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Podcasting and MP3

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Podcasting is an audio file, usually an MP3, that is connected to an RSS feed, what makes it a podcast instead of an MP3 is the RSS feed that allows subscribers to be notified whenever new or updated material is available. MP3 files do not have the RSS feed feature so listeners must manually search for any new files or materials that are in MP3 format. But to be honest podcasting would not be around if it were not for MP3 files and RSS feeds, MP3's can stand alone but podcasts can not.

The MP3 format is a compression system for music, basically what this does is it takes the music from a certain source and compresses the file to reduce the number of bytes in a song or jingle without affecting the quality of the sound. For example a song from a CD might be made up of 32 megabytes but the MP3 format can compress this down to about 3 megabytes. This is important to music lovers because downloading that large of a file can take a couple of hours to download depending on the speed of your modem, but a smaller file can easily be downloaded in a few minutes. Another benefit to using the MP3 format is that you can store a larger amount of music on your computer because it takes up less space.

Now many people wonder how you are supposed to turn regular files, such as songs from a CD into an MP3 file, which would be the next step in the MP3 process. To do this you will need to use ripper and encoder software to change your audio file into an MP3 file so that you can use it for your podcast. The ripping process copies the song from the CD onto your hard disk, and then the encoding process will compress the song into the MP3 format so you are set to go.

On the other hand you can also turn MP3 files into full length CDs. To do this you will need a writeable CD drive and perhaps some burning software, usually your CD-R drive will come with the software that you need. For this process you have two choices when putting MP3 files onto CD's: you can burn them onto an audio CD or you can store them on a data CD. An audio CD will expand or decode the MP3 file to its original format and allow you to play the CD in any CD player. With the data CD you are simply storing your MP3's onto a CD in the MP3 format, which means you can only listen to them on your computer or you can use the CD to upload your MP3 to a portable MP3 player.

Now that we understand how MP3 are created and how they work we can tie them in with podcasting. Because of the compressed size MP3 are the perfect format to use when creating a podcast because it allows the users to download the file at a faster rate than a larger file, although you can use other types of files for podcasting. And after downloading the podcast you can expand the file to burn it to an audio CD so that you can enjoy the CD in your car or on your stereo at home, which might not play MP3's.

If you do not plan on burning the podcast or MP3 to an audio CD you are going to need a MP3 player. You can purchase an iPod or other similar player for your personal and all you will have to do is upload the podcasts to the player and you are ready to go. Or you can download MP3 software to your computer (most computers already have some installed) so that you can download the podcasts to your personal computer and listen to them while you are working or playing on the computer.

Just remember that in order to have podcasts you have to have MP3 files and a MP3 player of some sort. SO podcasts are directly related to MP3's.

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