are there any podcasts that are not on the ITunes directory? I think I'll use ITunes.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:21 PM Subject: Re: getting rss address Hi David, David Poehlman wrote: > Hi Ester, > > YOur info is enlightening for anumber of reasons. If I want to > subscribe to > a podcast though and I have the url for it, can I use this info in > ITunes? If you want to subscribe to a podcast and have the URL for its feed then yes, you can use that address to subscribe in iTunes. Select the "Subscribe to podcast" option under the Advanced menu on the iTunes menu bar and type or paste in the RSS feed URL in the dialogue window that appears. This method works to subscribe to any podcast, whether or not it is listed and available through the iTunes Store. This would be a way to Shane Jackson's podcast (recall he did a nice one on iTunes several months ago), which isn't listed at the iTunes Store. I believe the iTunes servers keep their own feed copies, so in principle they could be using a different feed address than the one you get through Google. iTunes read the feed address and creates a new folder for each new address, then labels it with the name of the podcast as carried on the feed. This means that if the designated server for a podcast changes, you'll have two different folders, each with the same podcast name, but with the contents from two different feeds. As long as you continue to use the same feed you should be fine, but if your podcast producer decides to change his hosting source, you'll get a second folder with the same name. The nice features about using the iTunes Store podcast page is that (for feeds that you can easily see what episodes are currently on the feed and download individual episodes (based on reading their episode description or possibly from sampling the start of the podcast) without having to subscribe to the whole podcast series. You can also give people an iTunes URL that will take them directly to a specific episode -- that episode will be selected in the songs table for the podcast page at the iTunes Store when you use that URL. In addition. the HTML area of the podcast page is now accessible, and contains a link to the podcast web page URL. That web page can contain other information related to the podcast, for example, in the case of an NPR book review it might contain links to a streaming author interview or a transcript of the program, or links to earlier topic-related interviews. For the BBC In Our Time podcasts, the web site has links to additional resources on the web for each program. The iTunes Store podcast page will also contain additional suggestions for other podcasts subscribed to by people who chose to subscribe to a particular podcast. And their are also ratings and review comments. So, yes, you can Google for a podcast URL and subscribe to it, but you can also get a lot more if you are using podcasts that you found listed at the iTunes Store. And I believe that Jessie was starting from the point that he already had subscribed to these podcasts through iTunes. Why should he have to do a separate Google search when the information is already in his iTunes subscription? Cheers, Esther > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Esther" > > 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > >
