iTunes at Stanford: Producing and Publishing Podcasts

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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 Tos 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-co
  mputers/digital-cameras-photos/
• Consumer Reports Camcorders http//www.consumerre
  ports.org/cro/electronics-computers/camcorders/re
  ports/

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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/ili
  fe/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/ili
  fe/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/s
  erver/pdfs/QuickTime_Streaming_TB_v10.4.pdf
• Real Networkss Helix Server http//licensekey.re
  alnetworks.com/rnforms/products/servers/eval/
• Windows Media Server http//www.microsoft.com/win
  dows/windowsmedia/forpros/server/server.aspx

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Streaming Media Servers Using Otherss

• Options For Storing Streaming Media
• Use someone elses 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/hinttrack
  s.html
• 3) Name the movie.
• Use filenames without spaces
• Filenames are case-sensitive (MyMovie isnt
  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
• Click here to watch/listen
• Advantages
• Web page loads instantly
• Works with all web browsers
• Disadvantage
• Cant adjust the height/width or location of the
  video/sound
• Using the embed tag
• http//www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/embed.htm
  l
• http//www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/embed2.ht
  ml
• 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.e
  du/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 wikipediaPodcasting 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
• Macintoshhttp//www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorial
  s/podcasting.html
• Creating Video Podcasts
• Windowshttp//www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/
  videopodcasts_win.html
• Macintoshhttp//www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorial
  s/videopodcasts.html

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Resources

• For the latest resources, visit the Podcasting,
  Video, and Sound in Web Pages class website
• http//techtraining.stanford.edu/videosound/