[grc] Podcasting app?

[Paul Riismandel]

Carl,

I'd suggest using Podcast Generator for your purpose:
http://www.podcastgenerator.net/

It's free, open source, and simple to use.

If you're just making podcasts for a small audience, and don't need all the
overhead of stats and other stuff, there's no reason to use a podcast
service like Libsyn. You can install Podcast Generator onto most web host
accounts. At Radio Survivor we use it to produce our broadcast-only feed
for affiliate stations hosted on our Dreamhost account, where we also host
our blog.

Frankly, you could also use Podcast Generator for hosting a public podcast,
provided you don't expect it to be super popular, and don't need the
conveniences that come with a paid host.

For our public podcast at Radio Survivor we use Blubrry, and have been
quite happy with the service. They have very good technical support, and
understand the needs of small podcasters. It also integrates very well with
Wordpress, among other CMSs.

--Paul

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 11:49 AM Carl Etnier via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org>
wrote:

> At WGDR, we're looking for a different type of podcasting service. We'd
> like our local programmers, who are now producing their programs from home,
> to be able to share their programs with us--and only us--via RSS feed. That
> way we can integrate the RSS feed with our automated programming and
> greatly simplify our effort in getting their files on the air. Instead of
> downloading files from a variety of platforms and then loading them into
> the automated programming, we'd simply point the podcast feature in our
> automated programming at the RSS feed. It takes just seconds to check that
> each program has a freshly loaded episode in the RSS feed.
>
> Ideally, we'd like to be able to share this service with nationally
> produced shows that don't syndicate through Pacifica, and to allow them to
> reach other radio stations through our podcast service.
>
> If you're looking to reach large numbers of listeners for a handful of
> shows a month, the pricing plan for something like Libsyn makes sense. But
> we're looking to serve at most dozens or scores of downloaders, but with
> maybe 20-30 hours of programming uploaded every week.
>
> I played with feedity.com, with the idea of getting it to generate an RSS
> feed out of a Google Drive page, but I couldn't get it to work.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> --Carl
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 3:01 AM Lisa Rudman via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Frieda and friends,
> > We're relatively happy with *Libsyn* but haven't done a compare and
> > contrast on it for 14 years :-)
> > Hang in there everyone and stay safe, L
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Lisa Rudman, Executive Director, *Making Contact*
> > Radio show and podcast <https://www.radioproject.org/>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 8:34 PM Frieda Werden via grc <
> > grc at maillist.peak.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I have been waiting for the Pacifica podcasting service to materialize,
> > but
> > > I am guessing that project may have been set aside.
> > > That leaves me looking into what service might be good for placing a
> > > weekly half-hour with the range of podcast outlets.  I know some of you
> > > have experience with this.
> > > Here are some descriptions of services I found, but am hoping to find
> one
> > > that is really simple to use and inexpensive.  Suggestions? Caveats?
> > >
> > > https://www.thepodcasthost.com/websites-hosting/best-podcast-hosting/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://www.thepodcasthost.com/websites-hosting/best-podcast-hosting/#others
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Frieda Werden, Series Producer
> > > WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service
> > > email: wings at wings.org  and wingsproducers at yahoo.com
> > > Facebook news feed: https://www.facebook.com/wingsradio
> > > To contribute funds: https://www.paypal.me/wingsradio
> > > websites:  www.wings.org  <http://www.wings.org/> (historic)
> > > New site being rebuilt at: wingsradio.org/wordpress
> > > Older editions gradually being archived here (choose year for sorting):
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22WINGS%3A+Women%E2%80%99s+International+News+Gathering+Service%22&sort=titleSorter
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