> The problem is I cannot record anything without getting large amounts
> of background noise (hiss). I thought it was my settings, but I have
> narrowed it done to the Alto mixer. To get any usable input level on
> the sound card I have to turn the gain right up on the mixer (to the
> highest 30dB setting on the Mic input gain) and even without
> *anything* connected to the mixer except my headphones, I can hear the
> annoying background hiss.
>
> What's the deal?
> Do I just have a crap quality mixer?, or is there something wrong with
> my C-1 mic output level maybe? Voice quality seems fine when I gain it
> up enough to get a usable signal level.

Try this: make sure everything on the mixer is set to unity gain or zero on the
level, main
mix level, pan, eq, etc...  Then on the channel where you have the mic connected
turn up
the TRIM. I have a high quality Mackie mixer at work where I have to turn it up
about 75%
of max to get a good level.

If that doesn't work - then maybe its a lemon or maybe the mic preamps stink.

Geoff Hankerson
Fundamentals of Digital Audio Podcast
http://digiaudio.blogspot.com

No, unfortunately they just criticized, with out being very constructive
about it.

Oddly enough, to date it has been my largest ever listened to episode,
over 700 web downloads, and over 100 iTunes download.

Which is nice, considering a year ago this month I came out with episode
0 of the podcast.

Thanks for the recommendation Stephen, I wonder if that book is
something that Borders or the like would also carry....

Chris

Stephen Eley wrote:
>
> On 2/3/07, Katronix Serf <kat@...
> <mailto:kat%40thekatsplace.com>> wrote:
> >
> > However there were recently a few bloggers who thought that one in one
> > of my recent interviews, I was either inept, or in some other way not
> > very good at it.
>
> Did they give any hints as to what they thought you were doing wrong?
>

>
> > Can anyone here recommend a good book in regards to doing interviews?
>
> The best advice I've ever read on the subject is here:
>
> http://www.thislife.org/pages/trax/comic/comic_base.html
> <http://www.thislife.org/pages/trax/comic/comic_base.html>
>
> That's _Radio: An Illustrated Guide_, a comic book about the making of
> This American Life. It goes into considerable detail about TAL's
> philosophy toward interviews, and how to turn an interview into a
> story. And it's only $5 postpaid, so there's no reason why every
> podcaster shouldn't have it.
>
> --
> Have Fun,
> Steve Eley (sfeley@... <mailto:sfeley%40gmail.com>)
> ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine
> http://www.escapepod.org <http://www.escapepod.org>
>
>

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src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/katsplace.gif" style="border:0" alt="Kat's
Place podcast"/></a>

I want to agree emphatically with Steve about the TAL comic book.  It
really helped me with my interview technique.

Basic principles:
Always as open ended questions.  ALWAYS.  Never yes-or-no... always
"what was it like," not "was it like X?"
Always be prepared.  You should kind of know what they're going to
say, not only so you can illicit reponses you expect, but so you can
recognize surprises.
Always ask for examples, both literally, and in a roundabout way (eg:
"was there a point where you..." "what was your very first experience
doing...")
Unless you're really, really nervous, instead of writing out
questions, write a few topics down.  Try to connect with your guest
and have a conversation, and if the well runs dry, segue to the next
topic.
Always look for surprises.  The TAL comic has a great reccomendation
from one of the NPR news folks: "what did you think it was going to be
like, and how did it turn out to be" is always a great question.
Connie Chung is retarded.

Jesse
The Sound of Young America
http://www.maximumfun.org


--- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Eley" <SFEley@...> wrote:
>
> On 2/3/07, Katronix Serf <kat@...> wrote:
> >
> > However there were recently a few bloggers who thought that one in one
> > of my recent interviews, I was either inept, or in some other way not
> > very good at it.
>
> Did they give any hints as to what they thought you were doing wrong?
>
>
> > Can anyone here recommend a good book in regards to doing interviews?
>
> The best advice I've ever read on the subject is here:
>
> http://www.thislife.org/pages/trax/comic/comic_base.html
>
> That's _Radio: An Illustrated Guide_, a comic book about the making of
> This American Life.  It goes into considerable detail about TAL's
> philosophy toward interviews, and how to turn an interview into a
> story.  And it's only $5 postpaid, so there's no reason why every
> podcaster shouldn't have it.
>
> --
> Have Fun,
>    Steve Eley (sfeley@...)
>    ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine
>    http://www.escapepod.org
>

I'd also recommend giving a listen to some episodes of Fresh Air with
Terry Gross, even if you're not a public radio listener in general. I
think she's a much better example of how to do a really good interview
than most TV journalists are. She's also got a book out called "All I
Did Was Ask" that, while not a tutorial on interviewing, does share some
of her extensive experience interviewing people.

