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Subject: Podcasts From: wysiwyg Date: 05 Dec 06 - 10:04 AM Wondering if I'm late to the party, on the cutting edge, or somewhere in between... A good number of NPR's podcasts are not only subscribable, but downloadable as MP3s. So are a good number of their live concerts.... I just spent the week, for example, in various parts of Africa. NPR PODCAST DIRECTORY ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: Podcasts From: Clinton Hammond Date: 05 Dec 06 - 10:14 AM Mostly 'late to the party', but it's better to get there late, than never get there at all |
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Subject: RE: Podcasts From: wysiwyg Date: 05 Dec 06 - 10:25 AM So what are some that you enjoy? Are they subscribe-only, or is a download link also available? ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: Podcasts From: Clinton Hammond Date: 05 Dec 06 - 11:00 AM hak5.org I just watch 'em on the site when I have a chance |
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Subject: RE: Podcasts From: Geoff the Duck Date: 05 Dec 06 - 11:08 AM Susan - as I understand it, all podcasts are MP3 files and it should be possible to manually download them if you know the name of the file and its web address. You "Subscribe" by linking to a web page which is in XML format. A "Podcast Reader" programme uses the information on the XML page to tell it the name and location of the MP3 files so the reader can automatically download them. If you can find the web address of the XML file you can load it into your browser. In a browser the XML displays as a fancy text file. Using the web site you have linked to, I have gone into the "Music" category and selected a random page - Page containing "subscribe" link. Half way down it was a square orange button for the podcast link. Next to it is a box which gives the address the button links you to. In this case you can either highlight and copy the address from the box or you can (with a Windoze PC) Right Mouse Click the button and copy the link shortcut. Paste the link into your browser address bar and it will take you to the following page ... FOR EXAMPLE - AN XML PAGE What this page contains is the instructions your podcast reader uses to find the MP3 files. If you search through the page you will find information such as this:- http://edit.staroftexasradio.com/sounds/announcement_00006624/AMM_Dec_8.mp3 This is where the MP3 is stored. Copy and paste it into your browser and it will go to that location. What happens next? On some set-ups the MP3 file will download. On others your computer will try to open the file in a "media player" and play it from where it lies. It depends on your system, what programmes you use and how they are set. Hope that makes sense. Quack! GtD. |
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Subject: RE: Podcasts From: wysiwyg Date: 05 Dec 06 - 11:32 AM OH! I guess I would go to all that trouble of it was a show I dearly loved, but I prefer the easy Download Link. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: Podcasts From: wysiwyg Date: 05 Dec 06 - 12:21 PM if ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: Podcasts From: Pauline L Date: 05 Dec 06 - 01:00 PM I like podcasts because they allow me to listen to a show at some time other than when it's broadcast. There aren't many. Only a few NPR shows are rebroadcast online, and those are usually on the weekend. Suppose I want to listen to Piano Jazz or WAMU's stained glass bluegrass on Tuesday night? If I'm available to listen to something online in real time, I'd like to download and save it, but I don't know how. Geoff the Duck, can I use your procedure to accomplish this? |
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Subject: RE: Podcasts From: GUEST,Geoff the Duck Date: 06 Dec 06 - 05:34 AM What I showed above only relates to Podcasts - i.e. files saved as MP3s and left on the person's web site to be downloaded automatically. If it is a "Live stream" it isn't actually saved on the site and can only be listened to live. The only way to save that type of file is to actually record it yourself as it is playing. This can be done using various programmes - a free one is Audacity - which will record a live stream and then allow you to save it to your computer. Quack! GtD. |
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Subject: RE: Podcasts From: alison Date: 06 Dec 06 - 11:17 PM A friend of mine has done some, it is a great way to tell the story and history behind his songs check out Open your eyes to Australia - with Jim Low slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Podcasts From: Rowan Date: 07 Dec 06 - 01:26 AM The ABC (Australia) Online at http://www.abc.net.au/ has a squillion programs also available as podcasts and it gives clear and easy instructions on how to download them, subscribe etc. Some of them are even folk music. Cheers, Rowan |
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Subject: RE: Podcasts From: wysiwyg Date: 07 Dec 06 - 08:43 AM Out of a squillion, which are the ones y'all might recommend? ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: Podcasts From: GUEST Date: 07 Dec 06 - 08:46 AM Wahts a podcast? |
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Subject: RE: Podcasts From: wysiwyg Date: 07 Dec 06 - 08:55 AM It's where someone plays DJ and records a show as a single MP3 file, and lets you have it for free. FREE MUSIC. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: Podcasts From: GUEST,LilyFestre Date: 07 Dec 06 - 01:21 PM Podcasts are great! Due to the many, MANY free podcasts that are available, we have more than doubled our music library! Whoever thought of the suscription part of podcasts deserves a medal of some sort! It allows our favorite music to land in our email-boxes so we don't have to hunt each wonderful show down each week! Happy Hunting. Michelle |
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Subject: RE: Podcasts From: C. Ham Date: 08 Dec 06 - 04:01 PM Mike Regenstreif's weekly folk music radio show from CKUT in Montreal is available as a podcast. He keeps each show available for two months on this page. |
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Subject: RE: Podcasts From: wysiwyg Date: 10 Dec 06 - 11:25 AM A favorite show I have recommended here many times is now available as a podcast-- the WHOLE hour-plus weekly show! WFMU SINNER'S CROSSROADS Scratchy vanity 45s, pilfered field recordings, muddy off-the-radio sounds, homemade congregational tapes and vintage commercial gospel throw-downs; a little preachin', a little salvation, a little audio tomfoolery. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: Podcasts From: Rowan Date: 10 Dec 06 - 06:04 PM WYSIWYG Sorry I've not been able to respond sooner. Some background, on the basis you have limited knowledge of the Australian scene; apologies if this is all old hat. The ABC in Australia is an institution like the BBC in Britain with a reach that is geographically similar to PBS in the US. Radio National http://www.abc.net.au/rn/ is that part of its network that some might say deals with "the serious stuff" that people who like to exercise their minds would seek out. For those with an interest in the traditional or folk (in the broadest sense) aspects of music, the following might be worth seeking. Music Deli is the only one of them that concentrates on such fare but programs of the others have all dealt with aspects of it in the recent past. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/dailyplanet/ http://www.abc.net.au/rn/intothemusic/ http://www.abc.net.au/rn/musicdeli/ http://www.abc.net.au/rn/nightair/ http://www.abc.net.au/rn/weekendplanet/ Cheers, Rowan |
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Subject: RE: Podcasts From: Linda Goodman Zebooker Date: 07 Feb 07 - 10:51 PM Thanks for the explanations! I didn't understand what podcasts were before. I've felt like I was missing the party, too! But I've recently learned that the Open Band that plays once a month for the Contra Dances at Glen Echo park in Maryland puts out a Podcast of the evenings, along with what page and book (such as New England Fiddler's Repertoire) you can find the tunes in. So you can learn some of the music that way, and I'm attempting to do this. When I mentioned this to the much-more-tech-savy-than-I people where I work, they all looked puzzled and said "What's a podcast?" I felt a lot better, then. Linda
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