Hi all,

We've taken the core "engine" from Jäger that handles downloading
syndication, enclosures, etc.., put a new GUI on it, wrapped in "mplayer"
and "lame" and now we have a new product called "BlogMatrix Sparks!" that
not only handles podcasts (the gui code is not all hooked up yet though for
this -- we'll probably have this out later tonight or tomorrow), it also can
record streaming Internet radio feeds and treat them as podcasts. It also
has a pretty cool OPML browser (screenshots:
http://sparks.blogmatrix.com/sampler/) hooked in.

The Windows announcement is here
(http://jaeger.blogmatrix.com/weblog/archives/2004_12.shtml#003060) and the
Mac announcment is here
(http://jaeger.blogmatrix.com/weblog/archives/2004_12.shtml#003062). The
main difference between the Windows and Mac version is that Windows has a
Mozilla browser built in; the Mac has something much simpler.

The installer on Windows is shared with Jäger. If you've tried that already
and it's not your thing, just turn off the appropriate check boxes.

We'll probably be adding a way soon to upload downloaded radio shows as
podcasts (i.e. RSS 2 + Enclosures). This isn't out of evil intent so much as
a way of sharing resources (CPU power, always-on Internet between) multiple
machines.

Regards, etc...
David
http://jaeger.blogmatrix.com

I left it running overnight and it eventually started working, so I
should have it by now.

Thanks for setting it up, I couldn't play the other version...


On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:45:16 -0500, Stuart Hunter <shuntera@...> wrote:
>
> David, I am home now and my Azureus client looks as if it is set up OK
> if you want to try again.
>
> Stuart
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:27:00 -0500, Stuart Hunter <shuntera@...> wrote:
> > Hmm, not sure if I can do anything about that. The tracker is hosted
> > at torrent.youceff.com, but I wll check that my client is up and
> > serving the file when I get home.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:09:56 -0800, David Johnson <djohnson68@...>
wrote:
> > >
> > > I keep getting a timeout error when trying to connect to the  tracker...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 17:42:30 -0500, Stuart Hunter <shuntera@...>
wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have created an MPG of the file and have created (I think - first
> > > > time I have tried) a BitTorrrent to get it from.
> > > >
> > > > Load this into your BitTorrent client:
> > > >
> > > > http://torrent.youceff.com/torrents/CultureShowPodcasting.MPG.torrent
> > > >
> > > > Stuart
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > David Johnson
> > > http://www.edave.org
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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--
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http://www.edave.org

I came across http://www.libsyn.org/
"We don't want you to be penalized if your show gets popular. That is
why we do not charge for bandwidth usage, or for hosting a static
amount of web storage. Instead, our price model is based on how much
space you need a month."

They have a 'Podcast Basic': $5/month for 100MB per month.
They are hosted at ev1servers.net (which is not bad), but there are
apparemtly no customers yet.
(domain was registered on 25-Oct-2004 - they've only just started)

Peter

--- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, "Harold J. Johnson"
<harold.johnson@g...> wrote:
>
> Okay, I'm doomed.  I'm out of bandwidth, and now I have to find a
new
> host.  It wasn't even that much bandwidth; I keep my file sizes down
> to about 5 megs and my bandwidth allocation has been 5,000 megs/mo.
> As of today, I'm at about 15,000 megs or so.  Some of it I've
> offloaded to another host, but that limit will probably be exceeded
> today, so I don't want to go with that any longer.  What to do?
>
> Harold

Thanks for giving ccPublisher a try; I actually released a new version
this morning which fixes a bug that sounds similar to what you
described here.  You can find downloads at
http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/software/publisher.  Let me know if
you still have problems and I'll be happy to work on tracking down the
bug.  Thanks again for giving it a try.

