Dear Lauren, One question, are you talking about a 60 min video podcast or audio podcast?
As a rough guide, audio podcasts are about 1Mb per minute, but if it's speech only, you can fit about 2 minutes into 1Mb, which would make a 60 min talk about 30Mbs. This is not very much space and should pretty easily fit on your web server. Depending on the speed of your listener's connections, there should be a smooth download or streaming of the material. A one hour video podcast is a whole other kettle of fish. I'd recommend editing just the highlights into short separate programs to present as individual podcasts in that case. There' s a lot of information out there about how to do this. This site has some excellent links: http://www.podcastfm.co.uk/podcasting_resources.php Best, Robin Robin White Owen Web 2.0 Strategy & Implementation M: 917/407-7641 T: 646/472-5145 E: robin at mediacombo.net www.mediacombo.net On Jan 19, 2009, at 3:00 PM, mcn-l-request at mcn.edu wrote: > Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to > mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mcn-l-request at mcn.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mcn-l-owner at mcn.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mcn-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Podcasting Advice (Lauren Zalut) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:32:34 -0500 > From: "Lauren Zalut" <Zalut at wagnerfreeinstitute.org> > Subject: [MCN-L] Podcasting Advice > To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: > > <278835DC50C47F4CBE375BE3466D364FAF9A6A at ml330g3.main.wagnerfreeinstitu > te.org> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, > I am new to the Museum Computer Network and I am looking for any > advice regarding podcasting. I work for a small natural history > museum with a very limited budget and we are looking to make > podcasts of past museum lectures available to the public on our > website. I have been told by senior staff that we do not have > enough space on our website, I wonder if anyone knows how much > space a 60 minute podcast would take up. Also, what kind of > technology would be required to post a podcast on our website? > > The museum has a myspace profile, and part of the reason we > established it was the possibility that the podcast could be > downloaded from there. Is that really a viable option? We do have a > completely edited podcast ready to go and hope to have it up and > running by the summer. I would appreciate any suggestions or > advice, it would be very helpful to hear about others' experiences > with podcasting in museums. > > Thank you in advance. > > Sincerely yours, > > Lauren Zalut > Museum Educator and Communications Coordinator > Wagner Free Institute of Science > 1700 W. Montgomery Ave. > Philadelphia, PA 19121 > phone: (215) 763-6529 ext. 17 > www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org > > Become a fan of the Wagner on www.facebook.com! > > Follow us on www.twitter.com! > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > mcn-l mailing list > mcn-l at mcn.edu > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 13 > ************************************* Robin White Owen Web 2.0 Strategy & Implementation M: 917/407-7641 T: 646/472-5145 E: robin at mediacombo.net www.mediacombo.net
