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How to Create a Podcast



Podcasting is easy to get involved in for anyone who

wants to create a podcast. The first thing necessary is

access to a web server. The user needs to be able to

upload files to the server itself, so podcasting can't be

done from a simple blogging or journal site. It's

probably best to register a domain and find a host for

the site. Once the site has been set up and the user has

access to the host server, a small program called

dircaster.php should be customized for your site, and

can be used to automatically generate the RSS feed that

the subscribers will download. The mp3 files should be

uploaded to the proper directory after all the

information about the file has been attached. After they

are in the directory, the address of dircaster.php, as long

as it is in the same directory as the mp3 files, will

generate an RSS file that will tell your subscribers

where to download the latest podcasts from. To update

and and a new episode, create and upload the new mp3

file to the same directory. When dircaster.php is

accessed, it will recognize the new file and relay the

information on to your visitors.


With these steps, it is easy for anyone to create a

podcast with a small expenditure of time and effort. The

site is easy to set up; domains and hosting are now

cheap enough almost anyone to have a small site, and

the programs necessary are all easy to find and use.

How To Make A Podcast

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Is There Such Thing As Free Legal Music Search?
By Ed Murray

 There are lots of free music search engine tools out there, but you still have to be careful to choose the right one. Although some of the leading music search engines appear free at first, these sites can be are littered with adware and all sorts of spyware that infest your computer and eventually you may end up paying a very high price for your 'free' music.

These spyware and collect all kinds of data on the users of the computers they infect like surfing habits, sites visited, users keystrokes and even installing software without users knowing. If a new browser pops open by itself on your computer with some tacky ad on it, then you probably been infected by adware and you should run your anti-virus.

One of the top music search engines have been known to infect up to 80% of computers that use its search function and all sorts of valuable data can be collected once infected. This data could even end up with the trial lawyers as a means to prosecute users for illegal downloads, as has happened in the past. So a good firewall is necessary and knowing what sites are safe should be foremost if you want to surf for free music downloads in the net.

So, what are the advantages of music search engines? Firstly, they offer you the opportunity of simply listening online to any song you like without having to download music. Also, you don't need to know the exact title of the song to find the song youre looking for. One site we came across during our research is clipniche.com which is a commercial MP3 and a powerful music search engine solution that allows website owners to put the script on their site. This site has a sophisticated search script that found every song title, artist or album we searched for. The site has a free demo page that allows anyone unlimited use of the search tool and allows the user to stream or download the music and no adware or spyware detected.

So, is it legal? The answer will always be clouded by the music industry, but there is not illegal to use sites like clipniche for listening to music. The problem may be if you start distributing the music downloaded from these sites, but even that is debatable. I found it much easier to simply listen to the streaming music without downloading, so there are no legal issues or loopholes whatsoever. You should really be more worried about the harm you may do to your computer by visiting the wrong sites. The music industry is coming to the realization that music search engines are actually good for their sales as users will always want a real copy of the music they really like without fear of buying something they are unfamiliar with.

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