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Podcasting is a way of
delivering audio and/or video content to your local computer, or
to your mobile device. It was first used by iPodders, or those
who use iPods, but has generalized to refer to any type of local
or mobile device, such as a laptop, desktop, or Zune (the new
Microsoft device). Podcasts are generally either MP3
(audio) or MP4 (video) files. The podcasts used for Wednesday's
Child are MP4 files. Each weekly episode of Wednesday's
Child is a new podcast, which you can download. Then, you can
show these podcasts to others from your laptop, iPod, etc.
without needing to access the internet, and you may have all of
the episodes handy if you like.
In order to collect and
automatically receive the latest podcast onto your machine, you
will need a "podcatcher," which uses RSS ("Really Simple
Syndication") for subscription to new episodes. Podcatchers work
in the background while your machine is running if you allow
them, so they can receive the latest podcast as soon as it is
available.
One of the best known
podcatchers is iTunes, which can be downloaded at:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download . In order to
subscribe to the Wednesday's Child podcast using iTunes, you can
do the following:
1. Open iTunes.
2. Click on "Advanced".
3. Click on "Subscribe to
Podcast".
4. Copy the web address below
into the textbox which pops up:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/wednesdayschildga
5. You should then see a new
Podcast in your iTunes, called Wednesday's Child, and it should
begin downloading the latest podcast immediately.
6. You can set your
preferences in iTunes for podcasts. Click on Edit/Preferences/Podcasts,
and you will have the opportunity to check for new episodes
hourly, daily or weekly; download all episodes, or only the most
recent; and keep all episodes, or only the most recent.
You can also set yourself up
to receive an email each time a new episode is posted, by
clicking on the "Subscribe to podcast by email" button on the
Wednesday's Child home page.
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