A look into Podcast Software
Before delving
into podcast software, we would like to state
that podcast software and podcasting software
are two different terms. Podcast software
refers to software that is used to just manage
and view podcast. Podcasting software is software
that is used to create podcast file and transfer
them to the internet. There are a lot of podcast
and podcasting software available for free
download on the internet. Let's take a look
at a few of them.
There are some great podcast softwares available
for the Windows Operating System. There is
of course the Winamp from NullSoft as well
as Apple Itunes from apple. Both are great
podcast software for downloading podcast and
managing podcast files from the internet.
Then there special podcast softwares such
as @Podder that is used for downloading podcast
files for the visually impaired. There is
BitsCast that supports multiple devices such
as iPods and Microsoft Media devices. Podcast
softwares like Doppler are good podcast aggregators.
Doppler fetches files from the RSS feed and
automatically adds them to the podcast receiver.
Podcast software for the Macintosh include
iTunes and Juice that let users select their
favorite audio podcasts and download them
to media players such as Apple iPod. There
are other good podcast softwares as well such
as iPodderX that not only handles podcasts
but vlogs and other files that are distributed
in the form of newsfeeds. Playpod works best
with Mac OS X while NewsFire is used as a
newsreader. Linux based podcast software include
Podracer, Rhtymbox, Peapod, BPConf and Penguin
TV.
In case of podcasting software there is Audacity
software that can be downloaded for free from
the internet. Audacity helps you to create
podcast files from one or several audio files.
You can record audio and then even edit the
file according to your requirements. The software
runs on Windows Operating System as well as
the Mac Operating System. Then there are MP3
encoders like LAME and iTunes that work with
programs like Audacity. These softwares are
used to convert the audio files into MP3 files
to reduce their size without compromising
on quality so that they can be easily uploaded
on the internet. It is best to test your MP3
files before distributing them on the internet.
The best softwares to test your MP3 files
are Windows Media Player and iTunes. These
software are also capable of showing ID tags
of the file such as author and date creation
information
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