Re: [microsound] podcasting site?

[Guillaume Grenier <grenier.g@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 20/07/05 10:08, { brad brace } said in living color:

> wouldn't simple downloads of mp3s(or oggs) be more
> egalitarian than becoming dependent on proprietary ipod
> hard/software?

There's nothing proprietary in podcasts.

It's just a RSS 2.0 feed (using an XML file) with a MP3 enclosure.

As for aggregators (the software that checks and downloads new content),
there are a shitload of them: some free/some not free (in the $ sense), some
developed by companies/developed by a community/developed by just one guy,
some open-source/some closed, etc. Just choose whatever works best for you.

Actually, the only proprietary aspect of the whole thing is the MP3. And of
course, you're not obligated to use this format -- you could use an Ogg file
or whatever else audio format you see fit to use.

You can then listen to these "podcasts" on whichever device you want.

g.

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