Podcasting Now! Audio Your Way

by Dagys, Andrew J.

• ISBN13: 9781598630763
• ISBN10: 1598630768
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-18
• Publisher: Cengage Learning PTR

Summary

Ready to jump into the world of podcasting? Podcasting, one of the newest technological advances for the Internet, is growing in leaps and bounds. Progress is being made every day in this exciting medium. Initially, podcasting allowed you to broadcast audio programs on the Internet, as well as listen to other users' podcasts. As if that was not enough, podcasting is now highly interrelated with other technologies, such as vlogging, which enables you to integrate video with your podcasts for a true multimedia experience, and moblogging, which enables you to podcast on the go. That's where "Podcasting Now! Audio Your Way" enters the picture. Andrew J. Dagys and John Hedtke take you through the processes of listening to and creating podcasts with comprehensive discussions about podcasting hardware and software options, podcast subscriptions, and the podcast production process. But they don't stop there. The final chapters of the book take you to the leading edge of podcasting, introducing you to cutting-edge technology, as well as the hottest new trends and applications in this new generation of podcasting.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xvi
Part One Listening to Podcasts	1	(46)
Getting Started with Podcasting	3	(12)
Podcasting Described Really Quickly	3	(1)
Podcasting Described More Slowly and in More Detail	4	(6)
What Is MP3?	4	(1)
What Is RSS?	5	(2)
Weblogs and Blogging	7	(2)
Putting It All Together	9	(1)
Choosing Podcast Software	10	(1)
Installing iPodder	11	(1)
Learning Your Way Around	11	(3)
Menus and Commands	12	(2)
Coming Up Next	14	(1)
Listening to Podcasts	15	(16)
Listening to Your First Podcast	15	(2)
Adding a New Podcast Feed	17	(4)
Playing Podcasts on an MP3 Player	21	(1)
Setting Options in iPodder	21	(7)
Using the Scheduler	28	(2)
Coming Up Next	30	(1)
Extending Your Reach	31	(16)
Finding Podcasts on the Web	31	(15)
Manually Adding Podcast Feeds	34	(3)
Adding Groups of Podcast Feeds	37	(1)
Managing Your Subscriptions on the Web	38	(5)
Finding More Podcasts on the Web	43	(2)
Finding Still More Podcasts	45	(1)
Coming Up Next	46	(1)
Part Two Creating Podcasts	47	(94)
Getting Ready to Do It Yourself	49	(20)
Before You Begin	49	(3)
What Is MP3, Anyway?	49	(1)
How Are Sounds and Music Stored on Your Computer?	50	(2)
What Are the Common Types of Digital Music Formats?	52	(2)
How Do MP3 Files Work?	53	(1)
Laying the Groundwork	54	(14)
What Kind of Podcast Do You Want to Do?	55	(2)
Nothing Happens Without a Plan!	57	(3)
Rehearsing Is Mandatory	60	(1)
Setting Up Your Hardware and Software	60	(8)
Coming Up Next	68	(1)
Configuring, Recording, and Editing Your Podcasts	69	(22)
Configuring Software	69	(6)
Configuring Audacity	69	(5)
Getting Connected	74	(1)
Testing the Mic	74	(1)
Checking Audacity's Settings	75	(4)
Recording Your Podcast with Audacity	79	(1)
Using Audacity to Edit Your Podcast Recording	80	(4)
Audacity's Basic Editing Commands	80	(1)
Reducing Volume	81	(2)
Enhancing Your Podcast	83	(1)
Converting Podcasts to MP3	84	(2)
Downloading LAME for Windows	84	(1)
Downloading LAME for Mac OS 9 or OS X	84	(1)
Running LAME	85	(1)
Converting Files Within Audacity	85	(1)
Do I Really Sound That Bad?	86	(1)
Getting Help with Audacity	87	(1)
Tagging Your File with ID3	88	(2)
Tagging with Windows Media Player	88	(1)
Tagging with Apple iTunes	89	(1)
Coming Up Next	90	(1)
Adding Music, Video, and Other Multimedia	91	(22)
Multimedia and Podcasting	92	(1)
A Deeper Look at Multimedia	93	(1)
Some Popular Multimedia Tools	94	(3)
QuickTime	94	(1)
MovieWorks	95	(1)
Flash	96	(1)
Java	96	(1)
Special Media Players	97	(1)
Adding Music to Your Podcast	97	(1)
How Do You Pull Multimedia Together in Podcasts?	98	(3)
Separating Your Podcast from Video and Picture Files	99	(1)
Integrating Your Podcast into a Vlog	100	(1)