Nathan


--- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, "mglehman" <ipodder@m...> wrote:
>
> I do so love being an early adopter ;)
>
> I too tried CCPublisher with the same results.
> I then tried the web interface and was able to upload a file
> successfully.
>
> -- Michael Lehman
> -- www.softwareland.org
>
>
>
> --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, Harold Johnson
> <harold.johnson@g...> wrote:
> > Yes, I heard your recent podcast accounting your bandwidth
> challenges.
> >  From MP3 to torrents back to MP3--it all seems so time-consuming,
> but
> > that's the day and age we live in: "The Early Days of Podcasting,
> in
> > Which a Few Lucky Souls Get To Work Out the Kinks".  I hope history
> > will credit us more fairly than our dear friend Tesla...at least an
> > archive of our podcasts would prove that we were there before Clear
> > Channel or Sirius took over podcasting!
> >
> > Okay, back to the topic.  I tried CCPublisher yesterday.  On my
> first
> > attempt at uploading a file, the transfer seemed to hang.  It
> appeared
> > to begin uploading (the transfer bar indicated this), so I left the
> > app alone for a few hours.  When I returned, the transfer was still
> > incomplete, so I quit the app.
> >
> > I'm going to try again today, and I'll let you all know the
> results.
> >
> > Harold
> >
> > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:09:00 -0800, Jason Evangelho
> > <jasonevangelho@g...> wrote:
> > >  Damn Harold, that is disappointing. I'm sure you're not alone.
> As you
> > >  know, I've switched to mp3 from torrents, but only because of a
> small
> > >  free miracle.
> > >
> > >  If your show is popular enough, which it sounds like it is, you
> may go
> > >  the BitTorrent route...I know you're somewhat opposed to it,
> but Curry
> > >  and Winer are working out the kinks. . .
> > >
> > >  Something to ponder. Good luck to you.
> > >
> > >  Jason
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:39:02 -0000, Harold J. Johnson
> > >  <harold.johnson@g...> wrote:
> > >  >
> > >  >  Okay, I'm doomed.  I'm out of bandwidth, and now I have to
> find a new
> > >  >  host.  It wasn't even that much bandwidth; I keep my file
> sizes down
> > >  >  to about 5 megs and my bandwidth allocation has been 5,000
> megs/mo.
> > >  >  As of today, I'm at about 15,000 megs or so.  Some of it I've
> > >  >  offloaded to another host, but that limit will probably be
> exceeded
> > >  >  today, so I don't want to go with that any longer.  What to
> do?
> > >  >
> > >  >  Harold
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >  >  Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >  > Get unlimited calls to
> > >  >
> > >  > U.S./Canada
> > >  >
> > >  >  ________________________________
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> > >  >
> > >  > To visit your group on the web, go to:
> > >  > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/podcasters/
> > >  >
> > >  > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> > >  > podcasters-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
> > >  >
> > >  > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
> Service.
> > >
> > >
> > >  --
> > >  Jason Evangelho
> > >  Insomnia Radio: Powered by iPodio
> > >  http://hardcoreinsomniaradio.blogspot.com
> > >  RSS Feed:
> > >  http://webpages.charter.net/jevangelho01/IR.xml
> > >  IndieFeed Podcast
> > >  http://www.indiefeed.com
> > >  AIM: hardcoreinsomnia
> > >  Skype: hardcoreinsomnia
> > >  MSN: jason_evangelho@m...
> > >
> > >  "The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too
> > >  strong to be broken."
> > >      ~Samuel Johnson
> > >
> > >
> > >  Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
> > >
> > >  ADVERTISEMENT
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  ________________________________
> > >  Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > > To visit your group on the web, go to:
> > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/podcasters/
> > >
> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> > > podcasters-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
> > >
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> Service.

That's some unbelievable pricing. Sounds like a great business model
to me. Everyone should jump to this pretty soon...



On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:28:43 -0000, Peter Forret <yahoo@...> wrote:
>
>  I came across http://www.libsyn.org/
>  "We don't want you to be penalized if your show gets popular. That is
>  why we do not charge for bandwidth usage, or for hosting a static
>  amount of web storage. Instead, our price model is based on how much
>  space you need a month."
>
>  They have a 'Podcast Basic': $5/month for 100MB per month.
>  They are hosted at ev1servers.net (which is not bad), but there are
>  apparemtly no customers yet.
>  (domain was registered on 25-Oct-2004 - they've only just started)
>
>  Peter
>
>  --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, "Harold J. Johnson"
>  <harold.johnson@g...> wrote:
>  >
>  > Okay, I'm doomed.  I'm out of bandwidth, and now I have to find a
>  new
>  > host.  It wasn't even that much bandwidth; I keep my file sizes down
>  > to about 5 megs and my bandwidth allocation has been 5,000 megs/mo.
>  > As of today, I'm at about 15,000 megs or so.  Some of it I've
>  > offloaded to another host, but that limit will probably be exceeded
>  > today, so I don't want to go with that any longer.  What to do?
>  >
>  > Harold
>
>
>
>
>
>  Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
>
>  ADVERTISEMENT
>
>
>  ________________________________
>  Yahoo! Groups Links
>
> To visit your group on the web, go to:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/podcasters/
>
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> podcasters-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.


--
Jason Evangelho
Insomnia Radio: Powered by iPodio
http://hardcoreinsomniaradio.blogspot.com
RSS Feed:
http://webpages.charter.net/jevangelho01/IR.xml
IndieFeed Podcast
http://www.indiefeed.com
AIM: hardcoreinsomnia
Skype: hardcoreinsomnia
MSN: jason_evangelho@...

  "The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too
strong to be broken."
     ~Samuel Johnson

OK let me know if you have any proboems and I will arrange something
else, like a temporary FTP transfer or something.

Regards.

Stuart


On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 11:01:24 -0800, David Johnson <djohnson68@...> wrote:
>
> I left it running overnight and it eventually started working, so I
> should have it by now.
>
> Thanks for setting it up, I couldn't play the other version...
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:45:16 -0500, Stuart Hunter <shuntera@...> wrote:
> >
> > David, I am home now and my Azureus client looks as if it is set up OK
> > if you want to try again.
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:27:00 -0500, Stuart Hunter <shuntera@...>
wrote:
> > > Hmm, not sure if I can do anything about that. The tracker is hosted
> > > at torrent.youceff.com, but I wll check that my client is up and
> > > serving the file when I get home.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:09:56 -0800, David Johnson <djohnson68@...>
wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I keep getting a timeout error when trying to connect to the  tracker...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 17:42:30 -0500, Stuart Hunter <shuntera@...>
wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I have created an MPG of the file and have created (I think - first
> > > > > time I have tried) a BitTorrrent to get it from.
> > > > >
> > > > > Load this into your BitTorrent client:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://torrent.youceff.com/torrents/CultureShowPodcasting.MPG.torrent
> > > > >
> > > > > Stuart
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > David Johnson
> > > > http://www.edave.org
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
>
>
> David Johnson
> http://www.edave.org
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>

I think I heard on a recent podcast (maybe it was DSC?), about a web
site where you can go and trade audio promos with other podcasters.

