Looking for help setting up a podcast

[philchenevert]

Yep. I want to set up a podcast and am just looking for someone with experience or knowledge or even just advice about that. The content will be audio and hosted on the Internet ARchive.

[andy5995]

Will any of these meet your purpose?

VLC Media player
http://www.videolan.org/doc/streaming-howto/en/ch02.html

Music Player Daemon
http://www.musicpd.org/

Network Audio System
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Audio_System

[sjmarky]

I just recently closed the SciPodCast after 7 or 8 years. Published via iWeb (I think you're a Mac guy, right?). iWeb's a snap. Once you have it up and running, it's easy to submit it to iTunes. The others like libsyn are a royal PITA. I did that for a short interim after Apple stopped hosting, but iWeb works just as well with any other host. If you are Mac feel free to get in touch. Used GarageBand first, then later Logic to do my episodes. GB actually worked just fine; I was using Logic for punch-and-roll and just prefer to stick with one software.

[ToddHW]

Since you're a man of so many talents, what is it going to be about?

* How to make cute smilies with dancing pickles?
* How to make how to videos?
* How to have an inexhaustable supply of zinger signature lines?
* Your favorite Gumbo Recipies?

Todd

[philchenevert]

Since you're a man of so many talents, what is it going to be about?

* How to make cute smilies with dancing pickles?
* How to make how to videos?
* How to have an inexhaustable supply of zinger signature lines?
* Your favorite Gumbo Recipies?

Todd

HA! Perhaps about all those things, I don't know. The truth is that I teach classes for our local Computer Club (Cajun Clickers) for older folks and I plan to do one on the newer social media methods. Podcasting is still a dark area for me (meaning I don't know diddlysquat about it) so I thought I should set up and actually do one myself to learn about it. But since you ask, I am also teaching a class called "Why Do We Say That?" for another 'older folks' group called OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) that deals with strange word and phrase origins which is another of my life long interests. One of the people in it suggested that a podcast called that would be interesting so I may do a few shows with that theme since I already have the material. Once I get one set up I will decide more but it is proving hard for me to grasp the concepts. Oh well.......... Can I count on you to subscribe or join the feed or whatever the strange jargon is once I have it running?

[philchenevert]

I just recently closed the SciPodCast after 7 or 8 years. Published via iWeb (I think you're a Mac guy, right?). iWeb's a snap. Once you have it up and running, it's easy to submit it to iTunes. The others like libsyn are a royal PITA. I did that for a short interim after Apple stopped hosting, but iWeb works just as well with any other host. If you are Mac feel free to get in touch. Used GarageBand first, then later Logic to do my episodes. GB actually worked just fine; I was using Logic for punch-and-roll and just prefer to stick with one software.

Thanks Mark (and Andy). I am not a Mac guy sad to say, so I can's use iWeb. I very much envy your long experience in doing podcasts. Looking at it from the outside like I am, it seems like a tangled mass of spagetti that I've got to unravel. So far I have set up a blog with Blogger.com and have learned how to insert an audio file into it. I have decided to put my audio files on IA; hope that works since it is free. The next part of how to get something called an RSS feed will be worked on soon. I will be using Audacity to record and edit. Any advice on what the next step is?

[andy5995]

An RSS feed typically contains either links to a web page (i.e. a new post or news article), or in the case of a "podcast" contains direct download links to audio files. With a blogger site, an RSS feed is automatically generated, and updated, when you create a new post. Anyone with a "feed reader" who has subscribed (added the single URL to your RSS feed) will see in their reader that there is a new post on your blog.

You could simply provide a direct download link to an audio file in a new post.

The info I gave you was for streaming, which goes beyond what you're looking for. If blogger allows users to upload audio files, with no limits, you're pretty much all set. I mean, you don't have to worry about where the audio will be hosted, and the RSS feed is updated automatically, so you don't have to worry about learning how to manually code an xml, atom, etc RSS feed.

And there a plenty of free and open source feed readers available these days. Firefox, for example, has the capability built in now. Users can add "Live Bookmarks" which is the URL to an RSS feed.

News aggregator on wikipedia

UPDATE:
Excuse me, I forgot to take into account that software and devices can download the embedded audio files in a podcast automatically. They simple method I described above wouldn't work for that. But apparently it can be done with Blogger.

See How to Make a Podcast Feed from Blogger

[philchenevert]

An RSS feed typically contains either links to a web page (i.e. a new post or news article), or in the case of a "podcast" contains direct download links to audio files. With a blogger site, an RSS feed is automatically generated, and updated, when you create a new post. Anyone with a "feed reader" who has subscribed (added the single URL to your RSS feed) will see in their reader that there is a new post on your blog.

You could simply provide a direct download link to an audio file in a new post.

