How to download one of my files on Libsyn

Just get to the point that you've setup a basic "it works" sort of website. Optionally you can also deploy a website to accompany your podcast. This would be a place where people can see episodes and play them right from your website instead of having to use a podcast player. We'll cover this more at the end. You can reference Apple's list of requirements to create a podcast. You'll see the rss file, image for the show, and a folder for the mp3s.

Once these files are publicly viewable, it's just a matter of submitting the xml file to the podcast directories to be added to the various players like Apple Podcasts. This show is also setup with Podtrac analytics. The entire point of the RSS file is that it will describe the show, and point the listener to where the podcast cover art image is, and the audio files.

This is the trickiest file to get right. It must follow specific guidelines and be compliant to be accepted into Apple Podcasts. Here are Apple's requirements.

All of the above is straight forward, just replace the uppercase with your own podcast information. The tricky part is length and duration. This needs to be calculated somehow as this is the audio file size and duration. Add ruby-audioinfo to your Gemfile. Then run bundle install to install it. Now set it up so each episode is a post which has frontmatter that contains the location of the mp3 file.

That icon is a link to the MP3 file with the episode audio in it, so just do the usual right-click "Save link as Streaming The easiest way to listen to the podcast streaming is on TuneIn radio. There's also a link icon on the right of my main podcast page which will take you there. If you have the TuneIn mobile app, or a Sonos device, or similar, you can search for "Air Adam Podcast" and it'll show up - go from there. If you're on Facebook, there's a " Podcast Player " tab on the Air Adam page which allows you to stream episodes.

As probably you know already, there is a podcasting course available for blind people interested to become podcasters. Podcast: Play in new window Download. Discussion: What is FTP? Why would you want to use FTP? How does one get started to FTP? When Quickcast pulls the description for your episode from the ID3 tags, it seems like it only pulls a certain number of characters.

How many characters does it pull? The first ? There was a ruckus caused across the podcasting community as show after show was taken down or warned for running a podcast based on the MLB or one of the MLB's clubs. The reason? Copyright and trademark infringements. Moral of the story, don't use anyone elses content, images, or copyright material, including material in the likeness of. If you are hosting a show specific to a club this is true whether it is Baseball, or any other topic , make sure to say 'Unofficial' in your titles, descriptions, and even when you speak during your show.

Question 3: Do I have to code a feed myself, or are there services available that will do this for me? Question 4: What about the Google Service, Feedburner? How does it work and why should or shouldn't I use it?

Can I just use that? Question 6: If I use a podcast host, they probably generate a feed for me. Should I use that feed? Are there questions I should ask before determining if I should use them as a host or to handle my feed as well?

Question 7: I heard some producers say they host their files with Libsyn, but recommend not using Libsyn's feed. Why is that? Question 8: I've heard there are some really popular Wordpress plugins that will handle my feed and podcasting needs for me.

Is there any reason why I shouldn't just use that? Question Are you then recommending that the only true way to have a great podcast is to only use LIbsyn for every service Feed, hosting, stats, blog, player? Libsyn released an update to the interface, version 4.

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