Hi David,
On Sep 16, 2008, at 3:36 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
google sounds easier.
Maybe that's because my reply instructions were too detailed? How
about if I just said, select your podcasts library and export it as an
OPML file in iTunes. This option is under the iTunes File menu. You
can send the OPML file to any friends who want a copy of your podcast
subscriptions, or you can check the file in TextEdit for both the RSS
feed location and URL web page (if given) for each of your subscribed
podcasts?
An alternative answer would be to just find the podcast page at the
iTunes Store by typing its name into the Power Search, and select the
Podcast page for your subscription. He could actually copy the iTunes
Store URL for the podcast page and save it (control click on the title
of the podcast in the HTML area and use "Copy iTunes Store URL". But
that wasn't what Jessie was asking for; he was asking for the RSS
feed. And if he wants to send them to a particular podcast episode at
the iTunes Store, he can use the contextual menu on that episode
listed in the Songs table to "Copy iTunes Store URL". For example,
last week's Assistive Technology roundtable discussion episode is:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?i=37725381&id=217363884
I'm not sure what he wants to do with this information. If he wants
to send it to a friend who is just starting to use a Mac and start
podcast subscriptions, giving them a copy of his OPML file and telling
them to import it is a heck of a lot easier than googling each one and
doing a copy and paste of the list, then telling them to subscribe to
each one individually. And the feed URL information as well as the
hosting web page is all in the OPML file. They can also use this
cross-platform if they use a different podcatcher and not iTunes.
Cheers,
Esther
David, I think Jessie wanted to get the RSS for podcasts from his
iTunes library.
Subject: getting rss address
hello i would like to know does anyone have any idea how to get an
address to a podcast that you subscribed to in itunes?
David Poehlman wrote:
you could google it.
OK, the organiziation of iTunes commands has changed in iTunes 8.
This information is under a new menu folder item callled "Library" in
the File menu.
1. Select "Podcasts" in your Sources Table
2. Navigate to the File menu on your menu bar (VO-keys+M; press "F")
3. Navigate to the Library submenu (arrow down; press "L"; arrow
right)
4. Navigate to the "Export Playlist" option (quickest way is to arrow
up once) and press return
5. A save dialogue window will pop up prompting you to supply a file
name, location, and format. VO-right arrow to the format popup button
and set this to "OPML". The default name will be Podcasts.opml, and
the default location will be you Documents folder. Change these as
you prefer, then press return (or VO-right arrow to the Save button
and press it with VO-space).
6. You can send this OPML file to a friend, and he can import it in
iTunes to get the subscription addresses of all your podcast
subscriptions, or you can open this in TextEdit and find, for example:
<outline text="VoiceOver Getting Started for Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard"
type="rss"
xmlUrl="http://www.apple.com/podcasts/voiceover-leopard/voiceover_leopard.xml
" htmlUrl="http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/"; />
which tells you that the RSS feed for the VoiceOver getting started in
Leopard podcasts is:
http://www.apple.com/podcasts/voiceover-leopard/voiceover_leopard.xml
and that the assocated web page is:
http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/
Or, as another example:
<outline text="The Assistive Technology Show" type="rss"
xmlUrl="http://feeds.feedburner.com/atshow
" />
This is Steve's Assistive Technology Show that did the roundtable
discussion last week. There's no web page given (for the iTunes Store
podcast page), but the RSS feed is:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/atshow
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Esther
