In perhaps the most significant podcasting news event so far this year, Steve Jobs has announced that the 4.9 release of Apple's iTunes, due before the end of July, will include full support for podcasting, including a podcast directory, subscriptions, and podcast submission for podcasters:
There is also the strong possibility that you will be able to include RIAA music tracks in Apple-approved podcasts. See this thread at Podcast Alley for a discussion on this:
Just a quick not to let you know that there won't be an edition of Behind the Scenes this week due to a bunch of personal stuff going on this weekend. Next week's show will be a special edition on guerilla podcasting.
Another great interview show, this time from the April San Diego Podcasters Meetup. Four interviews with three San Diego podcasters and a special guest. Check it out!
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Many people have pointed out that GarageBand is limited to a maximum recording time of 35 minutes. In fact, GarageBand is limited to 998 measures, so the actual length depends on how you configure your project when you create it. The default is 4/4 time, 120 bpm, which means that each measure gets 4 beats and there are 120 beats in a minute. This gives you 30 measures per minute and 998/30 is roughly 33 minutes.
To maximize the recording time, set the tempo to 40 (the lowest you can set it to) and the time to 7/4. When you do the math this works out to a maximum recording time of 174.65 minutes or almost 3 hours.
Note that you need to set these values when you first create your project. Attemping to change them in an existing project will cause some interesting results!
Also note that this obviously won't work if you are using Apple Loops or MIDI in your podcast as it will affect how they play back. To incorporate these simple create them in a separate project, export the tracks as AIFF files, then bring the AIFF files into your voice project. If you have a track that you're using as a soundbed (or background) that you need to extend to match your voice track, you can loop it just like you would an Apple Loop.
I've finally had some time to sit down and edit, so here is the interview with Dave Miller. Dave is a radio DJ, hosts The Miller Report podcast (currently on hiatus until June), and up until recently was organizing PubCast 2005, or what was to be the first podcasting conference.
In this interview you'll find out what happened to turn PubCast from a conference into a meetup, how a flood got Dave started in his broadcasting career, why podcasting isn't where it should be today, and how you can make your podcast better.
My link disclaimer: While I can guarantee all content on godcast.org to be family-safe I can make no such guarantees for content linked to outside the site. The initial page that I'm linking you to should be fine but other than that, as always on the web, proceed with caution!
What?! Yes, I've got two great shows ready to roll at the moment, one recorded at the last San Diego Podcasters Meetup and another revealing interview with Dave Miller of The Miller Report. However, Behind the Scenes currently has between 3,000 and 5,000 listeners per show and less than 50 votes per month at Podcast Alley. So, since asking nicely and begging for votes doesn't work I am resorting to kidnapping/blackmail. Take a few seconds to vote for Behind the Scenes using the voting form on the right and I will release the shows unharmed as soon as we make it back into the top 50. Do NOT attempt to contact the authorities.
My apologies to those who took this seriously...I've just been swamped lately and haven't had time to spend on the show. I am not holding, and would never hold, the shows hostage! Thanks to those who have voted though.