Re: Favorite Compression Tools for Podcasting by Jonathan Miller on Nov 9, 2007 at 3:48:34 pm
I've settled on MPEGStreamclip for my podcast encoding. Cross-platform and FREE. Does a great job. Besides being used for my podcast, it's an indispensable tool to have available.
www.squared5.com
Jon
TreeLine Productions
Fort Collins, CO USA
Currently producing these popular podcasts:
"The Rest of Everest" Video Podcast *Voted as one of iTunes' "Best of 2006" podcasts
*Nominated for "Best Video Podcast" in the 2007 People's Choice Podcast Awards
www.therestofeverest.com
Re: Favorite Compression Tools for Podcasting by Jonathan Miller on Nov 29, 2007 at 5:09:57 am
Thanks, Mike.
The expedition was back in 2003 so everything was shot with Sony PD-150s and a PD-100A. I was afraid that I might not have enough tape so I didn't shoot in DVCAM mode, but rather DV SP mode. That gave me 65 minutes per tape instead of 42 if I was to shoot in DVCAM.
As for hosting, I use Liberated Syndication for my podcast media hosting. libsyn.com
Their service really works for me since my files are large and I only pay a flat monthly fee no matter how many gigabytes or terabytes of bandwidth I end up using. Plus, all of the old episodes over 30 days old are archived and always available for new subscribers at no additional storage cost to me. This is especially key since my first episode is as important as my most recent.
They also have a stat engine which can give you a good idea of your audience, but they've been struggling with some growing pains in terms of keeping the stat engine running reliably.
But still, it's hard to beat the price of the service and anyone who really criticizes libsyn over the stats issue isn't seeing the big picture. The bandwidth to do what I do with my podcast would have cost several thousand dollars per month just a few years ago...heck, when I was at Everest in 2003, sending back my video to CNN cost $25/MB. In 60 days I racked up a $17,000 bill (around 700MB) with all of the content I was pushing to CNN! Luckily they happily covered all of it as they were a sponsor.
Jon
TreeLine Productions
Fort Collins, CO USA
Currently producing these popular podcasts:
"The Rest of Everest" Video Podcast *Voted as one of iTunes' "Best of 2006" podcasts
*Nominated for "Best Video Podcast" in the 2007 People's Choice Podcast Awards
www.therestofeverest.com