You can listen to Fresh Air as a podcast (finally after all this time) at:
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=7060034

One of the things I've found really effective (and got from someone like
Terry Gross somewhere along the way) is the combined power of open-ended
questions (like the examples already given) and silence. When you ask
the open ended question, you'll get an answer (and a far better one than
if you ask questions that can be answered with yes/no). When they're
done, wait. Wait longer than you're normally comfortable with. That
gaping silence bugs 95% of people enough that they will *yearn* for it
to be filled and your subject will often do just that with an expansion
on their answer or a much deeper statement. I'm amazed at some of the
stuff that comes in to fill that silence. It's like people open up and
start talking more. I usually only have to do it once or twice (though
never until the first few questions are over and we're moving along) and
nearly everyone jumps in on their own after that.

Of course, this technique is more effective if you are editing the
interview down later as too much silence can bug your listeners too.

Another tip is to have a crib sheet of information about the guest (do
your research beforehand if you can). You've then got a bunch of stuff
you can ask them the big open ended questions:

Why did you decide to ....?
What was the biggest reason you . . .?
Who was your biggest role model . . .?
When did you realize that . . .?
Where were you when you . . .?

One last tip is the thing that I think makes the biggest impact and
that's to get your subject to tell stories. This American Life (the
source of the comic mentioned) is phenomenal at this. Many episodes have
Ira Glass only asking a question every 5 minutes or so and even those
are mostly to clarify points and steer the story a bit.

My favorite example from my own show was talking to an animator who'd
worked on the Simpsons', etc. I figured that *that* was going to be the
best part. However, he got on a roll and ended up talking about how an
Air Force recruiter conned him into joining up by telling him he'd be
able to do his art in the Air Force, how he had his art materials taken
from him at boot camp ("there ain't no artiste's in the Air Force,
boy"), eventually convinced his superior officers that he could draw and
ended up drawing democratic propaganda to be dropped on the Soviet Union
during the 80's. There's no way I could have ever planned to get a story
like that and never would have if I hadn't just gotten him started in
telling stories.

I'm still learning myself about how to interview, but have found this
kind of information invaluable.

Jesse Thorn wrote:
>
> I want to agree emphatically with Steve about the TAL comic book. It
> really helped me with my interview technique.
>
> Basic principles:
> Always as open ended questions. ALWAYS. Never yes-or-no... always
> "what was it like," not "was it like X?"
> Always be prepared. You should kind of know what they're going to
> say, not only so you can illicit reponses you expect, but so you can
> recognize surprises.
> Always ask for examples, both literally, and in a roundabout way (eg:
> "was there a point where you..." "what was your very first experience
> doing...")
> Unless you're really, really nervous, instead of writing out
> questions, write a few topics down. Try to connect with your guest
> and have a conversation, and if the well runs dry, segue to the next
> topic.
> Always look for surprises. The TAL comic has a great reccomendation
> from one of the NPR news folks: "what did you think it was going to be
> like, and how did it turn out to be" is always a great question.
> Connie Chung is retarded.
>
> Jesse
> The Sound of Young America
> http://www.maximumf un.org <http://www.maximumfun.org>
>
--
J Wynia
The Glass is Too Big
Site: http://www.wynia.org/wordpress
Podcast: http://www.glasstoobig.com
Member of 9rules Site Network: http://9rules.com

On 2/3/07, J Wynia <j@...> wrote:
>
> One last tip is the thing that I think makes the biggest impact and
> that's to get your subject to tell stories. This American Life (the
> source of the comic mentioned) is phenomenal at this. Many episodes have
> Ira Glass only asking a question every 5 minutes or so and even those
> are mostly to clarify points and steer the story a bit.

