Podcasting
Basics
By Zoltan Fagyal
August 26, 2005
The minimum you should know about podcasting
Podcasting is a way to get published audio files automatically
over the Internet. Users subscribe to a feed of new files
(usually in MP3 format) that interest them.
Podcasting enables anyone to produce self-published, syndicated
radio show. Podcasts are subscription based, which means that
listeners need to be subscribed to the RSS
(Really Simple Syndication) or Atom
feed using ”podcatching” software in order to receive the
audio files. The podcatching software automatically checks
and downloads the new content. Any computer with audio playing
software (such as Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, QuickTime,
iTunes) or any digital audio player can play podcasts at the
listener’s leisure. Since 2005 this technique can deliver
video files as well.
The word iPod and broadcasting combined together and that
is where the podcasting name is from. “The term can be misleading
since neither podcasting nor listening to podcasts requires
an iPod or any portable music player. [Wikipedia]
