. The terms follow Austrian law with courts in Graz, and media may sit on Germany-based servers or in Cloudflare R2 buckets restricted to EU jurisdiction. Cloudflare is a non-European supplier, so name that in your processor list. Euro plan prices were not readable.
What Auphonic does better than Riverside
- Automatic leveling and noise reduction for multitrack files
- Austrian law and Graz courts in the terms
- EU-restricted storage option stated explicitly
- API and watch folders for batch workflows
Where Auphonic is a step down from Riverside
- Cannot record a guest call at all
- Free productions carry a jingle
- Part of the storage uses a US-owned supplier, Cloudflare
Standout against Riverside. Auphonic is the only tool here that offers leveling and noise reduction as a service with an API.
Best for: Journalists and producers who edit spoken-word audio on a desktop and import guest files
Hindenburg Systems ApS in Copenhagen builds spoken-word editing software; its about page says the idea started with colleagues at the Danish National Broadcasting Corporation. Hindenburg PRO 2 supports editing by transcript. A Narrator edition is aimed at audiobooks and a field recorder app runs on the iPhone. Licences exist for personal, business and education use, and a trial is offered.
Against Riverside, this is a different workflow: you record elsewhere, import the files and edit on the desktop. Riverside's browser editor and its AI clips have no counterpart here. Prices and data locations were not on the pages we read, and a desktop editor takes longer to learn than a browser one.
What Hindenburg does better than Riverside
- Built for spoken-word production by people with radio roots
- Editing by transcript in PRO 2 on the desktop
- Separate licences for personal, business and education
- Danish company registration with a Copenhagen address
Where Hindenburg is a step down from Riverside
- No remote guest recording on the pages we read
- Desktop only, with no browser editor or shared projects
- Prices and data location not shown
Standout against Riverside. Hindenburg is the only tool here designed from the start as an editor for journalists.
Best for: Technical teams that want to host the call themselves and keep every file in their own infrastructure
Jitsi Meet started in Strasbourg in 2003 under Emil Ivov and is now stewarded by 8x8, Inc. as an open-source project under Apache 2.0. No account is needed for hosts or participants. Recording can go to a local file or to storage such as Dropbox, and the Jibri component handles server-side recording. Riverside does none of this on your own server.
Jitsi is a conference tool, not a podcast studio. The pages we read do not mention separate tracks for each speaker, and self-hosting needs real administration skill. The public meet.jit.si service means trusting 8x8's servers. If you want data sovereignty and have someone to run a server, Jitsi is the cheapest route.
What Jitsi Meet does better than Riverside
- Free and open source, with code anyone can audit
- Self-hostable in the EU on Hetzner, OVHcloud or Scaleway
- No account required for hosts or guests
- Recording goes to local files or your own storage
Where Jitsi Meet is a step down from Riverside
- No per-speaker tracks or podcast editing described
- Self-hosting needs technical expertise
- Public service relies on a US-headquartered steward
Standout against Riverside. Jitsi Meet is the only tool here you can install on your own server and keep every recording there.
Best for: Marketing and training teams running registered webinars with CRM follow-up
Livestorm SAS in Paris, founded in 2016, runs webinars in the browser. Registration pages, reminder emails, polls, Q&A and attendance analytics sit around the live session. Native integrations connect to Salesforce and HubSpot. The free plan allows unlimited events with up to 30 attendees and 20 minutes each, and every paid plan includes unlimited events and recordings.
Livestorm replaces Riverside's webinar and live product, not the podcast recorder. Pro costs about EUR 79 per month for up to 100 attendees and 4 hours per event, a steep price for occasional use. Data sits in EU data centres. A show that wants a registered live audience can use Livestorm next to a separate recorder.
What Livestorm does better than Riverside
- Registration, reminders and CRM sync around each event
- Data in EU data centres under a French company
- Free plan with unlimited events for testing
- Recordings included on all paid plans
Where Livestorm is a step down from Riverside
- Not meant for recording a podcast conversation
- Pro at about EUR 79 per month costs more than most podcast tools
- Custom domains and SSO need higher plans
Standout against Riverside. Livestorm is the only tool here that handles registration and email reminders for live audiences.
Best for: Beginners and remote collaborators who build music or jingles together in a browser
Soundation AB in Stockholm runs an online studio where several people co-create in real time through a shared link. A Simple Sampler turns recorded or imported audio into playable instruments, and an AI called Gennie generates samples from text prompts under a separate addendum governed by Swedish law. The terms mention an Educational Plan. The Riverside pages we read list no music-making tools.
It is a stretch to call Soundation a Riverside alternative for interviews. The pages we read do not describe guest voice recording, track limits or post-production, and the plan prices were not readable. Use it for intros, stings and music beds, then pair it with a recorder such as Cleanfeed for the conversation itself.
What Soundation does better than Riverside
- Shared-link collaboration on one project in real time
- Sampler and music tools that Riverside does not offer
- Swedish company with a Stockholm address in the terms
- Education plan described in the terms
Where Soundation is a step down from Riverside
- Remote interview recording not described on the pages we read
- Plan prices, track limits and plug-in support unreadable
- Needs a stable connection since everything runs in the browser
Standout against Riverside. Soundation is the only tool here that turns recorded audio into a playable instrument in the browser.
