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[edit] Controversy Section

I deleted a section on supposed controversy around the term "podcast" as reflecting technical ignorance because I can find no evidence that a notable controversy ever existed. It was flagged as needing a citation. I believe this was one person's opinion written in the third person to sound objective. --Editor B (talk) 15:52, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Spelling: is it "Podcast" or "podcast"? --capitalized, or not? I can't imagine it will stay capitalized in standard usage for long, even if it is up, now. But it should be done consistently, one or the other.

Tahrlis (talk) 18:50, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Podcast client software

It is a shame there is no "list of podcast software" or "comparison of podcast software", as a separate linked article. It is very hard to find anything for Win98SE. It is hard to use anything on dialup, because it will suck up all the bandwidth in the background, out of control. There is little or nothing available as portable apps. These seem to be good places to start a search: www.podcastingnews.com/topics/Podcast_Software.html and www.podcatchermatrix.org -69.87.204.16 11:54, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

The first link there (a list of podcast clients / podcatchers) is still available via a Google cache. The unavailability of podcatchers for Win98SE might be explained because podcasting is in a sense a fad (being simply a RSS feed of MP3 links), and people vulnerable to fads are unlikely to be running any operating system older than a year or two. iTunes itself only runs on Windows XP SP2 or newer, Juice requires an NT-based Windows, and other software requires .NET which would be hard to install over dial-up. However, jpodder and @podder are both Java-based and should run on Win98SE. One would expect podcast software to be produced by manufacturers of MP3 players besides Apple, if the main objective is to copy MP3s to a device as the become available. --79.72.89.161 (talk) 12:21, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Brilliant Idea...

Turn this article into a podcast! It would be so fitting...

DarkestMoonlight (talk) 13:32, 31 March 2008 (UTC) (yeah, I'm sort of bored right now...) I listen to Cris Moyles and Scott Mills's podcasts —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.178.185.217 (talk) 20:56, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reference/citation tag removal

Can we have the Wiki reference/verification tag removed now? I'd argue it's well referenced and the tag is now redundant.Starstylers (talk) 14:10, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merger with audioblogging

Audioblogging seems remarkably similar to podcasting. Whilst there may be a subtle difference, involving whether or not enclosures are used, I don't think this subtle difference is large enough to warrant another article. I propose redirecting audioblogging to this article, salvaging any worthwhile content. Computerjoe's talk 22:50, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Audio only?

I added the word "audio" to the summary. I am new to this field but the summary doesn't say what these streaming digital files offer - I am assuming they are audio, so I've put this word in. The article assumes us outsiders know what a podcast offers. Perhaps a podcast can be audio+moving images, audio + image slideshow? regards, please correct me if I am wrong.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgaved (talk) 08:46, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

In practice, podcasts are almost always comprised of audio and video files. Also note that podcasting does not involve streaming of the content, but syndicated download. I have edited the text to reflect these points more clearly. --Kwekubo (talk) 11:34, 15 September 2008 (UTC)