Hmm. Wierd, minimal site with no real explanition of what it is, or how it works. Apparently, though, it’s a podcast-specific search engine. I tried a few keywords, and it found some interesting stuff. I may work for you, too.
Try it out at PodRazor :: Find what you want to hear.. I won’t say my usual “read more", because there is so little to read!
I just read about a new buzzword term “spotcast". Currently it seems to be defined as a podcast of one minute or less. This sounds like a cool challenge to me. I’ve seen some incredible video stuff done with such harsh time constraints.
To me the important aspect of working on ultra-short pieces is that you are free to focus on getting tiny details perfect, without becoming overwhelmed by the size of the whole program.
So why not try a “spotcast"?
Read more at SPOTCAST: SXSW | EchoRadio
Someone calling himself “superpixel” describes the touble he had putting together a first podcast.
But here’s what I did to get the podcast “in the can"…
Worth reading, especially for the good suggestion about recording in a car as a “sound booth". Do it with the engine, off, though :)
Read more at How I did it… the hard way | Podcast CON Uk 2005
Addressing some of the same issues as PodcastRigs, you can now read about a reccomended podcasting setup from “PWOP":
We’ve spent a lot of time looking for high-quality gear that is also compact and affordable. This is our currently suggested podcasting kit
It’s a bit more prescriptive than PodcastRigs, only opting for a single setup. I find their choice of a potentially fragile and power-hungry “tube” mic preamp a little strange when coupled with a light-weight portable MP3 recorder, especially given that (as I found out a few days ago) the iRiver 700 series can already record mic level, so the only apparent benefit of the Behringer MIC200 is to provide “phantom power” for the mic.
On the other hand, it could be that this sort of unusual combination is just what podcasting needs.
Read more, and make up your own mind at PWOP Productions - Podcasting Kit. If you can put up with the large and annoying animated graphic at the top of the page, that is :)
Following from my irritation with loading an OPML feed list into nimiq yesterday, I’ve come to a more general conclusion. Podcast software should simply never make noises.
This may sound a bit harsh - after all, audio output is an accepted part of many applications. Windows warbles when it starts up; my FTP application spits out boings, chirps, and beeps to remind me when transfers have finished, or logins fail, and many applications issue a summary “plonk” if anything goes wrong. But I reckon that a whole lot of people never hear these noises. Why? because they run their PCs with sound turned off. I know I do.
But here’s the kicker. Podcasting finally offers a reason to turn those speakers back on or plug in those headphones. Then what do you find? it’s almost impossible to get through a single podcast without irritating bleeps and twangs from some piece of software. And many of these bits of software are even aimed at podcast listeners!
In my mind, there is no justification for the casual use of sound alerts in any software that is at all concerned with audio. And that includes podcatchers, audio sequencers, MP3 and ID3 browsers and editors, and anything else used in podcasting. After all, anyone using the software is almost guaranteed to want to listen to audio using the same machine at some point.
Authors of software take note. If your software is useful for anything to do with audio (and that includes podcasting), it should run silent.
I guess this was a bit of a rant. Needed to be said, though.
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