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Par t I: Podcasting on a Worldwide Frequency
Internet to your computer automatically. In this section, we take a look at
some of the different podcatching clients available for your listening/viewing
needs.
You may think you need an iPod for all kinds of reasons, but you really don’t
need one to podcast. Allow us to state that again: You do not need an iPod
to listen to or create a podcast. As long as you have an MP3 player — be it an
application on a Mac, an application on a PC, or a portable device you can
unplug and take with you — you possess the capability to listen to podcasts.
Depending on the MP3 player, you may even be able to create your podcast
on the device as well — but to listen, all you need is a device that can play
audio files.
The catcher that started it all: Juice
Juice (shown in Figure 1-5) started life as a product called iSpider, then was
branded as iPodder, and later became iPodder Lemon. In November 2005, as
if searching for a new identity in the community, the package was rebranded
as Juice. It was inspired by a script written by Adam Curry (yes, the former
MTV VJ and no, we’re not kidding). It promotes itself as an open-source (free
to use) application that downloads audio files from RSS feeds of your choice
directly to your Mac or PC. You can then sync your portable player with your
computer’s media player, and now you’re podcasting-on-the-go.
Figure 1-5:
The ground-
breaking,
trendsetting,
and all-
around-first
podcatching
client —
Juice.
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