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Podcasting (from “iPod” and “broadcasting”) is a method of sound transmission publications (usually in MP3 format) in Internet in the course hereof the audience is able to subscribe and receive new releases as soon as the latter appear. Sometimes, it is applicable to video transfer, too.
The target podcasting audience is personal computer users, possibly possessing also some portable audio players. To make listening to podcasts convenient, software was created aimed at regular inquiries of web site for new sound records, the latter to be later downloaded to the user’s PC, and, probably, to portable sound player.
Podcasting is a profitable alternative to radio broadcasting, because it needs no frequency licensing and is accessible at any convenient time. At the moment, some radio (Liberty, Deutsche Welle) and telecasting stations (NTV) use podcasting along with the usual on-air broadcasting.
Podcast terminal is a web site, supporting the sound files hosting, automating to some extent records placing and updates subscription.
Podcast is either a separate sound file, or their regularly updated series published in Internet at the same address.
Creating podcast starts in the new Leopard application: Podcast Capture. This innovative tool simplifies capture of high-quality sound and video from local and distant cameras e.g. snap shot record and unloading of existing content to Podcast Producer for encoding and distribution. Podcast Capture records sound and video from a range of devices, including digital video cams, connected via FireWire, USB mikes, and iSight cameras.
Podcast is easy to record. Start Podcast Capture, enter the system, choose the podcast type you want to record, and then press “Start”. To finish recording, press “Stop”. Name your podcast, add description and select an appropriate process. It is that simple.
Podcast Producer uses the Xgrid distributed processing for large scale podcast production: encoding tasks are automatically distributed among other servers. All you need is another server, where the Podcast Producer is initiated, and an accessible file system