Specifications

288 Chapter 17 Configuring the Podcast Producer Service
Launching Podcast Producer Server Upon System Startup
To edit the launchd configuration to launch the Podcast Producer server upon
system startup:
$ sudo pcastctl server on
To edit the launchd configuration to not launch the Podcast Producer server upon
system startup:
$ sudo pcastctl server off
Processing Submitted Content
Use the /usr/bin/pcastaction tool in workflows. It provides a rich set of commands
for processing and producing audio and video podcasts.
The following is a description of the pcastaction commands you can use in workflows.
Command Description
pcastaction annotate Adds annotations to the input movie.
pcastaction approval Submits content for approval.
pcastaction archive Archives the input movie at the specified location.
pcastaction encode Encodes the input movie using the specified codec.
pcastaction iTunes Instructs the iTunes Store to check the specified RSS feed for new
episodes.
pcastaction iTunesU Posts the input video at the specified iTunes U tab.
pcastaction groupblog Posts to a group’s wiki blog.
pcastaction mail Sends a notification mail to the specified user using the mail
template in the workflow’s Resources/Templates folder.
pcastaction merge Merges two movies with a fade transition between them.
pcastaction preflight Runs the preflight script (System/Library/PodcastProducer/
Resources/Tools/preflight_script) with the specified arguments.
pcastaction postflight Runs the postflight script (System/Library/PodcastProducer/
Resources/Tools/postflight_script) with the specified arguments.
pcastaction publish Publishes the input file to a web or QTSS server.
pcastaction qceffect Applies a Quartz Composer effect (composition) to a movie.
pcastaction shell Runs the specified shell script with the specified arguments.
pcastaction template Processes a web or mail template into a localized content block to
be used in mail or web postings.
pcastaction title Adds the supplied title to the input video.
pcastaction unpack Unpacks folder archives before running the main part of a
workflow.
pcastaction watermark Superimposes the specified image as a watermark over the input
video.