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Podcasting Agriculture NewsMR #78Blair FanninTexas A&M University System Agriculture ProgramACE/NETC/EVP/ACTSan Antonio, TexasMay 31-June 4, 2005: 

Podcasting Agriculture News MR #78 Blair Fannin Texas A&M University System Agriculture Program ACE/NETC/EVP/ACT San Antonio, Texas May 31-June 4, 2005

What is Podcasting?: 

What is Podcasting? Time shifted .MP3 audio Can be news, commentary, entertainment, etc. Gym Auto Plane

Why Podcast?: 

Why Podcast? This is the age of new media So much news consumed online Radio is struggling for listenership Stations across the country have been gobbled up by big media Farm broadcasting is becoming obsolete in some U.S. markets Podcasting is servicing hungry listeners for niche audio programming

What is Podcasting?: 

What is Podcasting? Term emerged in 2004 Combine words “iPod” and “broadcasting” Podcasts are recorded audio programs that people can subscribe to for free. Whenever new podcasts are posted online, those files can be automatically downloaded to a computer and transferred to a portable music player. Morning commute, airplane, gym, travel to the ranch

Adam Curry: 

Adam Curry Dave Winer Who Started Podcasting? I’m the Podfather! Yes, but without RSS, there wouldn’t be Podcasting!

Apple iPod: 

Apple iPod More than 20 million iPod Owners Users primarily ages 35 and under Pew Internet and American Life Study: 29 percent of iPod owners have downloaded podcasts

How We Use Podcasts To Distribute News: 

How We Use Podcasts To Distribute News Offer podcast audio news reports with print stories (2-3 minutes in length) at http://agnews.tamu.edu Have a pilot podcast, Agnews Weekly 10 minute podcast that spotlights Extension/Experiment Station work and weekly Texas Crop and Weather

Equipment Needed To Produce A Podcast: 

Equipment Needed To Produce A Podcast Laptop or Desktop Computer Microphone Audio Recording Software (Free versions available) Digital audio recorder (optional)

Steps To Produce Podcast: 

Steps To Produce Podcast Make an outline of what you will include in podcast Record an audio file that contains a news report, commentary, etc. (Takes Practice!) Input the ID3 tags (metadata that includes author, subject of .MP3 file). This is displayed when playing file in Apple’s iTunes or Windows Media Player Compress the file into .MP3 format Post to the Web Code RSS Feed (Key to distribution)

What the Heck is RSS?: 

What the Heck is RSS? RSS=“Really Simple Syndication” Using free software clients, subscribe to RSS feed (URL) of podcast Automatically receive downloaded podcast on desktop Will play in iTunes, Windows Media Player, whichever audio player you have chosen as default player

RSS Feed: 

RSS Feed

What’s In The RSS Feed: 

What’s In The RSS Feed Podcasts use RSS 2.0 Spec RSS feed is a file with a .xml extension placed on a server Title Link Description Enclosure (link to where .MP3 audio file resides on the server)

Producing Podcasts: 

Producing Podcasts

Podcast Production/Apple Powerbook: 

Podcast Production/Apple Powerbook Intro Music Audio File WireTap (Records Audio Output) Line-In (Allows You To Hear Sounds Made Via Earphones Closing Music Audio File Audio Interview with Extension Specialist Volume Slider

Audacity Software/PC: 

Audacity Software/PC

Compressing Audio File: 

Compressing Audio File

ID3 Tags: 

ID3 Tags

AgNews Weekly : 

AgNews Weekly

Podcast RSS Feed : 

Podcast RSS Feed

Agnews.tamu.edu Podcasts: 

Agnews.tamu.edu Podcasts

Agnews.tamu.edu Podcast RSS Feed: 

Agnews.tamu.edu Podcast RSS Feed RSS Feed URL/Copy Link and Paste into Podcast catcher

iPodder Software (PC/Mac): 

iPodder Software (PC/Mac) Paste RSS Feed URL into Podcast catcher

Podcast Played iTunes: 

Podcast Played iTunes Song Name Artist Album (TCE/TAES Ag News) (Agnews Weekly) (Texas A&M University) Optional Logo (Image created in Photoshop)

Podcast in Windows Media Player: 

Podcast in Windows Media Player

Web Sites Listing Podcasts: 

Web Sites Listing Podcasts ipodder.org

Ipodder.org : 

Ipodder.org Agriculture Category

iPodder.org: 

iPodder.org Agnews Weekly RSS Feed Listing

Agnews Weekly RSS Feed: 

Agnews Weekly RSS Feed

iPodder Software: 

iPodder Software

Sync iPod To iTunes: 

Sync iPod To iTunes

Podcastalley.com: 

Podcastalley.com

Agnews Weekly Listing: 

Agnews Weekly Listing

Podcast.net : 

Podcast.net

PodcastDirectory.com: 

PodcastDirectory.com

PodcastHost.com: 

PodcastHost.com

The Audience is Listening: 

The Audience is Listening South Texas rancher listens to podcast in his pickup driving to the ranch Advertising executive in New York City listens during subway commute CNN Web development director listens during commute Plains Radio Network 120 subscribers to Agnews Weekly Podcast

Future of Podcasting: 

Future of Podcasting Could revitalize farm broadcasting No transmitters! A new radio! No expensive technology Bypass traditional radio outlets to get Extension/Experiment Station news out to the masses

Future of Podcasting: 

Future of Podcasting …just one more thing

Apple: 

Apple Steve Jobs announces at Wall Street Journal Technology Conference 5/22/05: iTunes 4.9 To Include Podcast “Catcher”

Summary: 

Summary http://iPodder.org (Source For Podcasts, Find Free Software) http://audio.weblogs.com (Latest Listing of Podcasts) http://cowhand.tamu.edu/agnewsweekly.html (Agnews Weekly Pilot Program Podcast) http://agnews.tamu.edu/rss.html (Texas A&M Ag Program Podcast feed) Audacity Audio Software: http://audacity.sourceforge.net WireTap: http://www.ambrosiasw.com