Oct 31 2007
Podcast 3 update
Sorry to those who were waiting for the rest of this - it seems that the 3 slices I made the podcast into are now too big to upload. I have lost the original and need to resew and then recut into 4 new episodes.
It’s too much of a pain to ask you folks out there to do, so I’m looking for an alternative
It is probably easier to go to Wes Fryer’s site and listen to the podcast there or download it or simply subscribe via iTunes (not sure that episode is still available though)
My first choice for simplicity seems to be GCast - something I’ve kept in mind for a while now (also Ourmedia, but I hear it’s not too good at handling the media)
GCast also integrates instantly with iTunes - a feature that is much too difficult to set up with Edublogs embedded mp3 files. By the time I had registered and uploaded a demo, my podcast feed was already in iTunes - brilliant, just what I need - a programme that does it for me
As ever, things are not straightforward and their player which shows all your podcasts in the sidebar, doesn’t work with Edublogs
I see from the forums (or is it fora?) that others have had the same problem but prefer GCast for hosting as they have no limit to uploads - Edublogs has 100Mb total and 10Mb for each podcast - a bit short for serious stuff, but ok for a quick book or field trip review
I have contacted James who recommended requesting thet GCast develop a plugin or embed code that works for the 100,000 users, which I have done
I’ll let you know how that pans out
This should be Podcast 3b
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Thanks for the posting the GCast tutorial and (per James’ recommendation) for contacting GCast regarding a plugin for Edublogs. Wouldn’t that be great to have the GCast upload be as seamless as uploading a non-GCast podcast - with its 10 mb limit.