This is largely true, but I believe a lot of it is also meticulous
editing.  You can edit out the interviewer's part unless there's a
reason to keep it in, and that will often make guests sound more
spontaneous and talkative.  >8->

(One part of the TAL comic that many might find intimidating is just
*how much* time they spend editing.  10 to 12 hours per story segment
may sound like a bit much...  But one also has to remember that they
have a full-time staff, and don't run every week of the year, so it's
not a standard a podcaster should necessarily uphold.)  >8->


--
Have Fun,
    Steve Eley (sfeley@...)
    ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine
    http://www.escapepod.org

Stephen Eley wrote:
>
> This is largely true, but I believe a lot of it is also meticulous
> editing. You can edit out the interviewer' s part unless there's a
> reason to keep it in, and that will often make guests sound more
> spontaneous and talkative. >8->
>
> (One part of the TAL comic that many might find intimidating is just
> *how much* time they spend editing. 10 to 12 hours per story segment
> may sound like a bit much... But one also has to remember that they
> have a full-time staff, and don't run every week of the year, so it's
> not a standard a podcaster should necessarily uphold.) >8->
>
Oh, absolutely. Funny what a half million annual budget (and that's only
what they started out with in the beginning) can buy you in editing
time. They do, if I recall correctly, 42 hours of programming a year.
So, even in their first year (which was over 10 years ago), they were in
the neighborhood of $10,000 an episode in expenses. Though if I could
get nearly 2 million listeners I could probably figure out a way to
cover those costs too.

--
J Wynia
The Glass is Too Big
Site: http://www.wynia.org/wordpress
Podcast: http://www.glasstoobig.com
Member of 9rules Site Network: http://9rules.com

--- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, J Wynia <j@...> wrote:
>
> Stephen Eley wrote:
> >
> > This is largely true, but I believe a lot of it is also meticulous
> > editing. You can edit out the interviewer' s part unless there's a
> > reason to keep it in, and that will often make guests sound more
> > spontaneous and talkative. >8->
> >
> > (One part of the TAL comic that many might find intimidating is just
> > *how much* time they spend editing. 10 to 12 hours per story segment
> > may sound like a bit much... But one also has to remember that they
> > have a full-time staff, and don't run every week of the year, so it's
> > not a standard a podcaster should necessarily uphold.) >8->
> >
> Oh, absolutely. Funny what a half million annual budget (and that's
only
> what they started out with in the beginning) can buy you in editing
> time. They do, if I recall correctly, 42 hours of programming a year.
> So, even in their first year (which was over 10 years ago), they
were in
> the neighborhood of $10,000 an episode in expenses. Though if I could
> get nearly 2 million listeners I could probably figure out a way to
> cover those costs too.


All of which reminds me -- next week on The Sound of Young America,
This American Life senior producer Julie Snyder talks about how the
show is put together, and about the upcoming television version of the
show on Showtime.

Oh, and in the interest of staying on topic -- people are always more
interesting when they're talking about something they're passionate about.

Jesse
The Sound of Young America
http://www.maximumfun.org

On 2/3/07, Jesse Thorn <thesoundofyoungamerica@...> wrote:
>
> All of which reminds me -- next week on The Sound of Young America,
> This American Life senior producer Julie Snyder talks about how the
> show is put together, and about the upcoming television version of the
> show on Showtime.

Very, very cool.  Kudos!


--
Have Fun,
    Steve Eley (sfeley@...)
    ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine
    http://www.escapepod.org

The best book I've seen on interview is "Creative Interviewing: The
Writer's Guide to Gathering Information by Asking Questions" by Ken
Metzler.



I just saw a used copy on Amazon for under 7 bucks. Well worth it.





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-----Original Message-----
From: podcasters@yahoogroups.com [mailto:podcasters@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Stephen Eley
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 4:40 AM
To: podcasters@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [podcasters] Learning to Interview....



On 2/3/07, Katronix Serf <kat@thekatsplace.
<mailto:kat%40thekatsplace.com> com> wrote:
>
> However there were recently a few bloggers who thought that one in
one
> of my recent interviews, I was either inept, or in some other way
not
> very good at it.

Did they give any hints as to what they thought you were doing wrong?

> Can anyone here recommend a good book in regards to doing
interviews?

The best advice I've ever read on the subject is here:

http://www.thislife
<http://www.thislife.org/pages/trax/comic/comic_base.html>
.org/pages/trax/comic/comic_base.html

That's _Radio: An Illustrated Guide_, a comic book about the making of
This American Life. It goes into considerable detail about TAL's
philosophy toward interviews, and how to turn an interview into a
story. And it's only $5 postpaid, so there's no reason why every
podcaster shouldn't have it.

