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Podcasting
What Is a Podcast?
A podcast is a subscription format designed to deliver audio or video content directly to your computer. The advantage to podcasting is that you don't need to remember to go back download the newest media from your favorite online source. Once you subscribe to the podcast it will automatically update new content to your reader as it becomes available. The readers are usually free or low cost. The most common podcasts deliver audio files in the MP3 format, syndicated through an RSS (XML) file. Other formats and other types of files, such as video, are increasingly being podcasted. The content is downloaded to your PC, Mac or mobile device. It's not streamed, so you can access the content whenever you want.
You may subscribe to podcast feeds by using a Podcast client program (see list below). Once it is installed on your local computer, the program will regularly check for and automatically download the new audio content to which you have subscribed. Any computer with audio-playing software can play podcasts. You can also download the mp3 files to any portable mp3 player to take it with you.
Free Podcast Clients and Audio-Playing Software
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iTunes - free from Apple Computer, Inc. (for both Windows and Mac) |
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Juice (formerly iPodder) - a free Open Source Project (for Windows and Mac) |
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Doppler - a free program (for Windows, PocketPC, Windows Mobile & Smartphones) |
The Podcast logo is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
How to Subscribe to Shekinah Fellowship Church's Podcast
Using iTunes...
1. Download iTunes (for free, if you don't have it already).
2. Go to the iTunes Music Store and click on "Podcasts". Then, in the search box, type "Shekinah Fellowship Church". The results should include podcasts from our church. Finally, click on the "Subscribe" button. Alternately, you may go to the Advanced Menu in iTunes and choose "Subscribe to Podcast". Then type (or copy & paste) in one of the addresses listed below.
Using Juice (formerly iPodder), Doppler or similar Podcasting clients...
1. Download Juice or Doppler for your computer.
2. After you have installed the program on your local computer, simply subscribe to one of the podcasts by typing (or copying & pasting) in the subscription address listed below.
Every time a new mp3 message file is ready, it will automatically be downloaded onto your computer the next time you open your podcasting software. If you own an iPod or other portable mp3 player, it can be configured to transfer these files automatically every time you synch with your computer.
Subscription Addresses to Use with Software:
For Sunday Morning Messages, use:
http://www.shekinahmedia.com/podcast/SundaySermonPodcast.xml
Please note that the above links are not clickable (nor can you paste them into your browser). You must type or copy & paste them into your Podcasting software.
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