Creating your own video podcasts with minimal requirements
Many people are
of the opinion that creating podcasts require
great amount of hardware and expensive software
but this is not the case. All you need for
creating a podcast is podcasting software
which is freely available on the internet,
a computer, a microphone for recording your
voice and a website to upload your podcast.
In case of computer requirements, if your
computer is not more than 3 years old, then
your computer is capable of creating podcasts.
You can create a podcast on a PC which runs
on any operating system such as Windows or
Mac. However the podcast creation software
for different operating systems is different.
In case you have an old PC, you may need to
upgrade your RAM in order to create podcast
files. In case you don’t have a PC you
can buy a new one at rock bottom prices. A
good sound and video graphics card will do
a world of good. The best configuration would
be a Pentium 3 processor with at least 512
MB of RAM and 4GB of free space on the hard
disk. Your computer should preferably have
audio ports for line in and line out.
In case of microphone and head jack requirements
you can buy a basic microphone with a head
jack combined in one device. The device is
available at a very reasonable price. You
can buy a good device starting from $8. Do
check if the microphone can be plugged to
the microphone jack of the PC. Computers having
the Windows XP system will detect and install
the microphone automatically.
You will also need podcasting as well as podcast
software. Audacity is good podcasting software
while Apple iTunes is good podcast software.
You will also need audio conversion programs
to convert the audio file into MP3 format.
Next you will need FTP software to transfer
the files to the podcast directories. Mac
users may need audio rooting tools as well.
You will need software for recording files
and you should not forget to select the most
appropriate bit rate.
There have been a lot of efforts lately to
develop podcast technology. Companies like
Odeo are working on technologies where the
user will be able to create as well as distribute
podcast through the web browser. If you want
to know the latest developments in the world
of podcasts then you can visit websites like
Podcast Alley. You can also test some new
podcast products developed by techs at techpodcasts.com
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