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neumannu47
Joined: 21 Jan 2006
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 Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:52 pm |
 
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Being new to the concept of creating a podcast, I'm confused. As I understand it, FFA creates the XML file that is responsible for automatically download the MP3 file that is the podcast. If I can manually create the XML file, what additional value does FFA offer? Does FFA eliminate the need for FeedBurner? And finally, does FFA allow me to create a podcast on my shared Linux server without any additional services, such as FeedBurner?
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:55 am |
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FeedForAll enables you to easily create an RSS feed or Podcast. You could try creating your podcast by hand with a text editor, but the RSS specification has enough "got ya's" in it, that your feed probably still won't be valid after the first few tries. It's kind of like an HTML editor. Sure you could manually code your entire website in a text editor, but it would be a lot easier to use an HTML editor.
The Podcast (XML file) contains information about your audio recording, and points to the location of the actual audio file. Both the potcast (RSS feed), and the recording (.mp3?) ultimately need to be up on your webserver. Users then use a RSS feed reader, or podcast player to access your podcast. The software downloads and plays the enclosure (the audio recording).
I hope that helps.
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neumannu47
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:40 pm |
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Does your software eliminate the need for Feedburner? To be clear, FFA allows me to do everything on my own site, instead of having to pay for a subscription at one of the podcasting hosts. Correct?
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