Thanks a bunch.  I am happy to stand corrected.

Onward!

Rob

On Aug 22, 2010, at 9:13 PM, Esther wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> To export a list of your iTunes podcast feeds as an OPML file, select 
> "Podcasts" in your sources list, then navigate to the File menu on your 
> iTunes menu bar (VO-M or Control-F2 to move to the menu bar, press "F"), 
> arrow down and press "L" to move to "LIbrary", right arrow to the Library 
> submenu, then arrow down to "Export Playlist…" and press return.  In the 
> dialog window that appears you can choose a name for your exported file and a 
> location.  Most Podcast programs use OPML files to import/export feed 
> subscriptions, so you should choose "OPML" for the format by navigating (VO 
> Right Arrow) to the pop up button next to "Format", pressing it (VO-Space), 
> and then either pressing "O" or arrowing down to "OPML".
> 
> HTH.  Cheers,
> 
> Esther
> 
> On Aug 22, 2010, Robert Munro wrote:
> 
>> It doesn't look like itunes has a function for exporting your podcast feeds. 
>>  However, you can move the feeds' URLs over one at a time.
>> 
>> 1.  Select an episode of a podcast in itunes.
>> 
>> 2.  Hit VO-shift-m, and choose "copy podcast feed."
>> 
>> 3.  navigate over to Xcast, and hit command-n to bring up the dialog for 
>> adding a new feed.
>> 
>> 4.  Paste the URL in the box with command-v.
>> 
>> 5.  Repeat steps 1-4 for each podcast you want to transfer from itunes.
>> 
>> 6.  Once you copy all your feeds over, interact with the first table and 
>> select all the feeds with command-a.
>> 
>> 7.  Hit VO-shift-m and and select "get info."
>> 
>> 8.  under "automatic download," choose "all new available" in the pop-up 
>> menu.  That will cause Xcast to download new episodes whenever Xcast 
>> refreshes.
>> 
>> 9.  Hit command-, to bring up the prefferences dialog.
>> 
>> 10.  Navigate to the tool bar and interact with it.
>> 
>> 11.  Choose "Feeds" and stop interacting with the tool bar.
>> 
>> 12.  Activate the pop-up menu, and decide how often you want Xcast to check 
>> for new episodes.  I have mine set to check every 30 minutes.
>> 
>> 13.  Back in the tool bar, choose "enclosures."
>> 
>> 14.  Hit the "change" button to change where Xcast saves your downloads.
>> 
>> 15.  Under "default Automatic Enclosures Download," choose "all new 
>> available" from the pop-up menu.
>> 
>> 16.  I have my maximum concurrent downloads set to 8.  You might want to set 
>> it to something lower, depending on your internet connection.  See how the 
>> program behaves for you.
>> 
>> Good luck, and email me with any other questions you have.
>> 
>> Onward!
>> 
>> Rob Munro
>> Harrisonburg, VA 
>> On Aug 22, 2010, at 2:46 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>> 
>>> Can you import your podcast links from itunes? I don't feel like searching 
>>> again. lol!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sarah Alawami
>>> MSN: [email protected] 
>>> aim: [email protected]:
>>> 
>>> website: http://music.marrie.org
>>> youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125
>>> Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com
>>> 
>>> On Aug 22, 2010, at 9:48 AM, Robert Munro wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Try Xcast http://xcast.ch/
>>>> 
>>>> It's a dedicated podcast subscribing tool and it works with VoiceOver.
>>>> 
>>>> On Aug 22, 2010, at 1:24 AM, Justin Ekis wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>  
>>>>> First I'd like to thank those who answered my previous question by 
>>>>> recommending ChronoSync. It's great for keeping the music and podcasts 
>>>>> folders on my stream's SD Card synchronized with the computer. It does 
>>>>> even better than AllwaySync did on windows.
>>>>>  
>>>>> Now I'm looking for some software for downloading podcasts. I suppose I 
>>>>> could still use ITunes for this, but I'd like something small and fast 
>>>>> that is designed  to do one thing well. ITunes is just over-featured and 
>>>>> a little slow, the only Mac application I've seen yet that I would call 
>>>>> bloated.
>>>>>  
>>>>> I loved to use Juice Receiver on windows, it was very accessible and it 
>>>>> was easy to tell which files had been newly downloaded. Unlike ITunes, I 
>>>>> could tell Juice exactly where to keep the files so that the AllwaySync 
>>>>> application could keep it in sync with the card. Unfortunately the OSX 
>>>>> version of Juice is far less accessible. Voiceover identifies almost 
>>>>> every control as unknown. It isn't being developed any longer so there is 
>>>>> nobody I can contact.
>>>>>  
>>>>> Thanks in advance for any tips.
>>>>>  
>>>>> Justin
> 
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