Does anyone know where this site is located?  I'm trying to get some
promo's out to drive more traffic...

--
David Johnson
http://www.edave.org

Not bad... I have several sites hosted through ev1servers and they
have some pretty good deals as well (check out their "virtual
servers"). They will host your domain, give you 50 email addresses,
100mb storage, and unlimited bandwidth for $10 a month. I pay $30 a
month for all of that but with 300mb. And ev1 has a great pipe. Not
sure about libsyn's pipe...

--- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Forret" <yahoo@f...> wrote:
>
> I came across http://www.libsyn.org/
> "We don't want you to be penalized if your show gets popular. That is
> why we do not charge for bandwidth usage, or for hosting a static
> amount of web storage. Instead, our price model is based on how much
> space you need a month."
>
> They have a 'Podcast Basic': $5/month for 100MB per month.
> They are hosted at ev1servers.net (which is not bad), but there are
> apparemtly no customers yet.
> (domain was registered on 25-Oct-2004 - they've only just started)
>
> Peter
>
> --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, "Harold J. Johnson"
> <harold.johnson@g...> wrote:
> >
> > Okay, I'm doomed.  I'm out of bandwidth, and now I have to find a
> new
> > host.  It wasn't even that much bandwidth; I keep my file sizes down
> > to about 5 megs and my bandwidth allocation has been 5,000 megs/mo.
> > As of today, I'm at about 15,000 megs or so.  Some of it I've
> > offloaded to another host, but that limit will probably be exceeded
> > today, so I don't want to go with that any longer.  What to do?
> >
> > Harold

I just signed up with Bluehost and find them to be very reasonable.  I
did a fair amount of research before signing up and they are very
competetive.  They offer 2GB of storage and 75GB/month of traffic for
as little as $7/month (with a 2 year contract).

They also pay very generously for referals ($65 per), so if you decide
to go with them, please use this link:
http://www.bluehost.com/track/djohnson68/text1 (I know, shameless
plug, but I have to support my web site somehow...:)


On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:46:22 -0000, Nathan R. Yergler
<nathan@...> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for giving ccPublisher a try; I actually released a new version
> this morning which fixes a bug that sounds similar to what you
> described here.  You can find downloads at
> http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/software/publisher.  Let me know if
> you still have problems and I'll be happy to work on tracking down the
> bug.  Thanks again for giving it a try.
>
> Nathan
>
>
>
>
> --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, "mglehman" <ipodder@m...> wrote:
> >
> > I do so love being an early adopter ;)
> >
> > I too tried CCPublisher with the same results.
> > I then tried the web interface and was able to upload a file
> > successfully.
> >
> > -- Michael Lehman
> > -- www.softwareland.org
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, Harold Johnson
> > <harold.johnson@g...> wrote:
> > > Yes, I heard your recent podcast accounting your bandwidth
> > challenges.
> > >  From MP3 to torrents back to MP3--it all seems so time-consuming,
> > but
> > > that's the day and age we live in: "The Early Days of Podcasting,
> > in
> > > Which a Few Lucky Souls Get To Work Out the Kinks".  I hope history
> > > will credit us more fairly than our dear friend Tesla...at least an
> > > archive of our podcasts would prove that we were there before Clear
> > > Channel or Sirius took over podcasting!
> > >
> > > Okay, back to the topic.  I tried CCPublisher yesterday.  On my
> > first
> > > attempt at uploading a file, the transfer seemed to hang.  It
> > appeared
> > > to begin uploading (the transfer bar indicated this), so I left the
> > > app alone for a few hours.  When I returned, the transfer was still
> > > incomplete, so I quit the app.
> > >
> > > I'm going to try again today, and I'll let you all know the
> > results.
> > >
> > > Harold
> > >
> > > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:09:00 -0800, Jason Evangelho
> > > <jasonevangelho@g...> wrote:
> > > >  Damn Harold, that is disappointing. I'm sure you're not alone.
> > As you
> > > >  know, I've switched to mp3 from torrents, but only because of a
> > small
> > > >  free miracle.
> > > >
> > > >  If your show is popular enough, which it sounds like it is, you
> > may go
> > > >  the BitTorrent route...I know you're somewhat opposed to it,
> > but Curry
> > > >  and Winer are working out the kinks. . .
> > > >
> > > >  Something to ponder. Good luck to you.
> > > >
> > > >  Jason
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:39:02 -0000, Harold J. Johnson
> > > >  <harold.johnson@g...> wrote:
> > > >  >
> > > >  >  Okay, I'm doomed.  I'm out of bandwidth, and now I have to
> > find a new
> > > >  >  host.  It wasn't even that much bandwidth; I keep my file
> > sizes down
> > > >  >  to about 5 megs and my bandwidth allocation has been 5,000
> > megs/mo.
> > > >  >  As of today, I'm at about 15,000 megs or so.  Some of it I've
> > > >  >  offloaded to another host, but that limit will probably be
> > exceeded
> > > >  >  today, so I don't want to go with that any longer.  What to
> > do?
> > > >  >
> > > >  >  Harold
> > > >  >
> > > >  >
> > > >  >
> > > >  >
> > > >  >
> > > >  >  Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
> > > >  >
> > > >  >
> > > >  > Get unlimited calls to
> > > >  >
> > > >  > U.S./Canada
> > > >  >
> > > >  >  ________________________________
> > > >  >  Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > >  >
> > > >  > To visit your group on the web, go to:
> > > >  > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/podcasters/
> > > >  >
> > > >  > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> > > >  > podcasters-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
> > > >  >
> > > >  > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
> > Service.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  --
> > > >  Jason Evangelho
> > > >  Insomnia Radio: Powered by iPodio
> > > >  http://hardcoreinsomniaradio.blogspot.com
> > > >  RSS Feed:
> > > >  http://webpages.charter.net/jevangelho01/IR.xml
> > > >  IndieFeed Podcast
> > > >  http://www.indiefeed.com
> > > >  AIM: hardcoreinsomnia
> > > >  Skype: hardcoreinsomnia
> > > >  MSN: jason_evangelho@m...
> > > >
> > > >  "The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too
> > > >  strong to be broken."
> > > >      ~Samuel Johnson
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
> > > >
> > > >  ADVERTISEMENT
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  ________________________________
> > > >  Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > >
> > > > To visit your group on the web, go to:
> > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/podcasters/
> > > >
> > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> > > > podcasters-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
> > Service.
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>


