Podcast Production

So, you want to create a podcast? This is the quick start page; read more on the Advanced Podcasting page if you need to know more. Visit Podcast Troubleshooting if something went wrong.


 * 1) Get the wireless microphone from [mailto:stillflame@freegeek.org Martin].  The only things you need to know about the microphone is that you should turn it on (notice the brief red flash when it gets initial power), and the battery is close to dead when you see a constant red light.  I've tested the range and it goes almost to the outside door in the front, so you should be able to use it pretty much anywhere in the two meeting rooms, both large and small.
 * 2) Prepare your USB thumbdrive.  You need to put a file called metadata.xml on this in a directory called "piab"  This is case sensitive, so don't use Piab, or PIAB, or pIaB.  Your file should look like this:    This metadata is inserted into the MP3 file, and is also used by default in the podcast once uploaded.  You can change all this information later if you want. Definitely verify that the XML is valid before insertion.  If you open it in Firefox it will complain about invalid XML if the file is bad.
 * 3) When you are ready to start, insert the USB thumbdrive.  You'll see the little red light flash a little bit; after about five seconds, you can start talking.  When you are done, just remove the USB key.  After the file has been synchronized with the metadata, it will publish it.
 * 4) Once the file is published into podasp.com, you can find it in the FreeGeek Everything" podcast on the [http://freegeek.podasp.com FreeGeek Podcast page (which is where all podcasts created by this appliance go), or if you have an account on the PodASP system, you can import it into your podcasting page by clicking on the "All" link from next to your "Partners" link.

Visit the Podcast Troubleshooting if something went wrong.