I'm sure not everyone familiar with the term "PODCAST"...
Podcast created by former MTV VJ Adam Curry. It is a term to describe the technology used to push audio content from websites down to consumer of that content, who typically listen to it on their iPod or other audio player that support mp3 format.
The term "podcast" is a of the words "iPod" and "broadcast". Podcasters' web sites may also offer direct download or streaming of their content.
A podcast is distinguished from other digital media formats by its ability to be syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded automatically when new content is added, using an aggregator or feed reader capable of reading feed formats such as RSS (Really Simple Syndication)...when you see the icon, that's mean you can download the files from the website.
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icon on Apple
Podcasting is not unlike time-shifted video software and devices like TiVo, which let us watch what we want and when we want by recording and storing video, except that podcasting is used for audio and is currently free of charge.
Podcasting is the process by which we can share the multimedia files with our friends over the internet. These files can be viewed on the portable media devices or on the personal computers. Podcasting thus combines broadcasting and iPod. We can broadcast our audio and video formats on the internet. Our friends can download these files on their portable MP3 or iPod and view them.
What makes podcasting special is that it allows individuals to publish (podcast) radioshows, that interested listeners can subscribe to. Before podcasting we can of course record a radio show and put it on our website or blog like everyone own nowadays, but now people can automatically receive new shows, without having to go to a specific site and download it from there.
Podcasting thus has number of benefits both the for the community within and without. A unique mass media which does not cost a lot to distribute and develop content for. Like all new technologies, the technology will have some teething issues but the force promoting it should be good enough to get the technology roaring with success in the very near future.
About Podcast.com:
Podcast.com is the premier podcast destination that provides access to a growing list of over 60,000 curated and constantly updated podcast feeds representing more than 1 million episodes of audio and video content.
Treedia Labs is the leading developer of media aggregation and distribution platforms that provide feed management and distribution to any Internet connected device. It is a company from London...
...you may go to the http://www.podcast.com/ for many entertainment and make yourself enjoy to watch and see the video from over the world...
Drwaback of Podcast
Every technology has a darker side. This is true for podcasting as well. The process seems simple and innovative way that supports creativity and sharing of ideas. But as we create our own files, we always ignore the size. Some podcast files can be very large with most of them exceeding 75MB size. Thus the main problem is the bandwidth. Each time we download the file, it uses the bandwidth. We can use only a certain limit of the bandwidth.
Sometimes, when the size is too large, then the download process will become slower than we expected..
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