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iTunes at Stanford:
Producing and Publishing Podcasts
This handout accompanies classroom instruction provided by the IT Services Technology Training group at Stanford University.
While it is not intended as a stand-alone tutorial, it may be helpful for review of materials taught in the course.
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Table of Contents
 Creating Content
• Which Hardware and
Software should I use?
 Streaming Media
• What is it?
• Servers
• How To
 Blogging
• What is a blog?
• How do I create a blog?
• How do I create a feed to
help publicize my blog?
 Podcasting
• What is it?
• How To’s for Audio and
Video Podcasts
 Resources
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Creating Content – Hardware
Which hardware should I use?
• Digital Camera Product Reviews:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/
• Consumer Reports Digital Camera:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/
electronics-computers/digital-cameras-photos/
• Consumer Reports Camcorders:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/
electronics-computers/camcorders/reports/
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Creating Content – Sound Software
 Which software should I use?
• Sound
• Audacity (Windows & Macintosh):
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
• GarageBand (Macintosh only):
http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband
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Creating Content – Picture Software
 Which software should I use?
• Pictures
• Picasa (Windows and Linux only):
http://picasa.google.com/
• iPhoto (Macintosh only):
http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/
• GIMP (Windows, Macintosh, Linux, UNIX):
http://www.gimp.org/
• Photoshop (Windows & Macintosh):
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/
• Fireworks (Windows & Macintosh):
http://www.adobe.com/products/fireworks/
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Creating Content – Movie Software
 Which software should I use?
• Movies
• iMovie (Macintosh only):
http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/
• Avid FreeDV (Windows and Macintosh):
http://www.avid.com/freedv/
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Streaming Media – What is it?
What is Streaming Media?
From wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org):
Streaming media is media – sound, video, text –
that is consumed (read, heard, viewed), mostly in
the form of clips, while it is being delivered.
Streaming is more a property of the delivery
system than the media itself. The distinction is
usually applied to media that are distributed over
computer networks; most other delivery systems
are either inherently streaming (radio, television)
or inherently non-streaming (books, video
cassettes, audio CDs).
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Streaming Media – Servers: Storing It Yourself
Options For Storing Streaming Media
Store it yourself:
• Macintosh OS X Server:
http://images.apple.com/server/pdfs/
QuickTime_Streaming_TB_v10.4.pdf
• Real Networks’s Helix Server:
http://licensekey.realnetworks.com/rnforms/
products/servers/eval/
• Windows Media Server:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/
windowsmedia/forpros/server/server.aspx
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Streaming Media – Servers: Using Others’s
Options For Storing Streaming Media
Use someone else’s servers:
• Stanford Streaming Media:
http://www.stanford.edu/services/streaming/
• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/
• GoFish: http://www.gofish.com/
• GUBA: http://www.guba.com/
• OurMedia: http://www.ourmedia.org/ and
http://www.archive.org/
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Streaming Media – How to?
 How do I stream video?
1) Make the movie self-contained (one file).
2) Hint the movie.
• Movies that are intended for streaming must include a hint track
so the server knows exactly how to package the media data for the
network
• http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/hinttracks.html
3) Name the movie.
• Use filenames without spaces
• Filenames are case-sensitive (MyMovie isn’t mymovie)
• Use the right extension! (.mov for Quicktime, .ram or .rm for
RealMedia, etc.)
4) Save the settings (video size, sound quality, etc.).
5) Publish the movie on a server! For true streaming, it must be published
on a streaming server. For Flash, QuickTime VR, and other files that do
not truly stream (but act like they do), publish to a regular web server.
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Adding Sound and Video to Web Pages
 Using the link tag
<a href=“URL”>Click here to watch/listen</a>
• Advantages:
• Web page loads instantly
• Works with all web browsers
• Disadvantage
• Can’t adjust the height/width or location of the video/sound
 Using the embed tag
<embed src=“URL” properties=“values”></embed>
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/embed.html
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/embed2.html
• Advantages
• Sound/video opens inside the web browser
• Designer can specify exact location and height/width
• Disadvantage
• Web page loads more slowly
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Blogging – What is a blog?
From wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org):
 A weblog, which is usually shortened to blog, is a type of website
where entries are made (such as in a journal or diary), displayed in
a reverse chronological order.
 Blogs often provide commentary or news on a particular subject,
such as food, politics, or local news; some function as more
personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and
links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic.
Most blogs are primarily textual although many focus on
photographs (photoblog), videos (vlog), or audio (podcasting).
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Blogging – How do I create a blog?
 Movable Type:
http://softwarelicensing.stanford.edu/mt
 Blogger:
http://www.blogger.com/
 ClearBlogs:
http://clearblogs.com/
 WordPress:
http://www.wordpress.org/
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Blogging – Publicizing blogs by creating feeds
 To publicize a blog, an XML file (a “feed”) must be created that
will inform others of your podcast. There are two main types of
feeds: Atom feeds and RSS feeds.
 RSS is the standard for podcasting.
 If you use Blogger to create your blog, be aware that Blogger
only creates Atom feeds.
 Services like FeedBurner will translate Atom feeds into RSS at
no cost.
•
http://www.feedburner.com
 Making a Podcast with Blogger and FeedBurner:
http://www.podcastingnews.com/Make_Podcast_Blogger.html
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Podcasting – What is it?
What is a podcast?
From wikipedia:
Podcasting is the method of distributing multimedia files,
such as audio programs or music videos, over the Internet
using either the RSS or Atom syndication formats, for
playback on mobile devices and personal computers.
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Podcasting – How to?
 Creating Audio Podcasts
• Windows:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/podcasting_win.html
• Macintosh:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/podcasting.html
 Creating Video Podcasts
• Windows:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/videopodcasts_win.html
• Macintosh:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/videopodcasts.html
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Resources
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For the latest resources, visit the “Podcasting, Video,
and Sound in Web Pages” class website:
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http://techtraining.stanford.edu/videosound/
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