?the user experience of a PodCast

Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 2

I wonder if I am missing something about the over all experieince of a PodCast now that I have made some with your program. I am hoping I will that there are more advanced techniques to use over what I have done based on the tutorial.

I was hoping that the experience of a podcast woud be truly interactive such that when I opened the RSS file from an aggregator music would start playing without having to click and download anything else. Are there ways to automate and trigger the Feed?

I kind of expected:
-that the audio segments would automatically start without needing to click on links based on the sequence of items.
-That the RSS feed would act as a automated playlist with other text and other associarted links scrolling by.
- That it would be a method of broadcasting on the internet, somewhat replacing internet radio by adding more interaction.

Where making a feed allows to add Multiple MP3 files in nay order, for a Feed Podcast to come off like a show, all the audio files really need to be combined into one file. Or so it seems. If that is so, then that turns out to be a really big file.

Is it a question of the Aggregator that you use?

Thanks
jerry h

Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 1360

Podcasting is a very new technology. The term 'Podcast' didn't even exist a year ago. I think you will find better support in RSS readers in the near future.

You could also try using a program specifically for podcasts like:

http://ipodder.sourceforge.net/index.php