Thank you
for your interest
in listening
to Pet Fish
Talk, an Internet
talk show about
keeping pet
fish, tropical
fish, and goldfish
in aquariums,
fish bowls,
and ponds.
1. What's MP3?
MP3 is a
digital audio
file format
that is very
popular for
delivering audio
over the internet.
Pet Fish
Talk is
now available
as an MP3 file.
You can listen
to that MP3
file or download
it and play
it later in
any MP3 player,
such as an iPod
or an MP3-enabled
CD player.
2. What's a
PodCast?
A PodCast is
an MP3 audio
file distributed
via RSS.
3. What's RSS?
RSS, which stands
for Really Simple
Syndication,
automatically
delivers newsfeeds directly
to a desktop
newsreader,
such as Bloglines,
where you
can read
that newsfeed, when
it's updated.
Click
here for
more information
about RSS.
4. How
can I use RSS?
Register for
an account with
a newsreader,
which will run
in your web
browser and
allow you to
read
feeds from the
sources you
select, such
as Pet Fish
Talk. Here is a list with several newsreaders.
FeedBurner
Makes RSS Easy!
Click
here or
on the image
just above to
go to the FeedBurner
address
for Pet Fish
Talk. FeedBurner
makes it easy
to get Pet Fish
Talk PodCasts
into your iPod.
Click
here for
more about FeedBurner
and RSS
feeds.
Register at Bloglines.
Click
here to
go to Bloglines
and register
for a new account.
When you have
registered at
Bloglines, login
to your new
account and
click on
Add
under the My
Feeds tab.
Next find the
phrase "Blog
or Feed URL:"
and the white
box to the right
of that phrase.
In that white
box enter:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/PetFishTalk-NewsFeed
Click on the
button
labeled
"Subscribe",
then click
on the
button
labeled
"Subscribe"
again. On
the left
side of the
Bloglines
page, under
"Feeds" you
should now
see,
Pet
Fish Talk -
News Feed ...
Click on it,
and you should
see the Pet
Fish Talk -
News Feed
on the right
side of the
page.
Click on the
button labeled
"Display" to
see the news
items, and then
click on the
items that interest
you. Click
here for
more Help from
Bloglines.
My Yahoo!
Click
here or
on the image
just above
to add Pet
Fish Talk to
your MyYahoo!
Click
here to
go to the page
that explains
how to use RSS
in My Yahoo!,
"With RSS feeds
coming straight
to your My Yahoo!,
there's no need
to visit multiple
sites to get
the content
you want. The
summaries you
care about are
delivered right
to you and updated
regularly."
ODEO
Beta
Click
here
or on the
image just
above to
go to ODEO.com
and download
PodCasts of
recent Pet Fish
Talk Shows.
NewsGator
Click
here or on the image just above to to NewsGator
and add Pet Fish Talk to your NewsGator RSS feeds.
Click
here to find links to many more RSS
News Readers.
5. About iTunes
and the iPod
At this time
iTunes and iPod seem to be
the best ways to listen to Pet Fish Talk. Here is
some help on getting them to work.
Hi guys,
I really love your show and I've just been
listening to your latest episode which had a
discussion about iTunes. I just thought I would
let you know there is a very easy way to
download your show that you don't seem to
mention on your show and I would guess a lot of
people don't know about. This is the Podcast RSS
feed.
Please could you mention this feed on your show
more often? I feel it's the best way to receive
your show. I am subscribed to your feed in
iTunes as well as many others, all I need to do
is load up iTunes once a day and it downloads
all the new podcasts that are available. I then
connect my iPod to my PC and iTunes
automatically copies the shows over to it.
I think an important point to tell your
listeners is that you don't need to own an iPod
in order to use iTunes, it can be used to play
the shows on your PC and you could copy them
onto other portable players or CDs. Also another
cool feature of iTunes is that you can view a
list of all the shows in the feed, so you can
pick from a selection of past shows really
easily.
Please mention this to your listeners as I'm
sure it make peoples life easier, and they would
have more time for fish!
Thanks,
Kevin
PS I hope you continue to publish the shows at
the same time, as the new show normally pops up
on my ipod on a Friday and Saturday and this
gives me something interesting to listen to
whilst I do a water change on my Discus tank!
Reply. Hi Kevin, thank you for your helpful
email. Following your advice, we opened the program
iTunes in our computer, then ...
(1) Click on "Advanced", which is near the top of
the screen.
(2) Click on "Subscribe to Podcast".
(3) Enter the url
Click here
to buy
an
Apple iPod, which can play Pet Fish Talk Shows.
Below is an email from Brian in Australia with
another explanation about how to download Pet Fish
Talk Shows.
Hi,
... just incase you have anyone else ask you about podcasting to download your show onto their iPod or any other mp3
player here are the instructions in 3 easy steps for fellow poddies, you may find room on your site for these:
1: Download podcasting software such as Juice Receiver (an Open Source cross platform podcast receiver), Apple's iTunes
for Mac and Windows or similar podcasting software. These programs allow you to schedule regular updates to your
selected downloads with an iPod or other portable media player (mp3) including mobile phones which are mp3 compatible.
The range includes programs which allow you to listen to podcasts on mobile phones and Pocket PCs, as well as computers
running Mac or Linux OS.
Once you have set up and acquainted yourself with the podcasting software, then copy & paste the subscription URL
pcast://feeds.feedburner.com/PetFishTalk-NewsFeed
FOR PET FISH TALK into the URL box in your podcasting program. This will add the selected program to your podcasting
subscriptions. In iTunes you do this by going to your podcast library folder and clicking on 'Advanced' and then
'Subscribe to Podcast'.
If you want to receive these programs regularly, make sure the scheduling function on your podcasting software is set to
search for new podcasts automatically this is generally the default anyway.
2: Once downloaded you will find your mp3 in the folder you select your podcast software to save it into, for windows XP
& Vista the default folder is
C:/.../My Documents/My Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Podcast/Pet
Fish Talk Show
This is obviously for Pet Fish Talk using iTunes. You can change this folder in iTunes by clicking on Edit - Preferences
- Advanced & selecting the general tab.
3: Copy the mp3 file onto your iPod/mp3 or mobile as you would normally do & enjoy.
I hope that will be helpful to some of your other listeners who enjoy their pods as I do any other help I may be able to
give just e-mail me.
Thanks,
Brian.
6. Copyright
and Fair Use
The RSS Feed
for Pet Fish
Talk includes
information
about the weekly
shows and other
changes in the
content of this
web site.
This feed is
intended to
be viewed in
a newsreader
or to be syndicated
to another
web site,
subject to copyright
and fair use.
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