Monday, March 14, 2005

How To Subscribe To the Podcast

For those of you who have never subscribed to a podcast before, iTunes makes it really easy. Just download the latest version of iTunes by CLICKING HERE.

Once it's installed, go to the music store and look for "Podcasts" on the left side of the page. Once you're on the podcasts page, type in "Shaun Townley" and you'll find my podcast and a "subscribe" button there. It's that simple.

Of course, you can always use another podcatcher. Here's how:

1) Download free software that will automatically check for and download new podcasts when they become available. I use iPodder.
Click here to download it: IPODDER

There are other programs as well.
This page at podcastingnews.com might help:
CLICK HERE FOR MORE PODCASTING SOFTWARE


2) Once you get the iPodder up and running, you will be given the option to "add a feed manually". I've found this to be the easiest way to subscribe. Simply copy this text:

http://stownley.libsyn.com/rss

and paste it into the field next to "add a feed manually" and click "ADD".

You'll see the feed listed.

3) Next, click "check for new podcasts". iPodder will check and if any new podcasts are available, the mp3 will be automatically downloaded and stored on your computer. You can then listen to it on your PC, on your portable media player (iPod, or any player, really) or you can even burn it to a CD for listening in the car!

4) Most of these programs will give you the option of a daily automatic check. You can set the time you want it to check for new podcasts.


Please let me know if you run into any trouble at all. It sounds pretty complex but it's not that hard. If you'd like to just download the audio without subscribing, you can do that too. Check the links section to download the latest podcast.
Thanks for listening!

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Shaun. I see you got your Podcast going. Good job. I"m looking forward to hearing more of it.