How To Make A Podcast: Part 3 - Publishing
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How To Make A Podcast: Part 3 - Publishing: Now that VideoJug have shown you how to plan and make your podcast, let us show you how to go about publishing it. Get your word out into the world with VideoJug's easy to follow guide.
With your podcast complete, you can export it to a file. Garageband gives you the option to export the podcast either directly to iTunes or as a file elsewhere on your computer. It will always be as an AAC file, which is iTunes preferred format. Movie Maker will export as a Windows Media Audio file, which you will have to convert to an mp3 or AAC file in order for iTunes to accept it. Free software that will do this conversion can be found www.download.com and for more about downloading free software, have a look at the VideoJug film "How to find free software downloads". Once it's in iTunes, add track names and artist information and even artwork to the file in the usual way you'd rename songs.
One you have your finished podcast, you need to publish it. First, you'll actually have to get it onto the internet. If you're lucky enough to have your own website, you can upload the file to your web space using your normal FTP server. Failing that, you'll have to find a place that will store the file. One recommendation is Ourmedia.org, which works a bit like YouTube and allows you to upload audio as well as video once you've set up a free account.
Once it's online, you'll have to create an RSS feed for your recording. An RSS feed tells applications like iTunes where to find your file. You can make one simply by visiting www.tdscripts.com, where you fill in the details of your file, which is referred to as the "Enclosure" - so in the box marked "Enclosure Title", enter the name of your sound file, and so on. The file that is then generated can also be uploaded to the same place you've uploaded your sound file.
You can now enter the web address or URL of the RSS feed into a Podcast publisher like iTunes or Wippit. Simply find the upload option on your publisher of choice - in iTunes it's in the "For Podcasters" section of the Podcasts page of the iTunes store. Enter the URL of your RSS file and a the organisers of the site or service will listen to you podcast to ensure it is suitable. If they approve, you podcast will be available to download through them in anything from a few hours to a few days so soon the world will hear your mouth. - for more about submitting podcasts to iTunes, watch the Videojug film "How to submit a podcast to iTunes".
With your podcast complete, you can export it to a file. Garageband gives you the option to export the podcast either directly to iTunes or as a file elsewhere on your computer. It will always be as an AAC file, which is iTunes preferred format. Movie Maker will export as a Windows Media Audio file, which you will have to convert to an mp3 or AAC file in order for iTunes to accept it. Free software that will do this conversion can be found www.download.com and for more about downloading free software, have a look at the VideoJug film "How to find free software downloads". Once it's in iTunes, add track names and artist information and even artwork to the file in the usual way you'd rename songs.
One you have your finished podcast, you need to publish it. First, you'll actually have to get it onto the internet. If you're lucky enough to have your own website, you can upload the file to your web space using your normal FTP server. Failing that, you'll have to find a place that will store the file. One recommendation is Ourmedia.org, which works a bit like YouTube and allows you to upload audio as well as video once you've set up a free account.
Once it's online, you'll have to create an RSS feed for your recording. An RSS feed tells applications like iTunes where to find your file. You can make one simply by visiting www.tdscripts.com, where you fill in the details of your file, which is referred to as the "Enclosure" - so in the box marked "Enclosure Title", enter the name of your sound file, and so on. The file that is then generated can also be uploaded to the same place you've uploaded your sound file.
You can now enter the web address or URL of the RSS feed into a Podcast publisher like iTunes or Wippit. Simply find the upload option on your publisher of choice - in iTunes it's in the "For Podcasters" section of the Podcasts page of the iTunes store. Enter the URL of your RSS file and a the organisers of the site or service will listen to you podcast to ensure it is suitable. If they approve, you podcast will be available to download through them in anything from a few hours to a few days so soon the world will hear your mouth. - for more about submitting podcasts to iTunes, watch the Videojug film "How to submit a podcast to iTunes".
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