Podcasting

Get the latest sermon direct to your iPod ready for your train ride into work - podcasting is a means of automatically synchronising your computer (and hence MP3 player) with the latest published audio.

It's the latest plaything of home DJ's across the web, and it's being trialled by the BBC, CNN and other big media corporations as the first wave of radio on demand, but podcasting is actually a pretty simple concept:



Podcasting is a new way of downloading an audio program (such as a radio show) regularly. Each program is supplied as an mp3 which lives on your hard disk, and from there you can subsequently copy it to your portable player. All you need to take part is some podcasting software and an internet connection.
For each program you want to hear regularly you get hold of their podcast url (there are a number of web sites dedicted to providing a directory of some of the most popular) and subscribe using your podcast software. Each time a new program is available you will automatically be notified so you can download the latest version onto your PC. From there you can synchronise with your portable player and listen to Sunday's talk on the move!