On Sunday 01 May 2005 12:53 am, Robert Citek wrote: > On Saturday, Apr 30, 2005, at 20:36 US/Central, Scott Granneman wrote: > > http://www.sciencefriday.com/audio/scifriaudio.xml > > > > now if only Fresh Air was available, i'd be happy. > > So, I've read up a little on podcasting ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting ) but am still not quite clear > on what it is or what I do with it or what I need to get it to work. > The obvious thing seemed to be opening the link with FireFox, which > didn't work. The link is just XML. The next obvious thing seemed to > be copying the URL in to iTunes. Nope, even though podcasting has > something to do with audio, that didn't work either.
the following assumes you know what rss is. if you don't, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_%28file_format%29. 1. get a rss feedreader that supports enclosures (the mp3 files that are the basis for the podcasts). one that runs on your client machine will hopefully download enclosures; one that is web-based, like bloglines (http://www.bloglines.com), will provide a link to the enclosure that you can download. or, you can get a specific podcast client tool that only works with rss feeds that contain enclosures, like: a. windows: ipodder http://ipodder.sourceforge.net/ b. linux: bashpodder http://linc.homeunix.org:8080/scripts/bashpodder c. mac os x: ipodder http://ipodder.sourceforge.net/ you can find a list of podcast clients at http://www.ipodder.org/directory/4/ipodderSoftware. 2. subscribe to rss feeds that contain podcasts/enclosures. i previously included such a feed in my last email. if anyone is interested, i can send a list of other podcast feeds i'm subscribed to. 3. once every 24 hrs, your feedreader connects to the rss feed and downloads the enclosure, which is, in effect, the podcast. 99.9% of the time, this is an mp3 file. 4. ideally, your podcast software automatically transfers the enclosure - the mp3 file - to your iPod/iRiver/digital music device. then when you get up in the morning, you take your device with you to listen to on your commute or throughout the day. otherwise, you copy the files manually to your music device on your schedule. 5. don't forget to delete the enclosures/mp3s off your computer! and that, my friends, is podcasting. for more, read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting or this: http://www.ipodder.org/whatIsPodcasting scott -- R. Scott Granneman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications: http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book on Firefox: Don't Click on the Blue E! Info at: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bluee/ Read the Open Source Blog: http://opensource.weblogsinc.com Join GranneNotes! Information at www.granneman.com "You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance." ---Ray Bradbury _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list http://www.cwelug.org/ [email protected] http://lists.firepipe.net/listinfo/cwe-lug
