How to Make a Podcast

 

MACINTOSH

Make a Podcast with iMovie

In iMOVIE

¥Make/load your movie

¥Click Share: iWeb

¥Click: Share for video podcast

(the computer creates a template page in iWeb for your podcast—see iWeb below)

 

Make a Podcast with Garageband

¥Click the Ò+Ó on lower left side to create a new track (or in the top menu ÒTrack: New TrackÓ)

¥Under ÒTrack InfoÓ choose ÒVocalsÓ or ÒPodcastingÓ and experiment with effects for your voice. Record something.

¥Click on the ÒeyeÓ icon to open the loop browser.

¥Click on the Podcast symbol in lower left corner. Choose a jingle and drag it into the work space.

¥Click on the triangle icon in the jingle track icon bar. Click on the volume line in multiple places to create fade inÕs and fade outs.

¥Drag your voice clip to where it fits best.

VIDEO/VISUALS

¥If you want to create a soundtrack for visuals, click ÒTrack: Show video trackÓ if you want to use video or ÒTrack: Show podcast trackÓ if you want still pictures with your audio.

¥When you are ready to publish click ÒShare: iWebÓ (see iWeb below)

 

Publish in iWEB

á   -You have a main page and a page for each Podcast. In the main page, the information at the left side is the overall information about the series which will show up in iTunes if you choose to submit it there. At the top is a list of the different podcasts that you have.

 

á   Change the text by clicking into that area. You can add pictures by drag and dropping.

á   Load it onto the web

á   File: Publish to .Mac (if you have an account). Progress shown on the ÒSiteÓ icon at the left.

á   File: Publish to a folder (if you have a different web space).

á   To submit your podcast to iTunes

o       In the site organizer, select the page that contains the podcast you want to submit.

o       If the Blog & Podcast Inspector isn't open, click Inspector in the toolbar (or choose View > Show Inspector), click the Blog & Podcast Inspector button, and then click Podcast.

o       Enter information about the podcast series or episode.

o       Make sure the "Allow Podcast in iTunes Music Store" checkbox is selected and then choose File > Submit Podcast to iTunes.

 

PC

Record something

á       Stills or Video with a Digital Camera or Camcorder

o      Import into Windows Movie Maker or similar

o      Create as an mp4 file.

 

á       Audio with a microphone

o      Import into Audacity or similar

o       

o      http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows

o      Create as an mp3 file. If you use Audacity, you will need to save it as a .wav file and then convert it to an mp3 file with an encoder such as

 

Create an mp3 (audio) or mp4/m4v (video) file

Download it to your pod/mp3 player using iPodder or similar

http://www.ipodder.org/directory/4/ipodderSoftware

 

Publish your file

á        Put your mp3 or mp4 file on a website with website creation software such as NVU

o      http://www.nvu.com/index.php

á        Allow subscribing by creating an RSS feed.

o      Create an RSS feed: Using software such as FeedForAll ($10), create an RSS feed that will be needed for people to subscribe to your podcast.

o       http://www.feedforall.com/software.htm

 

 

Download the file to an mp3 player such as iPod

 

To download podcasts to any portable (not just the iPod), start with the right software. One option is iPodder: This free PC/Mac/Linux program lets you subscribe to podcasts from its directory listing or add your own. It periodically checks for and downloads new podcasts. If you use iTunes, you'll find the latest shows waiting whenever you dock your iPod. Free download, ipodder.org