How to Podcast

broad-pod-casting! by pchan- · 2004-10-05 10:51 · Score: 4, Interesting

bah, that's nothing.
how about modding an (automotive) fm modulator to increase the power output, hooking up an antenna to it, and using your mp3 player as your source? share some interesting radio with the cars parked around you in traffic. bonus points if you attach an led display to your rear window showing "now playing".

Re:broad-pod-casting! by pchan- · 2004-10-05 11:06 · Score: 2, Insightful

You mean something like this.

no. that's a halfassed solution of getting from your device to your car. most "quality" (if you can call them that) fm modulator devices for cars don't broadcast fm at all, they attach directly to your car antenna (on the inside, of course), though they still suck compared to aux inputs. i meant modifying one of those antenna drivers for getting music from your device to OTHER PEOPLE's cars, who may happen to be more that 3 feet from your transmitter source.

also, make sure you don't label it with your name if you're planning on throwing it down a well and pretending to be trapped.
Re:broad-pod-casting! by connorbd · 2004-10-05 11:09 · Score: 3, Interesting

I think that's exactly what he had in mind, though I don't think it's a terribly practical idea on the FM band, simply because you can't broadcast to more than a couple of cars at a time. It would work a little better on AM (part 15 rules are much more lenient on the AM bands), but really there's a reason they don't do mobile broadcasting.

Of course they don't make transmitters for AM, and it's illegal to mod something like an FM transmitter because of something called type-acceptance -- in other words, the FCC gives your "pocket radio station" implicit approval because it knows what the device is supposed to be capable of. If you mod it, it's no longer legal to use because it doesn't fit the profile that the FCC has on file. (Your mileage/kilometrage may vary outside the United States.) This is the same rule that makes it illegal to mod FRS or CB gear.

All we need now... by Mike+Rubits · 2004-10-05 10:52 · Score: 2, Interesting

...are some decent shows to subscribe too! For some reason, I can't see The Scripting News catching on for the general populace.

Awesome idea though, just shows all the cool things you can do with RSS. Here's hoping Apple's next MP3 player will support WiFi for Shoutcast streams.

Re:All we need now... by flyingsquid · 2004-10-05 11:00 · Score: 3, Interesting

...are some decent shows to subscribe too! For some reason, I can't see The Scripting News catching on for the general populace.
I would love it if you could set up your iPod to automatically download NPR in MP3 format.Currently I stream a lot of their programming (Morning Edition, Wait Wait, Fresh Air) through my computer but it'd be great to be able to put this on an iPod and listen to it while running, on the subway, whatever. It's nice to be able to listen to it whenever you want, catch stuff you've missed, rewind, etc.
Re:All we need now... by bloosqr · 2004-10-05 12:11 · Score: 2, Informative

Doesn't ipod take MP3 files? I used to "streamrip" shoutcast stations and burn them onto mp3/cds for long distance traveling.
If Ipod looks basically like a hard drive once mounted (which i think it does), I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to use streamripper and then snag say WNYC's NPR mp3 stream automatically for whatever shows you want and then move the appropriate streams to your automounted ipod drive in HFS.
If shows that you like are run overnight you could probably cron script this whole thing into a 5 line script that does exactly what you want.
Or better yet, have a script generate the cron scripts for you for each show you want and have a sync script sync it for you.. -bloo
Re:All we need now... by W1BMW · 2004-10-05 12:32 · Score: 2, Informative

If you're using an Apple, it's called Audio Hijack Pro and it allows you to capture ANY audio that you can listen to with your computer and save it to a nice & tidy .mp3 file. I used to have something similar for windows before my enlightenment, but the name escapes me. Anyway, AHP can even be set to fire off at a certain time if you wanted to catch a specific program while you sleep, leaving it on your desktop to be dropped onto your iPod at your convenience. I use it specifically for NPR programming so I can jack it into my helmet on the way to work.

Possible uses? by MinusBlindfold · 2004-10-05 10:53 · Score: 5, Interesting

Sports scores, weather, news reports, etc? Maybe a college professor can make his lecture available in this format?

Re:Possible uses? by RangerRick98 · 2004-10-05 10:56 · Score: 2, Funny

Maybe a college professor can make his lecture available in this format?
But then why would students go to class? Er, wait

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Re:Possible uses? by Wanderer2 · 2004-10-05 10:58 · Score: 2, Interesting

Maybe a college professor can make his lecture available in this format?

Wasn't that the reasoning behind Duke University giving 1650 students iPods?

