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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
by Rob White
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Ok, here are the show notes from Friday’s Podcaster Training, better late than never I guess. I had decided to do one more simulcast episode using Talkshoe and uStream at the same time, mainly because of the episode topic, but as someone in the chat room coined it, eMurphys Law took effect. Given that Talkshoe has had a number of audio issues in the past, it didn’t surprise me much when I logged in and no one could hear me. Ok, one person could hear me out of about a dozen or so logged into the chat room and on the phone bridge. Others were having similar issues with buzzing sounds and echoing, so since Talkshoe wasn’t a viable platform that night, I immediately switched to my conference line and ran the entire show on uStream only.
In a later part of the show, I made the announcement that I was going video only after last Friday. This caught a number of listeners by surprise, but I think they understand why I am doing this.
I have setup a new live page at http://www.newmediapro.tv and you can find the new RSS Feeds listed there as well. This page will become my new hub for Friday Nights from here on out.
The rest of the show went as planned with Jeff catching us up on the Wordpress News and Josh with his Budde Podcasting Network news. Patti, during her Broadcasting Tips segment enabled some group participation from the listeners and chat room visitors. It’s this kind of interaction that really helps make this a great show.
Finally, we ended with the Business 101 segment, which I will make a post later at http://www.business101chat.com and then we had a great after show, as always. Speaking of the after show, it is now podcasted too and you can pick it up with the Podcaster Training RSS Feed now as a separate entry.
So, concluding this post, I will still podcast this show, only it will have a new RSS feed as I am also hosting the show too. iTunes will pickup the new RSS feeds soon, they will be available for you iTunes listeners very soon.
Even though we are video only now, I will still call the show, Podcaster Training and will continue as I have in the past. Only this time, with more video added to the show! Watch for that! And speaking of videos, I am preparing to post a Wordpress SEO video series here to go along with next Friday’s Main Topic.
See you then!
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
by Rob White
Our main topic on Friday Night will be “Broadcasting Audio and Video Live at the same time, or should they be produced separately”. I have been broadcasting audio live on Talkshoe for over a year and a half now. Prior to that, I was podcasting (pre-recorded mostly) and video at that time, was just a gleam in most podcaster’s eyes, mine included.
Thanks to the recent outage at Talkshoe, I was able to prove to not only myself, but my listeners, that I could produce a video only show, complete with a conference phone bridge, chat room and clear audio. I had began several months ago putting together this method, which I coined My Plan B (Why? Because everyone needs a Plan B), and was able to pull the show together quickly and professionally and still make the air time on Friday Night. I had never tried my Plan B prior to that night, so I was really happy when it all came together smoothly and quickly and actually worked!
Now, once the show was over, Talkshoe, even though they were back online, couldn’t take any recordings. So, again, my Plan B for this was already in place and I simply podcasted my own recordings on my server and wrote my blog posts along with the embedded recordings for people to download and listen to.
Again, this worked out very well for me. Then today, when Talkshoe finally got the recordings back online so that I could finally upload last Friday’s episodes, I discover that some of my previous recordings are now damaged and the volume is all over the charts! I contacted Josh at Talkshoe and he is getting this looked in to. In the meantime, I now have a decision to make. Do I stay with Talkshoe and continue to hope that “all goes well” and keep cleaning up after them when recordings get damaged, lost or worse, or do I simply go to my Plan B, which I know will work and I have contigencies built in that will allow me to quickly change services and still keep the show going!
This is where you come in as a listener of my shows. I want you to leave a comment to this post, it’s public, so everyone will be able to read it, and let me know your opinion on this. I will make a final decision by Thursday, in plenty of time to amek necessary changes everywhere, and I will base my final decision on your comments. I really want to hear from you on this. I will also keep you updated on what is happening on this end too. Thanks in advance!
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
by Rob White
Ok, so you’ve been podcasting for some time now and you have just discovered the new world of video. Now, you have a decision to make…or do you? You went out and purchased your webcam, got the special software to do the fancy things on the screen, got everything setup and running, and then you think…what do I do now? Do I go ahead and keep podcasting adn start producing live video shows too? Can I do this both at the same time, thus saving me some time and energy in the process? All great questions.
Let’s assume for a minute that you aren’t just producing podcasts (like pre-recorded) but are doing live podcasting (like on Talkshoe or BlogTalkRadio). This brings up another question…do you have enough resource on your computer to handle two live streams at the same time! If you cannot answer yes, that you have enough resources, then you probably won’t be able to make it happen without a lot of technical glitches appearing on your shows.
On the other hand, if you can make it happen, are you prepared to promote your new live video show, just like you had to with your original podcasts, in order to build up and audience there too?
What if you really want to go video, but then just go back to podcasting your audio. Will your listeners from your live podcasts follow you to video? Some will, but for the most part, in my experience, most won’t. If your listeners are like most, they won’t even respond to inquiries that you put out asking them what they think! I don’t believe this is becasue they just don’t like you, it’s more that they don’t want to get involved. That seems to be the mentality of most of today’s listeners.
So, all you can do at this point, is follow your own heart. A friend of mine told me that recently when I was contemplating this very issue. In fact, that’s what prompted this blog post!
So, to sum it up, if you feel that moving to video is the right move for you, and you are prepared to basically start over again, then like Nike says, Just Do It! (I think they still say that)
As for my contemplation, I will be making a descision before Friday this week! Watch this space for details!
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