The info I gave you was for streaming, which goes beyond what you're looking for. If blogger allows users to upload audio files, with no limits, you're pretty much all set. I mean, you don't have to worry about where the audio will be hosted, and the RSS feed is updated automatically, so you don't have to worry about learning how to manually code an xml, atom, etc RSS feed.

And there a plenty of free and open source feed readers available these days. Firefox, for example, has the capability built in now. Users can add "Live Bookmarks" which is the URL to an RSS feed.

News aggregator on wikipedia

UPDATE:
Excuse me, I forgot to take into account that software and devices can download the embedded audio files in a podcast automatically. They simple method I described above wouldn't work for that. But apparently it can be done with Blogger.

See How to Make a Podcast Feed from Blogger

Thank you Andy for all this help. I want this to be as simple as possible using free stuff if possible so no streaming for me because that seems even more complicated. So I make my blog, insert or embedd a link to a audio link. How do I get these feed readers to know that I have done this? I know y ou are trying to tell me but the jargon is still confusing me. (This is why I have so much sympathy with the other old people in my classes) I did check out the first links you sent and will watch this one since it deals with blogger. By the way, my blog is called Why Do We Say That? and deals with word origins. nothing there yet. EDIT: Wow that link to Ask.com looks great!!!

[andy5995]

Thank you Andy for all this help. I want this to be as simple as possible using free stuff if possible so no streaming for me because that seems even more complicated. So I make my blog, insert or embedd a link to a audio link.

I believe the question to that will be answered in the link I provided.

How do I get these feed readers to know that I have done this?

News aggregator software, or feed readers, by default check for new items in a feed automatically. New, unread items are displayed in bold--similar to email.

If one subscribes to 20 different feeds, he or she can set a "global" option to check all feeds every six hours (or one hour, or 24, etc). One may also set the interval to a particular feed to check at a duration that's different from the global option.

Probably the best way to get a clear idea is to download and install a feed reader. Start by adding the Librivox RSS feeds, and a few from some news sites.

I know y ou are trying to tell me but the jargon is still confusing me.

No problem here. Let me know if you get stuck again.

[Norman]

Hi Phil, from distant Pearl River ,
When you get this podcasting stuff all figured out I look forward to finding out about it in a video!

I have been using Auphonic for leveling and they seem to have a fair amount of advise on Podcasting and adding chapter marks:
https://auphonic.com/blog/sitemap/ and they seem to recommend using the podlove player http://podlove.org/podlove-web-player/ as the player to which you can link.

I was thinking about adding bookmarks to a long recording. viewtopic.php?f=23&t=51860

For example the Librivox pod casts http://feeds.feedburner.com/LibrivoxCommunityPodcast seem to have time stamps available for different subjects in the blog, but they do not seem to be included as chapter marks in the actual pods, so i cant use my iphone player to jump forward to a particular subject.

My very small problem seems to be that 12 hours of recording can be broken up nicely into 18 different MP3 recording (which can be converted to M4B recordings) but to be more accessible, it would be nice to break it up into 144 five minute recordings. That can be done in Audacity using labels, but following Librivox rules might make too many intro's and outro's. I could standardize intros and outro's in Auphonic, but would be a nuisance to the listerners. The alternative, of adding chaptermarks separately, seems like it would work best after the standard Librivox ID3 generation has occurred. That does not seem necessary enough to warrant it at this time.

I originially thought that for your Oz blog you might be trying to bring up different graphics or text on the screen during the reading, but then i realized the problems of just making it accessible as a podcast was a challenge.

Nonetheless, once you figure this out, i suppose i could edit some of my librivox public domain works and make them available separately as a searchable podcast. Now when I retire, I too may have something to do!

Of course I can only do it Provided you make that "how to podcast" video explaining it, at the same level of detail you use for your videos on removing pops and hisses using Audacity.

Best wishes,
A lurking follower,
Norman

[philchenevert]

Hi Normand. Yes, I recommend retiring from that 'work' stuff; it really frees up a lot of time for fun.

About podcasting, I admit to knowing nothing about the chapter mark you talk about. But here is a link to my two 'podcasts'

Why Do We Say That? which is a real podcast, having periodic episodes every few days.

and
The Oz Books Read to You which is not really a podcast, being an entire book posted and I'm not sure if this is working or not. I haven't published it at all yet but it is an intersting trial project.

any feedback would be appreciated. Also, you can subscribe to Why Do We Way that which I would love. ( ) I thjink I've only got 3 subscribers so far.

[SkyRider]

What you really want is a podcast on how to podcast: http://theaudacitytopodcast.com/

[philchenevert]

What you really want is a podcast on how to podcast: http://theaudacitytopodcast.com/

Yes SkyRider, that is exactly what I want! Thanks