I see ads for podcasts all the time. Do I need an ipod to get it?
2007-01-12 05:51:02 · 4 answers · asked by Rote 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
You can listen or watch one on your computer.
What is Podcasting?
The word ”podcast” is a concatenation of the words iPod and broadcast. The underlying technology used for podcasts, called RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is capable of containing any type of media including audio, video, graphics, and more.
Podcasting is a way of publishing podcasts to the web, allowing people to subscribe to a podcast and receive new ”episodes” automatically through an RSS feed. Podcasting consists of publishing XML files which contain references to media (called “enclosures”) to a website. Podcast aggregators (often called “podcatchers”), then read these XML files and download all the linked enclosures.
Unlike terrestrial and Internet radio, podcasts are time-shifted, meaning that listeners have control over when and where they hear their favorite programming. And, the episodes are delivered automatically to a subscriber on iTunes so the latest updates are always readily available with no effort required by the listener.
Podcasts offer iTunes users and iPod owners the same freedom and level of control they are familiar with when listening to their own personal music collections
2007-01-12 06:01:52 · answer #1 · answered by DAD_to_3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Podcasts are like radio, yet on the pc ... some have music, some have voice, and a few have the two, purely comparable to radio. The neat factor some podcast is which you will obtain it once you choose it, and might hear to it once you choose it ... maximum are 'up' for from 2 weeks to a month till now they are 'replaced' ... and maximum 'podcasts' are finished so there's a competent 'overlap' time, so in case you pass over one whilst it first comes out, it is hassle-free to get it and hear it later ...
2016-10-07 01:35:16 · answer #2 · answered by lashbrook 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but you might need to install iTunes (it's free) to download some of them (they're mostly free as well, but some might have subscription fees). Every audio-only podcast that I've seen has been MP3-encoded, which will work on everything. Every video podcast that I've got is M4V-encoded, which means they could be published as either MP4 or MOV files, all three of which basically mean the same thing. If you've got iTunes installed, or the QuickTime player, you're set on those, but Windows Media Player should be able to play them as well.
2007-01-12 06:00:44 · answer #3 · answered by the_amazing_purple_dave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it will be something like or about the ipod. i know apple made it.
probably its something like broadcasting the songs on your ipod.
i know crazy idea dont bother.
2007-01-12 06:03:36 · answer #4 · answered by ♥-babee-gurl-♥ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