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PODCAST HELP
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The term podcast is a combination of iPod and broadcasting. Anyone with access to the internet and the capability of playing audio files on a computer or portable media device can listen to podcasts. You do not need an iPod player or any portable audio player to listen to podcasts.
Our podcasts are audio clips taken from interviews of our Hanashi Oral History Program. You can download our podcasts with a podcast aggregator program to your computer and portable media player.
No. You do not need an iPod to download and listen to a podcast. Your computer can be used to download the podcast using a podcast aggregator program such as iTunes, Juice, or any other RSS aggregator.
Alternatively, you can manually download a podcast by right-clicking on either the title link or the speaker icon, and selecting “Save Target As” or “Save Link As.”
Our podcasts are regular MP3 files. However, the real power of podcasts lies in the podcast aggregator.
Historically, if someone wanted to access video or audio content online, he/she would have to visit the website and manually download the material. With podcasting, you can simply subscribe to our feed, and the podcast aggregator automatically downloads new podcasts from our website as they become available.
An additional benefit to podcasting is once the podcasts are downloaded to a computer, they can be placed directly onto a portable media player.
A podcast aggregator is a software program that enables you to subscribe to podcast feeds, download podcasts, and manage your podcasts. Many aggregators are free of charge. You can see a list of podcast aggregators here.
Two particularly popular aggregators are iTunes, and Juice.
After installing the software, don't forget to subscribe to our Hanashi Oral History Podcast feed.
Once you have downloaded, installed, and started your podcast aggregator:
The podcasts should be organized under the heading "Go For Broke National Education Center" in your podcast aggregator. If you see the heading but not the podcasts, click on the heading and then click on "Check for New Podcasts" or "Download Latest." (Note: this button's title and location may vary from software to software.)
To transfer your podcasts to an MP3 player, you will need to know the name and location of your podcasts. Usually, downloaded podcasts reside in a file on your computer. In iTunes, this file is titled "Podcasts" and resides under My Documents >> My Music >> iTunes >> iTunes Music >> Podcasts.
For non-iTunes users, the file name and location should be similar to that of iTunes'. A good starting point to search for this file is in the My Documents folder.
Once you know the name and path of the folder that contains your podcasts, you can use the software that came with your MP3 player to point to this folder and transfer the podcasts, just like you would with any MP3 file.
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