Best for: Shows that go live as audio first and keep the recording as an archive afterwards
Mixlr Ltd, registered in England and Wales under number 07384299, runs a live audio platform. Mixlr Studio streams live, records studio-quality audio locally, takes unlimited inputs and triggers sound effects and playlists. Each channel gets a public page with upcoming events and past recordings. This matches the live streaming product of Riverside more than its recorder.
The Intermediate plan costs EUR 49 per month billed monthly or EUR 38 billed annually, with unlimited live streaming and up to 120 recordings or uploads. A long archive therefore needs a higher plan or other storage. The pages we read describe no guest recording, the imprint page was empty and the server location is not stated.
What Mixlr does better than Riverside
- Live audio streaming without time limits
- Euro prices and a public channel page with an archive
- Local studio-quality recording in Mixlr Studio
- Company registered with number and London address
Where Mixlr is a step down from Riverside
- No remote guest recording described
- Recordings capped at 120 on the Intermediate plan
- Imprint page empty and data location not stated
Standout against Riverside. Mixlr is the only tool here built around a public channel page for live audio and its archive.
What actually breaks when you switch
Moving off Riverside starts with your archive. Download the raw files per episode before you cancel, because Riverside stores projects in its own cloud and your Pro plan renews automatically unless you cancel, according to its terms. Cleanfeed keeps no media at rest, so there is nothing to export from it, and you must save each session at the end of the call.
The second break is the guest experience. Guests who know a Riverside link will meet a different layout, different microphone prompts and, for Studio Link or ipDTL, a different audio setup. Run a test call with each regular guest before the first live episode. The third break is editing: Riverside's browser editor will not carry over, so budget time to learn Hindenburg, a DAW or a transcript-based editor.
Can a European tool match Riverside for video interviews?
Only partly. Riverside records each participant on their own device and lists video up to 4K on its Pro plan. StreamYard from Milan comes closest on video: guests join from a browser, and its Advanced plan adds 4K local recordings. Whether StreamYard saves a separate track for each guest is not stated on the pages we read, so test it with a real call.
For audio-only shows the answer is easier. Cleanfeed, ipDTL and Studio Link all record audio with a track per voice, and none of them needs video bandwidth. If your video is a side product, record audio in one of those and add video in a second tool.
What does Riverside cost compared with the European options?
Riverside lists Pro at $288 billed annually. Cleanfeed Lite is free, Podigee has a free LAUNCH plan and then runs from EUR 19 to EUR 59 per month, Auphonic is free for 2 hours of audio a month, and StreamYard Essential starts at $14.99 a month billed yearly.
The comparison is not like for like. Podigee's cheaper plans have no recording studio, and several European tools show no price on the pages we read: ipDTL, Hindenburg and Soundation. Ask for a quote before you compare totals.
Which one to pick
If your show is audio, start with Cleanfeed for the call, Auphonic for the clean-up and Podigee or another host for publishing. If you work in Reaper or Ultraschall, Studio Link fits better than a browser studio. If you need phone or SIP guests, ipDTL is the specialist. If you want to host on your own servers, look at Jitsi Meet.
If your show is video, accept that no European tool in this list copies Riverside fully. StreamYard gets closest on video guests and 4K local recordings on Advanced, and Livestorm covers registered webinars. Keep Riverside for a month alongside the new tool and compare the files before you cancel.
Frequently Asked Questions
It depends on the part of Riverside you use. For free audio recording with a track per guest, Cleanfeed from the United Kingdom. For hosting plus recording in one German tool, Podigee. For broadcast-style audio links with SIP, ipDTL. For video guests, StreamYard from Italy. For cleaning and editing, Auphonic from Austria and Hindenburg from Denmark.
Yes, in several forms. Cleanfeed Lite is free with commercial use for 2 guests, Studio Link's open-source desktop clients are free and record multitrack, Jitsi Meet is free and open source under Apache 2.0, and Auphonic processes 2 hours a month at no cost, adding a jingle. Each covers a different slice of what Riverside bundles.
The terms of use name RiversideFM, Inc. Its German imprint page shows a Palo Alto address, a Delaware registry number and the line that no VAT ID exists. The about page says the brothers Gideon and Nadav founded the company in 2020. The contract is a US one, with individual arbitration for disputes.
Yes. Cleanfeed, ipDTL, StreamYard and Whereby run in a browser, and guests only need a link. Studio Link's QuickWeb gives guests a browser link too, but it needs a paid plan and Basic does not include it. Jitsi Meet also runs without accounts, though it is a meeting tool rather than a studio.
Not always, and several do not say. Podigee and Studio Link name Hetzner in Germany, Auphonic names Germany-based servers or EU-restricted Cloudflare R2 buckets, and Livestorm states EU data centres. Cleanfeed says it keeps no media at rest. StreamYard, ipDTL, Hindenburg, Soundation and Mixlr do not state a location on the pages we read.
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