Is It a Weblog, Podcast, Vlog, or Moblog?	101	(3)
The Role of Weblogs for Podcasts	102	(1)
Vlogs, Video Blogs, and vCasts Revisited	102	(1)
The Relationship Between Moblogs and Vlogs	103	(1)
Multimedia Podcasting with Outside Help: Online Picture and Video Log Services	104	(7)
Flickr for Pictures	105	(1)
TextAmerica Mobile Video and Picture Sharing	106	(1)
vBlog Central	107	(2)
Other Picture Sharing and Moblogging Services	109	(2)
Do-It-Yourself Vlogging	111	(1)
Managing and Storing Multimedia	112	(1)
Coming Up Next	112	(1)
Hosting and Promoting Your Podcasts	113	(28)
Do-It-Yourself Podcast Hosting	113	(7)
Hosting Options	114	(3)
Finding a Host	117	(1)
Assessing Hosts	118	(1)
Using FTP to Upload Your Podcast to a Host	119	(1)
Building RSS Feeds	120	(1)
FeedForAll 2.0	121	(1)
Feeder 1.1	121	(1)
Posting Your Podcasts on Commercial Weblog Sites	121	(13)
Six Apart	122	(4)
Blog-City	126	(1)
MSN Spaces	127	(1)
Blogger.com	128	(2)
Odeo	130	(3)
Assessing Commercial Weblog Services	133	(1)
Weblog Managers	134	(2)
Uploading Your Podcast with a Weblog Manager	134	(2)
Publicizing Your Podcasts	136	(4)
Publicizing Podcasts in Directories	136	(1)
Publicizing Podcasts on Commercial Weblog Services or Specialized Podcast Hosts	137	(1)
Publicizing Podcasts on Standard Web Sites	137	(3)
Coming Up Next	140	(1)
Part Three Podcast Software, Hardware, and Video Weblogging	141	(64)
Podcasting Software	143	(26)
Aggregators Explained	143	(2)
Aggregator Software for Windows	145	(10)
iPodder (http://ipodder.sourceforge.net)	145	(1)
Doppler (http://dopplerradio.net)	146	(3)
jPodder (http://jpodder.com)	149	(1)
Nimiq (http://nimiq.nl)	150	(2)
HappyFish (http://thirstycrow.net/happyfish)	152	(1)
iPodder.NET (http://ipodder.net)	153	(1)
Now Playing (http://brandon.fuller.name/archives/hacks/nowplaying)	153	(2)
Podcast Aggregators for Macs	155	(6)
iTunes 4.9 (http://itunes.com)	155	(4)
iPodderX (http://ipodderx.com)	159	(1)
PoddumFeeder (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16546)	160	(1)
PlayPod (http://iggsoftware.com/playpod)	160	(1)
iPodder for Mac	161	(1)
Podcasting Software for Linux	161	(1)
CastGrab (http://developer.berlios.de/forum/forum.php?forum_id=11481)	161	(1)
BashPodder (http://linc.homeunix.org:8080/scripts/bashpodder)	161	(1)
jPodder Linux (http://jpodder.com)	162	(1)
Podcast Aggregators for the Mobile Internet	162	(4)
Aggregators for Pocket PC	163	(2)
Pod2Go for iPod (http://www.kainjow.com/pod2go)	165	(1)
Evaluating Podcast Aggregators	166	(2)
Coming Up Next	168	(1)
Working with MP3 Players and Peripherals	169	(12)
MP3 Players	169	(6)
Hard Drive Players	170	(2)
Flash Players	172	(3)
Earphones and Earbuds	175	(1)
Etymotic ER4P	175	(1)
Shure E4c	175	(1)
Shure E2c	175	(1)
Sony MDREX81LP/W	175	(1)
Wireless Headphones	176	(1)
Wireline Headphones	176	(1)
AKG K 28 NC Headphones	176	(1)
Logitech Identity Headphones for MP3	177	(1)
Portable Speakers	177	(1)
Altec Lansing iM4	177	(1)
Logitech mm28	177	(1)
Logitech mm22	178	(1)
Additional Peripherals	178	(1)
Coming Up Next	179	(2)
The Leading Edge of Podcasting	181	(24)
Vlogs	181	(17)
Vlog Video Formats	182	(1)
Do It Yourself Vlogs	183	(11)
Commercial Vlog Services	194	(4)
Finding and Subscribing to Vlogs	198	(1)
The Future of Mobile Devices	198	(2)
Skype and VOIP Moblogging	200	(1)
Satellite Radio and Podcasting	201	(1)
Internet Radio and Podcasting	201	(1)
Using Advertising to Parlay Your Podcast or Vlog into a Business	202	(1)
The Future of Podcasting	202	(3)
Part Four Appendixes	205	(2)
Appendix A Resources	207	(12)
Podcasting-Related Web Sites and Directories	207	(4)
Podcasting Software: Aggregators	211	(5)
Desktop News Aggregators	212	(4)
Software to Create Podcast Productions	216	(1)
RSS Feed Creators to Upload Usable Podcasts	217	(1)
Podcasts of Interest	217	(1)
Entertainment, Leisure, and Sports	217	(1)
Money and Finances	217	(1)
Technology	218	(1)
Health	218	(1)
Spirituality	218	(1)
Online Legalities	218	(1)
Appendix B Glossary	219	(10)
Index	229