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Underground Talk Shows by radd0 · 2004-10-05 10:56 · Score: 2, Informative

This sounds like an excellent method to broadcast some of my favorite underground internet radio talk shows. :-)

i.e.:

The ARTS

BinRev

Default Radio

Radio FreeK America

Podcasting by Rob_Warwick · 2004-10-05 10:59 · Score: 2, Insightful

I tend to listen to the Daily Source Code each day. If only Adam would stop talking about Podcasting and actually put on some more interesting content.

I'm really looking forward to some good stuff out of this. Remember, if you don't like what you're hearing, there's nothing stopping you from producing something yourself!

Phish Show Lot Jam DJ by aLe-ph-1(sh) · 2004-10-05 11:01 · Score: 2, Interesting

I had an idea quite similiar to one of the above posters during the last Phish show up in Coventry. I was thinking if you could up the wayyahe output on an iTrip or similiar device, and then have say 10 cars park around your central location, and turn up the volume, tuned in to your broadcast. This could be a much cheaper way of doing a DJ gig, without all the messy expense of renting and lugging generators, and such. Now if only I could scratch on the iPod...

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Re:Unfortunate... by erick99 · 2004-10-05 11:03 · Score: 3, Interesting

From the article:

So what's a Podcast? To put it simply, a Podcast is an audio file, a MP3, most likely, in talk show format, along with a way to subscribe to the show and have it automatically delivered to your iPod when you plug in to iTunes. The show isn't live, so you can listen to it whenever you want.

I can think of a lot of free content that would work great with this. And while there are things that could be done that wouldn't be illegal, I don't think that trumps the legal uses.

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Pod Jockeys by G4from128k · 2004-10-05 11:03 · Score: 4, Interesting

Is the commentator/mixer on an iPod a PJ?

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Nice timing by Bluelive · 2004-10-05 11:03 · Score: 3, Interesting

Finally got my bittorrent proxy working for a few of the audio blog feeds. http://blue.student.utwente.nl/jrss/blbtab.rss its not really usefull yet but i could use some help debugging.

Re:Unfortunate... by Breakfast+Pants · 2004-10-05 11:03 · Score: 2, Insightful

Umm already the ipod allows you to store un-DRMed music on it, so why would .001% using pirated radio really make them change anything when probably more than 50% of ipod owners already have copyrighted music which they downloaded off P2P on there anyway? Its not like this little gem is bigger than that hope diamond.

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Security Problems? Buffer overruns? by Discotechnica · 2004-10-05 11:05 · Score: 3, Interesting

Might this open up some security problems?

iPodderX, which is basically a newsreader that reads RSS 2.0 feeds with enclosures, takes those enclosures and automatically downloads them in the background. If the file is an audio file, it then moves it to iTunes for download to your iPod, so with iPodderX you constantly have fresh content to listen to. iPodderX downloads any type of file, (even Torrents) so you can wake up in the morning with a fresh set of audio shows, video programs, or whatever else you've subscribed to.

What if someone were to take advantage of these auto downloads and use them to send you infected files. Maybe there are problems in iTunes' coding that will allow buffer overruns like those found with JPGs?

For those who don't RTFA by phrenq · 2004-10-05 11:06 · Score: 3, Informative

and start talking about FCC implications, this has nothing to do with broadcasting. It's a way to distribute radio show-type content TO an ipod, not from it. The distribution mechanism is nothing more interesting than downloading an mp3 specified in an rss feed.

Finally, cable access programming for my iPod! by VidEdit · 2004-10-05 11:10 · Score: 4, Interesting

Ahh, finally a way to get cable access quality, home-brew radio talk shows delivered directly to my iPod! The world will be changed forever! No longer will I have to worry about listening to up-to-date news and information on my computer or via the radio, now I can listen to old news that has been automatically archived on my mp3 player. And best of all, I don't have to worry about listening to interesting podcasts from the NPR or the BBC because their aren't any.

Don't misunderstand me, having my iPod loaded with mp3s via RSS is a cool idea, but the lack of DRM insures that the copyright and royalty-driven major media players will not be sending out RSS feeds anytime in the foreseeable future. So, podcasting seems destined to be a bit player.

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Re:Unfortunate... by Wanderer2 · 2004-10-05 11:13 · Score: 3, Insightful

My first reaction is to wonder how much of this is illegal.

How could making copies of your own talk show and distributing them over the Net be illegal (except in places like China)? How could listening to someone else's be?

Okay, maybe if your 'talk show' features long clips of copyrighted music... but that's not what the article discusses.

