Podcasting Guide - Podcasting Resources

A selection of links to help with podcasting.

Podcasting Guides and Tutorials

Creating Podcasts On A PC By O'Reilly - This O'Reilly tutorial walks you through how to use the open source (and therefore free) recodring software, Audacity, to make a podcast.

Creating Podcasts on A PC By Zefhemel - Another in-depth tutorial on how to use Audacity to create your podcast.

Creating Podcasts On A Mac By Apple - A walkthrough of how to make a podcast using Apple's own software, Garageband.

Audacity Tutorial By Transom - A general tutorial on Audacity suitable for Mac, PC or Linux users.

Remember: As a podcast FM user, you don't need to worry about anything after your recording is done. Podcast FM takes care of all your uploading, hosting, syndication and tracking needs.

Podcast Recording Software

Audacity - Fantastic free podcasting software for audio recording

Podcast Receiving Software

Doppler Radio - Podcatcher with versions for pocket PCs and smart phones.

Juice - A simple news reader and podcatcher. Creates playlists in either iTunes or Windows Media Player from your podcasts.

iTunes - An integrated podcatcher and media player from Apple suitable for Mac or PC users. Recommended.

Nimiq - Simple, Windows-only podcatcher.

Podcasting Music

DMusic - Online digital music community.

Flashkit - Thousands of short sound effects and loops. Originally intended for web designers, these can make a great addition to a podcast.

Freesound - A collaborative project to compile Creative Commons licensed music.

Internet Achive's Netlabels - Freely downloadable/streamable catalogues of 'virtual record labels'.

OpSound - Online community of musicians sharing music through the Creative Commons copyright.

SoundClick - Thousands of Crearive Commons licensed tracks.

General Podcasting Links

Wikipedia Entry On Podcasting - A good introduction to the topic of podcasting.

Creative Commons - A variety of publishing licenses which allow the sharing of content while retaining some rights. Used to avoid the restrictions copyright law places on sharing media and information.