Podcasting – Introduction of Podcasting

Posted on February 4, 2010
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Choosing to start your own podcast can feel like a large and complicated task, especially if you are not overly confident in your internet ‘techy’ skills. The good news is you really don’t have to be a technical wizard to create your own program with professional sound and quality. There are tools available to make it easy, affordable and fun.

First of all, let’s touch on just what exactly a podcast is.

Wikipedia says:
“A podcast is a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released episodically and downloaded through web syndication.”

Here’s my definition: A series of audio or video files that can be subscribed to and automatically downloaded as new episodes are released.

Notice I didn’t say anything about whether the files are spoken word or music, whether they’re amateur-hour or professional sounding, or even whether they are free or for pay. To be called a podcast you just need a series of audio or video files (how long that series lasts is up to you) that can be subscribed to so programs like iTunes can automatically download them when new episodes are available.

An episode can be a minute in length, or it can be an hour or more in length. If you’re just getting started, I suggest going with a shorter length because doing a podcast requires a commitment and while you’re raring to go right now with a marathon session, what about next week or the week after? Especially when some unexpected “life situation” pops up?

You can always go from a long podcast to a short one, or vice versa, but in general, the more consistent you are, the more comfortable your audience will be. And that holds true for more than just the length of each episode. There are some “stream of consciousness” podcasts that are good, but in general, a show that gives the audience great content in a format they recognize will do better than one that’s all over the road every time.

To put it in simple words, if any person still has doubts, podcasting is all about placing a preferable audio or video file on the web tat can be downloaded by any person. There are certain copyright issues regarding podcasting that are debatable. The person who uses podcasting and places the files on the net usually claims to have the copyright of the material. But in several cases it is not so as the files are not original creations of the person in question. So it is not only crucial to know what is podcasting but also to practice the ethics corresponding to its details.

Good quality podcasting means that the audio quality ought to be clear with well pronounced sound. Moreover, if the file is in video formats then the picture quality must be very fine. Podcasting is generally used to relieve stress and for the purpose of relaxation. Another interesting use of podcasting is about commercial acceptance of promotional campaigns in between the broadcasting of files.

Conclusively, it can be simply said that podcasting is a pretty smart technological innovation that is fast becoming popular among the mass. Each day more and more people are getting to know what is podcasting and its benefits

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