If people keep doing undesireable things, it's only going to lead to undesirable features being built into the iPos and iTunes. It's really only .001% that want to do something like this; why ruin it for everybody else?

1. Make sure you only use that iPod in the approved manner, citizen! 2. I'm not an expert in anyway, but did you just use a semi-colon in the proper manner? Pity that was the highlight of your post for me.

Sorry for the jibes, but I think you've grabbed the wrong stick.

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Why would that be your 1st reaction? by VidEdit · 2004-10-05 11:20 · Score: 5, Insightful

There are lots of interesting legal uses for this technology. Podcasting is another step forward in democratizing the media.

There is no reason to assume that the "podcasts" are of music, and there is no more chance of piracy from podcasts than from the internet in general. Characterizing people doing podcasts as people "doing undesirable things" is a presumption based on facts not in evidence.

The automatic presumption that computer audio files==piracy is a triumph of RIAA PR but not an actual fact.

More of a danger to iPods and iTunes would be the INDCUCE act and dis-information from Steve Balmer, who implied that iPods with their ability to play un-DRM'dmp3s were the primary vector for pirated music. In fact, iPods, with the success of the iTunes Music store, are the primary success story for DRM, and Microsoft Windows powered PCs are the undeniable leaders in pirated file trading.

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How about RSS synching for iPod by aardwolf204 · 2004-10-05 11:22 · Score: 3, Insightful

How about RSS synching for iPod, or even better, RSS with text-to-speech generation synching.

/me invisions listening to slashdot while jogging.

PS: Do we like or hate engadget? I forget.

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Re:How about RSS synching for iPod by rasterboy · 2004-10-06 02:08 · Score: 2, Interesting

Well, if you like jogging I guess this sounds good, but I was recording Slashdot articles and comments to cassette tapes using my Mac and listening to them in my car's tape deck back in 1998 or so...

Welcome to the future! ;)

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The Engadget howto by Ludoo · 2004-10-05 11:38 · Score: 2, Informative

Describes with more details what others have found, see Hugo Schotman or podcasters.org.

Tivo for radio. by Frappuccino · 2004-10-05 12:14 · Score: 2, Interesting

This is a good idea, although it seems that i've never come across a decent internet radio show. I'd love to download Howard Stern shows every morning to listen to throughout the day, but for that to happen this would need FM capability. There was something like that on slashdot a while ago, but it was ugly and not mac compatible. The truth is, I would pay Howard Stern a buck a day to "Tivo" his show onto my iPod. Good internet radio shows are pretty much nonexistant, but it's nice to know if I find a good one I can "tivo" it onto my ipod.

Re:Why always the ipod? by mabhatter654 · 2004-10-05 12:38 · Score: 3, Insightful

because the iPod is very hacker friendly!

Apple went to all the work of building a cool palm-like OS into the thing. There's several books written about it. [kinda like TiVo] As long as the modders keep their fingers off the DRM [cause apple would get in trouble with the riaa] then all the apps and gadgets are cool with them.

Most of the other music devices are just barely music devices... they play only exactly what the manufacturer decides to support in the drivers...and most of the manufactures seem to sabotage "modding" attempts.

The iPod is like the palm pilot in the early 90's. Sure other people tried PDAs but palm was the first to nail it... same with iPod. The "next" thing would be video, but that'll be at least 3-5 years away. iPod is sitting pretty for a while.

another engadget paid placement by SethJohnson · 2004-10-05 13:36 · Score: 2, Insightful

For Christ's sake, will slashdot come clean on how much money they charge Engadget (WEBLOGS, INC. NETWORK) for these story placements? The submitter, Ptorrone, is the author of the article (Phillip Torrone), yet this is not disclosed in the slashdot post.

Engadget is an infomercial site. It's not a blog. If you doubt the commercial relationship between slashdot and Engadget, check out how many submissions have been accepted from Ptorrone in the last 60 days. Also note that each of the accepted submissions are Engadget articles written by PhillipTorrone.

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Re:another engadget paid placement by ptorrone · 2004-10-05 14:37 · Score: 3, Interesting

hey seth- WIN doesn't pay slashot anything at all, ever, i and others on engadget write and edit articles, and submit them, most of what i submit doesn't get approved here, some of the text even gets editted. all that said, i personally try and write articles i think folks would enjoy, if they get picked up and approved, all the better, if they're not that interesting, you won't see them here. if you want to email me feel free to and i'll gladly do my best to answer any questions.

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