Comments on: Easy MP3 podcasting with dirCaster

By: unmediated

unmediated — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 00:38:55 +0000

dirCaster v0.1: Podcasting php script
dirCaster v0.1 is a php script that allows one to very easily start Podcasting mp3 files from their web host. This allows original content creators to easily provide a feed for iPodder, jPodder, etc.Drop the dircaster.php script into a directory and it…

By: unmediated

unmediated — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 00:35:46 +0000

dirCaster v0.1: Podcasting php script
dirCaster v0.1 is a php script that allows one to very easily start Podcasting mp3 files from their web host. This allows original content creators to easily provide a feed for iPodder, jPodder, etc. Drop the dircaster.php script into a directory and i…

By: Brad

Brad — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 05:20:09 +0000

Also (to the first) Dave: that’s cool that you were thinking of the Brad Sucks remixes and Podcasting. Drop me a line if you have any other ideas, I could have been way ahead of the curve!

By: Brad

Brad — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 05:14:40 +0000

I haven’t submitted that feed anywhere yet, I was hoping for confirmation that it actually fully worked before I went out and pushed it on anyone. I’m also a little worried the reliance on file dates will bite me in the ass eventually and piss off any subscribers, but we’ll see.

By: Dave Pentecost

Dave Pentecost — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 05:06:01 +0000

No problem. That was a quick fix. Have you submitted your feed to the directory at ipodder.org? There’s a guy keeping the music category node. I volunteered for the “Travel” node but there’s not much there yet, other than my funky podcast.

By: Brad

Brad — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 04:57:31 +0000

Ah right, I updated it when something got changed and forgot to change those fields. Thanks for letting me know!

By: Dave Pentecost

Dave Pentecost — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 04:49:49 +0000

Hey Brad

(posted this comment originally on Ryan’s site, where I first found the link to your feed)

Hey, nice job on the script. But you (guess this actually goes to Brad) need to change the parameters on your own feed. When I use iPodderX to subscribe to it, the title comes up generic – “dirCasted Podcast” – and if you double click on the title, it tries to find myWeblog.com instead of your site. Edit your php and you’ve got it.

I’m not a programmer so other than that I can’t offer any useful feedback. Except…

Can you do one for the video bloggers out there (looks for .mov files) and one for the bittorrent posters (looks for the .torrent files)? Don’t need the ID3 tags.

Or one that checks for any of a range of media file formats? Take a look at MT-Enclosures, a plugin that Brandon Fuller made. Of course yours is more generally useful, doesn’t require MT.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:09:12 +0000

Brad, this is really cool. On my blog, I mentioned you podcasting remixes as a potential use of the technology a few weeks ago. I think this is really a cool application of the technology.