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Podcast: The Complete Documentation

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Create Podcasts Using Your PC

Published on 2005-04-05, by Jake Ludington, ©O'Reilly Media, Inc..

In my previous article, I wrote about receiving podcasts. This time around, I'm walking through the steps required to record and post your own podcast using tools virtually everyone has or can easily acquire on a tiny budget. Ultimately, if you decide to podcast on a regular basis, some equipment upgrades such as the podcast recording kit I recently detailed at JakeLudington.com will drastically improve the sound quality. To learn the process, though, you don't need anything fancy.

Hosting Your Podcasts

Published on 2005-09-07, by Jack Herrington, ©O'Reilly Media, Inc.

The new form of internet subscription audio called podcasting has become wildly popular. Not only because it offers such a wide area of free entertainment, but also because it's so easy to become a podcaster. Producing a podcast can be as easy as recording with the internal microphone on your computer into the free Audacity sound editing program. (Check out What Is Podcasting for a step-by-step guide to getting started.)

But once the MP3 of your podcast is created, where do you put it? Podcast MP3 files are significantly larger than HTML files or JPEG images. On average, a podcast MP3 is ten to 20 megabytes, sometimes going to 40 megabytes or more. That's not only a problem for file storage on the server; it also becomes a bandwidth issue as more listeners subscribe to the podcast.

This article offers several solutions to the hosting problem. These ideas are pulled from the pages of my new book, Podcasting Hacks, on bookshelves now.

How to Make Your Own Podcast

Published on 2005-08-31, by Suzie Ridgeway, ©Designtechnica Corporation.

Podcasts are the latest developments in digital audio broadcasting. Some shows are professionally created by media outlets, such as Disney and ABC News, and others are produced by creative individuals with a microphone and a smidge of know-how. You can listen to anything from the latest sports news from ESPN to a group of random women dishing about pop culture on their girls’ night in. Why, (shameless plug alert) you can even listen to technology news via the new, weekly Designtechnica Podcast.

PodCasting 101: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started

Published on 2005-09-01, by Merle Stinnett, ©Bona Fide Reviews.

Everywhere you turn online these days you hear the word podcast or podcasting. No, it's not some broadcasting method used by Martians, even though it might sound like it. A Podcast is just an audio file that is syndicated via an RSS feed, that you download and listen to with your computer or a portable device such as an iPod.

Receive Podcasts Using Your PC

Published on 2005-03-15, by Jake Ludington, ©O'Reilly Media, Inc..

In October 2004 I wrote what was arguably the first article on receiving podcasts with Windows Media Player™. At the time, client software options were limited, and the process of adding downloaded files to Windows Media Player™ and subsequently transferring them to your favorite portable device was extremely convoluted.

Upgrade Your Podcast for Under $200

Published on 2005, by Jake Ludington, ©Ludington Media, Inc..

Not too long ago I wrote a tutorial on recording a podcast, covering the absolute basics using one of those disposable microphones that ship with many home PCs. The quality of recordings produced with those cheap mics is never very good and they are notorious for picking up all kinds of room noise (which often includes the computer fan noise). Audio clarity ultimately suffers and it becomes vital to seek out better quality tools. If you do any vocal recording with your PC, whether the vocal tracks are talking, singing, yodeling or making strange grunting sounds, having the right equipment for the task is a must.

What Is Podcasting

Published on 2005-07-20, by Phillip Torrone, ©O'Reilly Media, Inc.

The term podcasting derives its name from Apple's iPod, but to create a podcast or even to listen to one, you don't need to own an iPod™, or any portable music player for that matter. In a nutshell, Podcasting is a new type of online media delivery. You publish selected audio files via the internet and allow your users to subscribe via an RSS feed to automatically receive new files. Podcasting lets you create your own syndicated online talkshow or radio program, with content of your choosing.