--
David Johnson
http://www.edave.org

David,

You were right.  Check out here...
http://www.radiodaddy.com/

It was listed on Adam's show notes..
http://live.curry.com/outlines/DSC-2004-11-22.html

BTW, if anyone has some skills and can help me make one I would be more
than grateful

Greg

--
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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Anyone got any tips on how to pull off a call in show where you
receive live calls?

We tried it out on my home phone to receive calls.  The biggest
problem was receiving a call while we were on the line with someone.
The call waiting beeps, I switch over to the other line manually with
the handset and tell the other caller to hold.  Then switch back to
the original caller.  When we finish up I manually flash back over to
the holding caller.

We took about 5 callers but it was a little rocky.  Anyone know of a
better solution?

--
Scott Alden
GeekSpeak
http://www.boardgamegeek.com

Scott Alden <scott.alden@...> wrote:
>We took about 5 callers but it was a little rocky.  Anyone know of a
>better solution?

In Germany it is this way: Some sip-gate based voip provider give the
enduser a normal number where they can be called - and this is then just a
recordable voip call.

Perhaps there is something possible at your site also?

Nicole

On Dec 1, 2004, at 4:22 PM, Scott Alden wrote:
> Anyone got any tips on how to pull off a call in show where you
> receive live calls?
>
> We tried it out on my home phone to receive calls.  The biggest
> problem was receiving a call while we were on the line with someone.
> The call waiting beeps, I switch over to the other line manually with
> the handset and tell the other caller to hold.  Then switch back to
> the original caller.  When we finish up I manually flash back over to
> the holding caller.
>
> We took about 5 callers but it was a little rocky.  Anyone know of a
> better solution?

I'm not sure exactly what your problem is. Are you looking to do a
conference call w/ multiple callers on the line at once?

-ryan

-
http://theryanking.com/blog

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 18:02:32 -0600, Ryan King <ryansking@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Dec 1, 2004, at 4:22 PM, Scott Alden wrote:
> > Anyone got any tips on how to pull off a call in show where you
> > receive live calls?
> >
> > We tried it out on my home phone to receive calls.  The biggest
> > problem was receiving a call while we were on the line with someone.
> > The call waiting beeps, I switch over to the other line manually with
> > the handset and tell the other caller to hold.  Then switch back to
> > the original caller.  When we finish up I manually flash back over to
> > the holding caller.
> >
> > We took about 5 callers but it was a little rocky.  Anyone know of a
> > better solution?
>
> I'm not sure exactly what your problem is. Are you looking to do a
> conference call w/ multiple callers on the line at once?
>
> -ryan
>
> -
> http://theryanking.com/blog
>

Not exactly a conference with a list of set callers.  I post my phone
number up on the website and tell people to call in at a certain time,
so we don't know beforehand who's gonna call and when.

--
Scott

i feel like i'm missing some fine print, but damn that sounds great.
i'm right at the point where i'm beginning to see a little difficulty
with bandwidth coming round the bend. do they seriously have zero
customers right now? i want a good review before i jump in.

julien

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 21:22:49 -0000, Russell S. Holliman
<treocast@...> wrote:
>
>
> Not bad... I have several sites hosted through ev1servers and they
> have some pretty good deals as well (check out their "virtual
> servers"). They will host your domain, give you 50 email addresses,
> 100mb storage, and unlimited bandwidth for $10 a month. I pay $30 a
> month for all of that but with 300mb. And ev1 has a great pipe. Not
> sure about libsyn's pipe...
>
>
>
> --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Forret" <yahoo@f...> wrote:
> >
> > I came across http://www.libsyn.org/
> > "We don't want you to be penalized if your show gets popular. That is
> > why we do not charge for bandwidth usage, or for hosting a static
> > amount of web storage. Instead, our price model is based on how much
> > space you need a month."
> >
> > They have a 'Podcast Basic': $5/month for 100MB per month.
> > They are hosted at ev1servers.net (which is not bad), but there are
> > apparemtly no customers yet.
> > (domain was registered on 25-Oct-2004 - they've only just started)
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, "Harold J. Johnson"
> > <harold.johnson@g...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Okay, I'm doomed.  I'm out of bandwidth, and now I have to find a
> > new
> > > host.  It wasn't even that much bandwidth; I keep my file sizes down
> > > to about 5 megs and my bandwidth allocation has been 5,000 megs/mo.
> > > As of today, I'm at about 15,000 megs or so.  Some of it I've
> > > offloaded to another host, but that limit will probably be exceeded
> > > today, so I don't want to go with that any longer.  What to do?
> > >
> > > Harold
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Scott -

