Podcasting Software

WordPress 2.6 Update Breaks PodPress

Jul 18th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcasting Software

Updating your WordPress-based site to WordPress 2.6 may break your podcast.
Users are reporting incompatibilities between Mighty Seek’s PodPress, the popular free podcasting add-on for WordPress, and the recently-announced WordPress 2.6.
Here’s a typical message from the PodPress forum:
I installed Wordpress 2.6 (the full version, not the Release Candidate) today but am having problems as soon as [...]



Hot! WordPress 2.6 Adds Tumblr-Style Blogging, More

Jul 14th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Microblogging, Podcasting Software

Matt Mullenweg has announced WordPress 2.6, the latest update to the popular blogging & podcasting platform.
Five Hot Changes In WordPress 2.

Press This! is back- this popular feature disappeared in an earlier update to WordPress, but is back with a vengeance. Inspired by Flock, FriendFeed, Facebook, Tumblr, and Delicious, and the Quick Post plugin by Josh [...]



WordPress For The iPhone

Jul 11th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcasting Software, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

Raanan Bar-Cohen has announced the imminent release of WordPress For iPhone:
The WordPress for iPhone App is nearly ready to go. It supports WordPress.com blogs as well as self-hosted WordPress.org blogs running version 2.5.1 or newer.
Timing wise, with the launch of Apple’s iTunes App store this morning, we expect to see this showing up very [...]



Seesmic Adds Video Comments To Movable Type Blogs

Jun 28th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Internet TV, Podcasting Software, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

Video community site Seesmic has announced that it has partnered with Six Apart, the maker of Movable Type to provide Movable Type users and their readers with the ability to integrate video comments alongside traditional text-based comments.
Seesmic already offers a plug-in for integrating its video system into WordPress sites.
The MT plug in is a free [...]



Skype 4.0 Beta For Windows

Jun 18th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General, Podcasting Software

Internet telephony service Skype has announced a new version, Skype 4.0 Beta for Windows.
The new version focuses on improving video telephony features and offering better usability.
Here are a couple of videos that explain the Skype 4.0:
Skype 4.0 Beta - Introductory Demoby SkypeConversations
Mike Bartlett introduces Skype, and demos the new Skype 4.0 Beta for Windows.
Skype 4.0 [...]



Microsoft Intros Open Source Podcasting Kit For SharePoint

Jun 9th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Corporate Podcasts, How to Podcast, Podcasting Software

Microsoft today announced the release of the Podcasting Kit for SharePoint (PKS), a free, open source podcasting kit that offers organizations a centralized solution to create, manage and distribute podcasts.
Built on the SharePoint Server and Microsoft Silverlight platforms, and compatible with the Zune, PCs and other devices that play podcasts (ie., iPods & iPhones), the [...]



Simple Flash Video WordPress Plugin

Jun 8th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcasting Software, Streaming Video, Video

The Simple Flash Video plugin builds on other plugins that allow easy posting of .flv or .mp4 files in Wordpress.
With this plugin you can easily post .flv or .mp4 videos to your blog. Viewers can then instantly watch the video without having to fully download it before watching.
You can also use it to “float” videos [...]



Available Next Week: iPhone Voice Recorder

Jun 6th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcasting Software, iPods & Portable Media Players

Startup software developer Plum Amazing has announced that Plum Record for the iPhone will be available as soon as the iTunes AppStore comes online.
Apple hasn’t made an official announcement on this when the AppStore will be available, but it’s expected to open next week.
Plum Record is an audio recording application for the iPhone. While recording audio [...]



Skype Audio Recorder Updated

Jun 5th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcasting Software

ExtraLabs has updated Skype Recorder, its Windows app that can automatically record Skype calls.
Skype is popular with podcasters because it lets you make free digital calls to anyone with an Internet connection.
The software record into MP3/WMA/OGG/WAV formats, recording conversations in either single or dual audio tracks and even has a built-in FTP-client for uploading files.
The [...]



Magnify Offers WordPress, Movable Type Publishers New Video & Image Tools

May 14th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General, Internet TV, Microblogging, Podcasting Software, Video, Vlogs

Magnify has introduced a new service that promises to make it easy for Movable Type and Wordpress publishers to incorporate media from a variety of sites.
Magnify Publisher is a native blog application that lets you search for video, text, and images, using key words and tags, and embed the content directly into a post, without [...]