--
Have Fun,
Steve Eley (sfeley@gmail. <mailto:sfeley%40gmail.com> com)
ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine
http://www.escapepo <http://www.escapepod.org> d.org





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--- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Eley" <SFEley@...> wrote:
>
> On 2/3/07, J Wynia <j@...> wrote:
> >
> > One last tip is the thing that I think makes the biggest impact and
> > that's to get your subject to tell stories. This American Life (the
> > source of the comic mentioned) is phenomenal at this. Many episodes have
> > Ira Glass only asking a question every 5 minutes or so and even those
> > are mostly to clarify points and steer the story a bit.
>
> This is largely true, but I believe a lot of it is also meticulous
> editing.  You can edit out the interviewer's part unless there's a
> reason to keep it in, and that will often make guests sound more
> spontaneous and talkative.  >8->
>
> (One part of the TAL comic that many might find intimidating is just
> *how much* time they spend editing.  10 to 12 hours per story segment
> may sound like a bit much...  But one also has to remember that they
> have a full-time staff, and don't run every week of the year, so it's
> not a standard a podcaster should necessarily uphold.)  >8->
>

When I first started my show, which is a good 95% interview based, I remember
being a bit
panicked as to just how long each show took to edit and thought I must be making
some
really stupid newbie mistakes. I posted episode 21 this week and while I don't
believe I'll
ever feel my show is perfect, I really can't see my workflow getting much past
5+ hours of
editing I put into the interviews now, even with the nice cut, zero crossing,
replace with
noise print shortcuts I've mapped to my mouse, it just takes that long :-)

Unfortunately being a Brit I couldn't order a copy of the TAL comic (if anyone
has a spare
I'd gladly buy it from you) but even the one page sample on how to edit sound
was a great
help. I also took note when Rob Welch 411 said a lot of his editing focus is to
remove
himself from the interview as much as possible and two of my favourite examples
of great
interview techniques (and what I shoot for each time) are KCRW's The Business
and The
Treatment. Perhaps one day I'll get to sound like their younger, slightly less
experienced
cousin!

________
MarBelle
Directors Notes
The What, How & Why of Independent Filmmaking
http://www.directorsnotes.com

Lots of excellent advice and resources in this thread, to which I'll add:

Listen *hard.*  As the subject is responding to your question, be on
the lookout for points of elaboration and explanation.  If they use
terminology that might not be familiar to your listeners, ask them to
explain it (but don't interrupt them to do so -- wait until they're
done speaking.)

Have a list of prepared questions, perhaps, but don't feel locked into
that list.  Let the conversation branch, so long as the branches are
still part of the tree.

Here's a great "injection" question (a question that targets something
in the subject's comments and inspires elaboration):

"How did that make you feel?"

Finally, if something the subject says piques your curiosity or
inspires your passions, get them to talk more on that.  They will pick
up on your interest, and it will make them feel good to teach or share
with you.

--
Matthew Wayne Selznick
Consultant, Podcaster, Author
************************************

MWS Media
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  hosting, and writing services
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http://www.mattselznick.com

Books:
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   Sovereign Era"
http://www.bravemenrun.com

My friend asked me what I hope to accomplish with my "Deal Machine"
http://www.dealmachine.org/
patent idea.
http://www.askdollie.com/dealmachine/DealMachine_provisional_patent_application.\
pdf

I want to sell it to some big tech company that will help develop it
and pay royalties so some day I can buy 2000 acres of land and that
bunker with a moat and gun turrets on the hill for us to live in.

And make us enough money to buy full-page ads for "Clone The Homeless"
and "Submission and Coffee with Dollie Llama" in the New York Times,
Newsweek, The Economist, USA Today, US News and World Report,
Kiplinger and the National Review.

And buy some new sneakers.

What are your goals?

MWD

--- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, "Michael W. Dean" <kittyfeet70@...>
wrote:
>.....And make us enough money to buy full-page ads for "Clone The
Homeless"
> and "Submission and Coffee with Dollie Llama" in the New York Times,
> Newsweek, The Economist, USA Today, US News and World Report,
> Kiplinger and the National Review.
>


Oh yeah...and a Super Bowl ad. Then maybe I'd finally have a reason to
watch that thing.