It's tough to do more than a single caller on home telephone lines.
However, if you have two or three separate phone lines you can use a
system like this:
http://www.bswusa.com/prod_item.asp?item=TS6-HOSTPKG

Big bucks.  Another way might be to somehow use one of the conference
call services.  Google "conference call services" - a bunch will come up.

Typically though, the more callers, the weaker the caller volume but
it's worth a shot.

Tim
http://www.PodcastBoard.com

--- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, Scott Alden <scott.alden@g...> wrote:
> Anyone got any tips on how to pull off a call in show where you
> receive live calls?
>
> We tried it out on my home phone to receive calls.  The biggest
> problem was receiving a call while we were on the line with someone.
> The call waiting beeps, I switch over to the other line manually with
> the handset and tell the other caller to hold.  Then switch back to
> the original caller.  When we finish up I manually flash back over to
> the holding caller.
>
> We took about 5 callers but it was a little rocky.  Anyone know of a
> better solution?
>
> --
> Scott Alden
> GeekSpeak
> http://www.boardgamegeek.com

I am trying something using the same K7 service Dawn and Drew use on their show:
http://www.oliverwillis.com/node/view/1409


On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 03:30:43 -0000, Tim Bourquin <tncnewmedia@...> wrote:
>
>
> Scott -
>
> It's tough to do more than a single caller on home telephone lines.
> However, if you have two or three separate phone lines you can use a
> system like this:
> http://www.bswusa.com/prod_item.asp?item=TS6-HOSTPKG
>
> Big bucks.  Another way might be to somehow use one of the conference
> call services.  Google "conference call services" - a bunch will come up.
>
> Typically though, the more callers, the weaker the caller volume but
> it's worth a shot.
>
> Tim
> http://www.PodcastBoard.com
>
>
>
> --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, Scott Alden <scott.alden@g...> wrote:
> > Anyone got any tips on how to pull off a call in show where you
> > receive live calls?
> >
> > We tried it out on my home phone to receive calls.  The biggest
> > problem was receiving a call while we were on the line with someone.
> > The call waiting beeps, I switch over to the other line manually with
> > the handset and tell the other caller to hold.  Then switch back to
> > the original caller.  When we finish up I manually flash back over to
> > the holding caller.
> >
> > We took about 5 callers but it was a little rocky.  Anyone know of a
> > better solution?
> >
> > --
> > Scott Alden
> > GeekSpeak
> > http://www.boardgamegeek.com
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>


--
Oliver Willis
http://www.oliverwillis.com
oliver@...

On Dec 1, 2004, at 6:39 PM, Scott Alden wrote:
>
> On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 18:02:32 -0600, Ryan King <ryansking@...> wrote:
>> On Dec 1, 2004, at 4:22 PM, Scott Alden wrote:
>>> Anyone got any tips on how to pull off a call in show where you
>>> receive live calls?
>>>
>>> We tried it out on my home phone to receive calls.  The biggest
>>> problem was receiving a call while we were on the line with someone.
>>> The call waiting beeps, I switch over to the other line manually with
>>> the handset and tell the other caller to hold.  Then switch back to
>>> the original caller.  When we finish up I manually flash back over to
>>> the holding caller.
>>>
>>> We took about 5 callers but it was a little rocky.  Anyone know of a
>>> better solution?
>>
>> I'm not sure exactly what your problem is. Are you looking to do a
>> conference call w/ multiple callers on the line at once?
>>
>> -ryan
>
> Not exactly a conference with a list of set callers.  I post my phone
> number up on the website and tell people to call in at a certain time,
> so we don't know beforehand who's gonna call and when.


Ah, so perhaps you want a way to answer the second call w/out the
call-waiting beep? Or to answer it w/out putting the first person on
hold?

-ryan

-
http://theryanking.com/blog

Initially I had some problems with the Mac version of ccPublisher--the
files simply wouldn't upload.  I contacted Nathan Yergler, the
developer of the app, who responded immediately to my bug report.
Today he worked with me on resolving the issue, and now I'm happy to
say the application works wonderfully.  I've uploaded two podcasts to
my archive.org account, and now I have only to wait for the files to
be approved and made available to the public.

Nathan released an updated version of ccPublisher today, and says he's
working on releasing another update tomorrow.  Looks like Nathan means
business; he appears to be really working away on this app.  This is
going to help alot with bandwidth issues, especially for the
financially challenged among us.

Harold J. Johnson
http://SomethingthatHappened.com

All:

Audio recording from your home phone is tricky due to audio levels and we
went ahead and purchased a commercial interface from JK Audio it's called
the Inline Patch $270.00 American and it gives you 20db or separation to
bring the audio levels up of those that are on the other side of the line.
Check out my latest podcast 12-2-04 we did a 5 minute interview with it. I
am still working out the bugs with it but I like it. If I had the extra cash
they have a better unit for $499.00 that would have been the perfect
solution. I will wait till we start making money (HA). But several companies
who will be sponsoring/advertising with us will be calling in to use it to
get the pitches recorded.

I have a picture of my setup on my secondary host where my shows are
currently residing (till the bw runs out :) ) This site does not have
enclosure support due to not wanting to ping audio.weblogs.com twice with
the same show info link to pictures are here www.geeknewspodcast.com  site
with enclosure support is below.

A poor mans way to get the same results get a old phone take the cover off
the ear piece take the two wires off the ear speaker and wire in a patch
cord to run to your mixer then take out the mouth piece and use a secondary
phone to get the calls setup and to talk into then take the modified one and
take it off the hook and mix in the modified headset :) (Idea stolen from
Thomas over at iPodio.com)

Todd
Geek News Central
www.geeknewscentral.com





I am trying something using the same K7 service Dawn and Drew use on their
show:
http://www.oliverwillis.com/node/view/1409


On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 03:30:43 -0000, Tim Bourquin <tncnewmedia@...>
wrote:
>
>
> Scott -
>
> It's tough to do more than a single caller on home telephone lines.
> However, if you have two or three separate phone lines you can use a
> system like this:
> http://www.bswusa.com/prod_item.asp?item=TS6-HOSTPKG
>
> Big bucks.  Another way might be to somehow use one of the conference
> call services.  Google "conference call services" - a bunch will come up.
>
> Typically though, the more callers, the weaker the caller volume but
> it's worth a shot.
>
> Tim
> http://www.PodcastBoard.com
>
>
>
> --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, Scott Alden <scott.alden@g...> wrote:
> > Anyone got any tips on how to pull off a call in show where you
> > receive live calls?
> >
> > We tried it out on my home phone to receive calls.  The biggest
> > problem was receiving a call while we were on the line with someone.
> > The call waiting beeps, I switch over to the other line manually with
> > the handset and tell the other caller to hold.  Then switch back to
> > the original caller.  When we finish up I manually flash back over to
> > the holding caller.
> >
> > We took about 5 callers but it was a little rocky.  Anyone know of a
> > better solution?
> >
> > --
> > Scott Alden
> > GeekSpeak
> > http://www.boardgamegeek.com
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

The new Yesteryear Radio Vault is ready for download.

http://www.richardjsmith.net/vault.xml

Hi all!  Michael Lehman from SoftwareLand here...

Just wanted everyone to know that I was able (albeit with a little
magic) to get the new MSN Spaces free blogging engine combined with
Feedburner to create a podcast-enabled blog.  You can check it out at
http://spaces.msn.com/members/moresciencehigh and the RSS feed is at:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/MoreScienceHigh

The issue I encountered is that MSN Spaces does not allow you to edit
the HTML of a post and therefore I was unable to include the required
rel="enclosure" attribute of the <a> tag.

What I had to do was create the link in another HTML editor (with the
attribute) and then, while in WYSIWYG mode copy the link and paste it
into the MSN Spaces editor (which worked and brought the tag along).

I'm in conversation with the feedburner people right now to see why
they require this tag and if there's any way around it.

Please let me know if you have any difficulty with this feed.  Right
now it only contains a "boing5.mp3" enclosure

-- Michael Lehman
-- www.softwarelang.org

"Audio recording from your home phone is tricky due to audio levels
and we went ahead and purchased a commercial interface from JK
Audio ..."

JK Audio makes great inexpensive interfaces ... I would actually
suggest the THAT-1 (http://www.jkaudio.com/that-1.htm, retails for
$150 direct from JK) ... or the THAT-2 (http://www.jkaudio.com/that-
2.htm).

I've used both systems and they both work well ... the "in-line patch
hybrid" is a bit pricy, but it does have XLR balanced output ... hmmm.

Rick Wezowicz
www.icmraw.com

I love all these phone interview hacks; I'd been wondering for months
how to do this and now there's a deluge of information on the subject.
  I have my own setup described in this PodcastBoard conversation
(truly a poorman's setup):

http://www.podcastexpo.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=8#8

Essentially I just used a cheap Radio Shack device called a Mini
Recorder Control (currently about $15).  You plug your phone line into
the device, and plug the device into your recorder (in my case, a
microcassette recorder--though a minidisc recorder or even an MP3
recorder would give you much better sound).

The problem with my setup is that I have to record twice--once during
the phone conversation/interview, then to import the recording to my
Mac.  An MP3 recorder would make this easier, as I would then simply
have to transfer the recording via USB or Firewire.  Some new Sony
minidisc recorders have this ability (previous models only allowed
transfer of files TO the recorder), but I'd wait for Sharp to come out
with this feature.  Sharp minidisc recorders are much better suited
for live audio recording--the manual volume level adjustment is one
feature they've always outdone Sony on.

Harold J. Johnson
http://SomethingthatHappened.com

On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 00:21:12 -1000, Geek News <geek@...> wrote:
>  All:
>
>  Audio recording from your home phone is tricky due to audio levels and we
>  went ahead and purchased a commercial interface from JK Audio it's called
>  the Inline Patch $270.00 American and it gives you 20db or separation to
>  bring the audio levels up of those that are on the other side of the line.
>  Check out my latest podcast 12-2-04 we did a 5 minute interview with it. I
>  am still working out the bugs with it but I like it. If I had the extra
> cash
>  they have a better unit for $499.00 that would have been the perfect
>  solution. I will wait till we start making money (HA). But several
> companies
>  who will be sponsoring/advertising with us will be calling in to use it to
>  get the pitches recorded.
>
>  I have a picture of my setup on my secondary host where my shows are
>  currently residing (till the bw runs out :) ) This site does not have
>  enclosure support due to not wanting to ping audio.weblogs.com twice with
>  the same show info link to pictures are here www.geeknewspodcast.com  site
>  with enclosure support is below.
>
>  A poor mans way to get the same results get a old phone take the cover off
>  the ear piece take the two wires off the ear speaker and wire in a patch
>  cord to run to your mixer then take out the mouth piece and use a secondary
>  phone to get the calls setup and to talk into then take the modified one
> and
>  take it off the hook and mix in the modified headset :) (Idea stolen from
>  Thomas over at iPodio.com)
>
>  Todd
>  Geek News Central
>  www.geeknewscentral.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  I am trying something using the same K7 service Dawn and Drew use on their
>  show:
>  http://www.oliverwillis.com/node/view/1409
>
>
>  On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 03:30:43 -0000, Tim Bourquin <tncnewmedia@...>
>  wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  > Scott -
>  >
>  > It's tough to do more than a single caller on home telephone lines.
>  > However, if you have two or three separate phone lines you can use a
>  > system like this:
>  > http://www.bswusa.com/prod_item.asp?item=TS6-HOSTPKG
>  >
>  > Big bucks.  Another way might be to somehow use one of the conference
>  > call services.  Google "conference call services" - a bunch will come up.
>  >
>  > Typically though, the more callers, the weaker the caller volume but
>  > it's worth a shot.
>  >
>  > Tim
>  > http://www.PodcastBoard.com
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, Scott Alden <scott.alden@g...> wrote:
>  > > Anyone got any tips on how to pull off a call in show where you
>  > > receive live calls?
>  > >
>  > > We tried it out on my home phone to receive calls.  The biggest
>  > > problem was receiving a call while we were on the line with someone.
>  > > The call waiting beeps, I switch over to the other line manually with
>  > > the handset and tell the other caller to hold.  Then switch back to
>  > > the original caller.  When we finish up I manually flash back over to
>  > > the holding caller.
>  > >
>  > > We took about 5 callers but it was a little rocky.  Anyone know of a
>  > > better solution?
>  > >
>  > > --
>  > > Scott Alden
>  > > GeekSpeak
>  > > http://www.boardgamegeek.com
>  >
>  >
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>A poor mans way to get the same results get a old phone take the cover off
>the ear piece take the two wires off the ear speaker and wire in a patch
>cord to run to your mixer then take out the mouth piece and use a secondary
>phone to get the calls setup and to talk into then take the modified one and
>take it off the hook and mix in the modified headset :) (Idea stolen from
>Thomas over at iPodio.com)


Guys, this is potententially bad advice. Old style phones have 50
VOLTS DC across the phone line and use carbon-based microphones and
speakers, which have the voltage applied to them (resistance based
transducers). If you did this you'd fry your mixer.  Newer style
phones may not have the 50V on the handset but I would definitely
check this first with a volt meter before doing anything of the sort.
Usually you need a transformer across the line to isolate the phone
line from the audio equipment.


regs
scot.


--
Autonomous Organisation http://www.autonomous.org/

How are you handling the 20db standard separation between you and the person
you are talking to. I assume you are living with the volume differential.




I love all these phone interview hacks; I'd been wondering for months
how to do this and now there's a deluge of information on the subject.
I have my own setup described in this PodcastBoard conversation
(truly a poorman's setup):

http://www.podcastexpo.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=8#8

Essentially I just used a cheap Radio Shack device called a Mini
Recorder Control (currently about $15).  You plug your phone line into
the device, and plug the device into your recorder (in my case, a
microcassette recorder--though a minidisc recorder or even an MP3
recorder would give you much better sound).

The problem with my setup is that I have to record twice--once during
the phone conversation/interview, then to import the recording to my
Mac.  An MP3 recorder would make this easier, as I would then simply
have to transfer the recording via USB or Firewire.  Some new Sony
minidisc recorders have this ability (previous models only allowed
transfer of files TO the recorder), but I'd wait for Sharp to come out
with this feature.  Sharp minidisc recorders are much better suited
for live audio recording--the manual volume level adjustment is one
feature they've always outdone Sony on.



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I checked all of the phones we have here at the house and none had that
voltage, but again I don't have any phones that is more than 3-4 years old.
The last time I saw a phone with a carbon based earphone was some old AT&T
phones 10+ years ago. So I was not aware that was the operating principle
behind them. I would think the majority of new phones have standard speakers
in them. Thanks for the pre-cautionary note though.


   _____

From: Scot Mcphee [mailto:scot.mcphee@...]
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 10:46 AM
To: podcasters@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [podcasters] Digest Number 59


>A poor mans way to get the same results get a old phone take the cover off
>the ear piece take the two wires off the ear speaker and wire in a patch
>cord to run to your mixer then take out the mouth piece and use a secondary
>phone to get the calls setup and to talk into then take the modified one
and
>take it off the hook and mix in the modified headset :) (Idea stolen from
>Thomas over at iPodio.com)


Guys, this is potententially bad advice. Old style phones have 50
VOLTS DC across the phone line and use carbon-based microphones and
speakers, which have the voltage applied to them (resistance based
transducers). If you did this you'd fry your mixer.  Newer style
phones may not have the 50V on the handset but I would definitely
check this first with a volt meter before doing anything of the sort.
Usually you need a transformer across the line to isolate the phone
line from the audio equipment.


regs
scot.


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Yes, I guess I'm living with it.  The volume seems to be the same
between myself and the person I'm conversing with; it is like I'm
listening in on a phone conversation.

Harold


On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:49:34 -1000, Geek News <geek@...> wrote:
>  How are you handling the 20db standard separation between you and the
> person
>  you are talking to. I assume you are living with the volume differential.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  I love all these phone interview hacks; I'd been wondering for months
>  how to do this and now there's a deluge of information on the subject.
>  I have my own setup described in this PodcastBoard conversation
>  (truly a poorman's setup):
>
>  http://www.podcastexpo.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=8#8
>
>  Essentially I just used a cheap Radio Shack device called a Mini
>  Recorder Control (currently about $15).  You plug your phone line into
>  the device, and plug the device into your recorder (in my case, a
>  microcassette recorder--though a minidisc recorder or even an MP3
>  recorder would give you much better sound).
>
>  The problem with my setup is that I have to record twice--once during
>  the phone conversation/interview, then to import the recording to my
>  Mac.  An MP3 recorder would make this easier, as I would then simply
>  have to transfer the recording via USB or Firewire.  Some new Sony
>  minidisc recorders have this ability (previous models only allowed
>  transfer of files TO the recorder), but I'd wait for Sharp to come out
>  with this feature.  Sharp minidisc recorders are much better suited
>  for live audio recording--the manual volume level adjustment is one
>  feature they've always outdone Sony on.
>
>
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With podcasting being a place where developers and end-users party
together, with someone having a feature request which I have no
alliances which client it would be built into (ideally all), is this
the correct forum for that request?  If not, where is?

Note, I am more on the end-user side of the house, and my request
deals with specific functions when incorporating the show notes to
downloads on PDA's or cell phone so my feature request might revolve
around not really understanding how opml works.

Warm  regards and please let me know if this is the correct forum for
such a request or the correct individual to send the request to so it
is vetted to ensure it makes sense prior to posting.

Dave

Sent to wrong address, redirecting...

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From: tacomancini <taco@...>
To: podcasters-owner@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 19:53:07 -0000
Subject: Re: Out of bandwidth - libsyn.org
X-Mailer: Yahoo Groups Message Poster



Hi guys,
I do the emayhem radio podcast and am part of libsyn.com, and at this point I've
been
beta testing the thing with http://emayhem.libsyn.com . We are aiming to be
ready for
action by friday..but all you guys have caught us a little early.  We are
working the bugs
out of the system right now... We do plan on keeping to this pricing model. 
I've been
testing the interface, so far so good... Your interest gets us very excited and
we are
working passionately to get this puppy ready.
thanks

dave mansueto
http://www.emayhem.com
http://emayhem.libsyn.com

--- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, julien smith <juliensmith@g...> wrote:
> i feel like i'm missing some fine print, but damn that sounds great.
> i'm right at the point where i'm beginning to see a little difficulty
> with bandwidth coming round the bend. do they seriously have zero
> customers right now? i want a good review before i jump in.
>
> julien
>
> On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 21:22:49 -0000, Russell S. Holliman
> <treocast@s...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Not bad... I have several sites hosted through ev1servers and they
> > have some pretty good deals as well (check out their "virtual
> > servers"). They will host your domain, give you 50 email addresses,
> > 100mb storage, and unlimited bandwidth for $10 a month. I pay $30 a
> > month for all of that but with 300mb. And ev1 has a great pipe. Not
> > sure about libsyn's pipe...
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Forret" <yahoo@f...> wrote:
> > >
> > > I came across http://www.libsyn.org/
> > > "We don't want you to be penalized if your show gets popular. That is
> > > why we do not charge for bandwidth usage, or for hosting a static
> > > amount of web storage. Instead, our price model is based on how much
> > > space you need a month."
> > >
> > > They have a 'Podcast Basic': $5/month for 100MB per month.
> > > They are hosted at ev1servers.net (which is not bad), but there are
> > > apparemtly no customers yet.
> > > (domain was registered on 25-Oct-2004 - they've only just started)
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > > --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, "Harold J. Johnson"
> > > <harold.johnson@g...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Okay, I'm doomed.  I'm out of bandwidth, and now I have to find a
> > > new
> > > > host.  It wasn't even that much bandwidth; I keep my file sizes down
> > > > to about 5 megs and my bandwidth allocation has been 5,000 megs/mo.
> > > > As of today, I'm at about 15,000 megs or so.  Some of it I've
> > > > offloaded to another host, but that limit will probably be exceeded
> > > > today, so I don't want to go with that any longer.  What to do?
> > > >
> > > > Harold
> >
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