Podcasting & YouTube

July 19, 2007

Dave Carter & Susan Hollar(superman, shollar)

YouTube

• http://www.youtube.com/

• User-created video sharing

• Browse, save favorites, embed in Blogs

• Other video sharing sites:– http://blip.tv/– http://video.google.com/– http://www.ifilm.com/

Making a YouTube Video

• Upload Directly with camera & microphone attached to your computer

• Upload video created by other means http://www.google.com/support/youtube– MPEG4 video, MP3 audio, 320x240, 30fps– 10 min. / 100MB limit

What is Podcasting

• Audio or multimedia files wrapped up and served with XML/RSS

• Distribute media via syndication, can be aggregated

• Usually some sort of temporal ordering

Finding Podcasts

• Podcast Directories, e.g. http://www.podcast.net/

• On Websites, e.g. http://www.npr.org/podcasts/

• iTunes: http://www.apple.com/podcasting/

Listening to Podcasts

• Google Reader http://www.google.com/reader/

• Podcatchers, e.g. http://podnova.com/

• iTunes ( -> iPod )

Making Your Own Podcast

• Content– Have Something to Say– Reherse– Schedule?

Making Your Own Podcast

• Recording– Equipment

• iMacs and MacBooks have built-in microphones (and cameras)

• DSS will have Podcasting equipment available by end of August

• Computer Labs at MLB• Podcasting booth at Dude Groundworks

Making Your Own Podcast

• Recording– Software

• Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/– Cross-platform, free

• ProfCast: http://www.profcast.com/public/index.php– Turn PowerPoint presentations into podcasts

• GarageBand– Advanced podcasting for Macs

– For spoken audio:• mp3: 64 kbps, mono, 44.1kHz

Making Your Own Podcast

• Serving– Media files & XML file– Library Webserver– Your personal Website

• http://mfile.umich.edu/• /Public/html/ ->

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~uniqname/

Making Your Own Podcast

• RSS File– By hand– RSS feed assistant, e.g. FeedForAll:

http://www.feedforall.com/

Making Your Own Podcast

• Publicize– Include feed info & link on Website– Directories, e.g. Feedburner– iTunes:

http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcaststechspecs.html

Reminders

• Please fill out the session feedback form– https://lessons.ummu.umich.edu/2k/mlib20/podcastingyoutube

– Available from the Lib2.0 Events page

• This presentation is also on the site• Do your 13 things!

– http://www.lib.umich.edu/lib20/13things.html

• Use the Project Blog to post ideas– http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/lib20projects/