Mostly I am doing this to express myself, leave a record of my
existance, make friends, communicate with my family and buddies, learn
new skills and hopefully entertain folks. I'd like it to lead to
something bigger but am pretty resigned and okay with it that it
won't.

> --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, "Michael W. Dean" <kittyfeet70@...>
>  wrote:
>  >.....And make us enough money to buy full-page ads for "Clone The
>  Homeless"
>  > and "Submission and Coffee with Dollie Llama" in the New York Times,
>  > Newsweek, The Economist, USA Today, US News and World Report,
>  > Kiplinger and the National Review.
>  >
>
>  Oh yeah...and a Super Bowl ad. Then maybe I'd finally have a reason to
>  watch that thing.

--
--
Laura Ross

The Coffee And Tea Show podcast
http://coffeeandteashow.com
Listener hotline: 206-338-6194
coffeeandteashow@...

Rocky Horror Pod Show
http://rockyhorrorpodshow.libsyn.com
Listener hotline: 206-888-4991 (note new number)
rockypod@...

It was 3 Feb 2007, when Andy Bilodeau commented:

> The key is start.....stop lolly gagging and get something from analog
> (you) to digital (mp3) and do it now man!

Done, for good or ill.  Not really that bad, exactly.  I just have to
learn to stop editing, or at least to save a copy of the project before I
edit.  Live and learn.

--
Grizzly <grizzly at atbbs.dyndns.org>
Podcast: <http://grizzly.libsyn.com>

It was 3 Feb 2007, when Stephen Eley commented:

> On 2/3/07, David Smith <dbsmith@...> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks.  Now I'm past the point of "no ideas," and working my way through
> > "lack of nerve."  I've read and listened to so much about how to do a
> > podcast well, and heard a few hundred shows from 30-40 producers, and I'm
> > a bit intimidated.  I don't currently have the right resources to do it
> > as well as I'd like, and I hate to not do things well.  Later, I'm sure
> > I'll have other excuses.
>
> Perhaps this is just your process, but from "not giving a rat's ass"
> to this, you seem determined to talk yourself into not starting.  You
> seem insistent on making *us* collaborators in the big non-event, too.
>  Maybe you want a pat on the shoulder, or a cookie or something.
>
> I guess you missed that my "Good luck with your podcast" was ironic.

All your points in this message were well taken.  I'll refer you to my
other post, regarding my first podcast, posted just today.

I don't know if it went well.  In some ways I think it did.

Anyway, it went.

But yeah, you're right.  I just get discouraged sometimes.

--
Grizzly <grizzly at atbbs.dyndns.org>
Podcast: <http://grizzly.libsyn.com>

It was 3 Feb 2007, when Dennis Hays (Editor) commented:

> Hello Stephen,
>
> Saturday, February 3, 2007, 6:52:09 AM, you wrote:
>
> > On 2/3/07, David Smith <dbsmith@...> wrote:
> >>
> Snipped-------------
> >>  Later, I'm sure I'll have other excuses.
>
> -----Snipped (Sorry Stephen)
>
> > "Hate to do things well?"  Get over it.  Of course your first podcast is
> > going to suck.  Everyone's first podcast sucks.  You do it anyway, and if
> > you're paying attention, maybe your second one will suck a little less.
> > By the time you've released five podcasts to the world you *might* have
> > something decent.
>
> ------Snipped again
>
> BTW, my first podcast, which really sucked (by anyone's standards) has over
> 10,000 downloads now. (I'm much better now, Dave.")

"Good morning, Dave, everything is running perfectly, and you? ... just a
moment ... just a moment..."

BTW, I don't have my original post.  Didn't I say I hate to -not- do
things well?  Never mind.

--
Grizzly <grizzly at atbbs.dyndns.org>
Podcast: <http://grizzly.libsyn.com>

Today, I recorded, edited (within an inch of it's life) and posted Episode
Zero of my first podcast.  Yay!

I mentioned before I set up a slot at Podshow.  After repeated attempts, I
never actually figured out how to put my first episode up at Podshow.  So
I gave up.

I recalled folks here had recommended Libsyn, so I went over there,
started an account, put in a payment through Paypal (glad they take that
there), and uploaded my first episode.  Took under 10 minutes, all told.
I went with the cheapest account, of course.

I probably shouldn't have spent an hour or two attempting to edit the
thing before posting it.  It really sounds kinda raggedy as a result.  But
it's Not Really That Bad, exactly.  Content's good.  Might even turn into
Something.  I just don't know how to use Audacity properly yet.

If I'm not mistaken, the thing is posted at <http://grizzly.libsyn.com>.
I don't know if there's anything to comment about, but I do hope you give
it a listen.

Thanks for all your help and support.  I wouldn't have done this without
all of your comments.  But of course, you're free to disavow any knowledge
of my actions.

This email will self-destruct in five seconds.

One of us. One of us. Gobble gobble. One of us.

On 2/4/07, David Smith <dbsmith@...> wrote:
>
>
> Today, I recorded, edited (within an inch of it's life) and posted Episode
>  Zero of my first podcast. Yay!
>
--
--
Laura Ross

The Coffee And Tea Show podcast
http://coffeeandteashow.com
Listener hotline: 206-338-6194
coffeeandteashow@...

Rocky Horror Pod Show
http://rockyhorrorpodshow.libsyn.com
Listener hotline: 206-888-4991 (note new number)
rockypod@...

It was 4 Feb 2007, when Flyswatter commented:

> One of us. One of us. Gobble gobble. One of us.
>
> On 2/4/07, David Smith <dbsmith@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Today, I recorded, edited (within an inch of it's life) and posted
> > Episode
> >  Zero of my first podcast. Yay!

As Robin Williams put it, "Don't worry, Tommy, it won't hurt you, it's
just a pod..."  Why do you think they call them PODcasts?

Now I need to figure out what to talk about next week!

--
Grizzly <grizzly at atbbs.dyndns.org>
Podcast: <http://grizzly.libsyn.com>

On 2/4/07, David Smith <dbsmith@...> wrote:
>
> All your points in this message were well taken.  I'll refer you to my
> other post, regarding my first podcast, posted just today.
>
> I don't know if it went well.  In some ways I think it did.

Excellent.

What matters is that you did it.  Again, as you long as you keep
paying attention, your second one will be better than your first.  And
your third one better than that.  And so on.

--
Have Fun,
    Steve Eley (sfeley@...)
    ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine
    http://www.escapepod.org

Anyone know which podcatchers will deal with Mpg video? iTunes doesn't
seem to be downloading it from the feed, even though it's in the RSS
feed, and iTunes DOES play that format.

http://www.kittyfeet.com/temp/VikingCheeseRockBandFromKittyfeetDotCom.mpg
is the video (it's not dirty, just very dumb), and the RSS feed is
http://www.askdollie.com/cth/CloneTheHomeless.xml


thank you,
MWD
http://www.clonethehomeless.com

Never mind. I fixed it.
Thank you.
MWD

Any suggestions for a good video player that will play the ORIGINAL file of
a .m4v?

In other words I just put in the file location of the URL and the player
fetches it.

QT videos play fine in Firefox, after a few seconds, but in IE and IE7 the
whole file must download before playing. Often I'll look at solutions, but
most you have to host the video on their server (YouTube, etc.)

I am using Wordpress (www.rumorgirls.com) and the WP audio plug-in works
great but it does not directly support a video player for .m4v.

Any ideas? Thanks!

Frank

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On 2/5/07, Frank McMahon <frank@...> wrote:
>  Any suggestions for a good video player that will play the ORIGINAL file of
>  a .m4v?
>
>  In other words I just put in the file location of the URL and the player
>  fetches it.

You're using WordPress, so the PodPress plugin is the best choice.
Handles audio and video.

--
Matthew Wayne Selznick
Consultant, Podcaster, Author
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  hosting, and writing services
  for DIY, independent creators
http://www.mwsmedia.com

Podiobooks.com
  The original source of audio
  books in podcast form.
http://www.podiobooks.com

Podcasts:
  The DIY Endeavors Podcast
http://www.podmotel.com/diyendeavors
  Five Minute Memoir
http://www.fiveminutememoir.com
  Sonitotum
http://www.mattselznick.com

Books:
  "Brave Men Run - A Novel of the
   Sovereign Era"
http://www.bravemenrun.com

> Anyone know which podcatchers will deal with Mpg video?
> iTunes doesn't seem to be downloading it from the feed, even
> though it's in the RSS feed, and iTunes DOES play that format.

Most of the non-iTunes podcatchers allow you to define what file types to
look for. The trick is that every user has to have their settings configured
for that file type. You'd be much better off transcoding to the more
standard MP4 rather than hoping everyone will download the MPG file.

If you're using a Mac, FFMPEGX will do the trick. For Windows users, the
easiest solution is likely to download one of the free iPod converters or to
use something like WinFF as a front end to ffmpeg on Windows.

Jake Ludington

http://www.jakeludington.com
http://www.PodcastingStarterKit.com

Hello Folks,

I'm not sure if this has come up to this group and if this is a repeat
I do apologize but I found a
really cool widgety type thingy to encourage listener interactions.

It's an embedded flash jabber chat client.

Once you register at http://wwwl.meebo.com/index-en.html you can add
your login information to your jabber compliant chat client...I use
Adium on the Mac and Trillan on Windows. (They are both chat
aggregators ...allowing you to log into multiple IM servers in one
interface)

The only thing, is that everytime someone hits the site, you need to
authorize the chat session....so if you have a popular site I'm sure
this would get REAL troublesome. I have it on the andycast home page
http://www.andycast.net if you want to check it out.

I may relegate it to a "contact me" page that links off of the main
page..depending on how intense it gets. I don't imagine it will get
too bad for me...only a handful of people visit my site regularly
anyway....

Just another way to allow listeners to get in touch.

In the interest of full disclosure, I am in no way affiliated with
this service or company.

I just thought it was cool!



--
Andy Bilodeau
PodCaster

The AndyCast PodCast
You'll laugh 'til you stop!
http://www.andycast.net
Skype : andybilodeau

Hi,
I'm new to the podcasting craze and am having a few problems. I use
a Mac and my biggest gripe at the moment is that in GarageBand, my
voice goes from quiet to loud without apparent reason, and I have no way in
editing that (if there is a way, I've not discovered it). In Audacity,
the voice recording works splendidly without even having to edit it
although I know how. However, in Audacity, when I import a music file
(composed in GarageBand, but on a different computer, I'm importing the
.mp3 file), it won't let me do anything with it, ie. I cannot split it so
part of it can be used for the intro and the other part for the outro
nor will it allow me to fade parts in and out. Help, I'm tearing my hair
out.
Thanks bunches for any suggestions!
Cloud


Mischief managed.

---------------------------------
  Get your own web address.
  Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business.

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What are you using to get the sound to Garageband, and Audacity.  Is
it the same setup.  I have no problem recording in Garageband, when
I do, which is rare, since we have a mixer that works with Pro Tools
Light.

Here are a couple ideas, but both are workarounds.

First, you could save the music from garageband to iTunes and burn a
CD to get it into Audacity - which might make it more editable in
Audacity.

Second, you might do what I do, which is record the vocal part (and
for us this is just intros and outtros - so this might be
prohibitive if you are doing the whole show this way) on the other
machine (the Audacity machine) then bring it into Garageband, where
it might be easier to edit everything together.

Third, you might do your editing and fades in a new project in
garageband and export the edited files rather than the others.

Julie
www.washingtontravelcast.com

--- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, Cloud Nine <cl0ud.n1ne@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
> I'm new to the podcasting craze and am having a few problems. I
use
> a Mac and my biggest gripe at the moment is that in GarageBand, my
> voice goes from quiet to loud without apparent reason, and I have
no way in
> editing that (if there is a way, I've not discovered it). In
Audacity,
> the voice recording works splendidly without even having to edit
it
> although I know how. However, in Audacity, when I import a music
file
> (composed in GarageBand, but on a different computer, I'm
importing the
> .mp3 file), it won't let me do anything with it, ie. I cannot
split it so
> part of it can be used for the intro and the other part for the
outro
> nor will it allow me to fade parts in and out. Help, I'm tearing
my hair
> out.
> Thanks bunches for any suggestions!
> Cloud
>
>
> Mischief managed.
>
> ---------------------------------
>  Get your own web address.
>  Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business.
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

I just joined this group and am looking forward to the conversation.
My husband and I have been podcasting a bit short of a year (our one
year anniversary will be mid March).

Our show is a soundseeing show, with the emphasis on walking tours in
the Washington DC area, Washington TravelCast.

You can find us at

http://www.washingtontravelcast.com

Julie