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Movie Podcasts
Some EZTakes movies are now available as podcast feeds that you can
watch on your PC, your Apple video iPod and just about any other
portable video device. Simply copy and past any of our podcast URLs
into your iTunes client software (or any other podcast client) to
subscribe to the feed. You can also click the appropriate button to
add podcast listings directly to your personal home page on Yahoo!,
MSN, Google and several other portals. To easily set and reset your
default portal, select it from the drop-down list provided and then
click on the "Set My Portal" button. Read more on
Podcasting.
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About Podcasting
Podcasting is a term used to describe a collection of technologies for automatically
distributing audio and video programmes over the Internet using a publisher/subscriber
model. It differs from earlier online collections of audio or video works because it
automatically transfers the files to the user's computer for later use; it is one example
of "push" technology. Podcasting enables independent producers to create self-published,
syndicated "radio shows," and gives broadcast radio or television programs a new
distribution method. Just about any digital video player or computer with video-playing
software can play a movie podcast. From the earliest RSS-enclosure tests in 2000 and 2001,
feeds have been used to deliver video files as well as audio, and other media such as
photographs and text are transferable by podcast. A podcast is not the same as a webcast,
which normally refers to a show distributed by streaming media. Podcasting is a portmanteau
that combines the words "iPod" and "broadcasting." The term is often thought to be a
misnomer since neither podcasting nor listening to podcasts requires an iPod or any portable
player, and no broadcasting is required. The term is also sometimes criticized as giving
undue credit to Apple for a technology which it had very little to do with creating. Aware
of this potential misunderstanding, some writers have suggested alternative names. One
such alternative is "blogcasting", which implies content based on, or similar in format to,
blogs. Others include "audioblogging" and "rsscasting". Some writers have also suggested
reinterpretations of "pod", such as "Personal, On-Demand" or phonetically "Portable Audio".
Podcasting of video data is called, among other things, "video blogging", "video podcasting",
"vlogging", "vodcasting", "vidcasting", or "modcasting" (for movie podcasting).
The preceding paragraph was derived from a
full article available from Wikipedia
and its use is governed by the
GNU Free Documentation License 1.2.
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