Steinberger WaveLab Studio 6, WaveLab 6 Addendum

Addendum: Podcast

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Podcasting

Introduction

Podcasting is a method of distributing multimedia files over the Internet, e.g. for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. A Podcast can be downloaded automatically, using software capable of reading "RSS feeds". RSS ("Really Simple Syndication") is a standard for distributing news and other information via the Internet.

An RSS news feed sends short messages on a certain topic (e.g. sports, music, etc.), made available from a web site. In order to read the messages, the user employs a program (e.g. a special feed reader or an Internet browser) that has the ability to monitor multiple feeds and automatically download new messages on a regular basis.

Technically speaking, a Podcast is an RSS feed including data content, such as audio or video files. Like a kind of "show" with new episodes released regularly, for an audience that wants to listen when, where and how they want. As such, this is a great way to make information available to anyone.

As you know, WaveLab Essential is capable of editing and producing audio material, but it also has the ability to create and publish Podcast episodes at will. And all this without ever quitting the program!

All you need, except for WaveLab Essential itself, is some webspace with an FTP account for it in order to upload the Podcast data.

Creating a new Podcast

Given that a wave window is the currently active document:

• Pull down the Edit menu and select "Create Podcast from Wave...".

This will create a new Podcast window, with the audio file already being selected for episode 1.

• Pull down the File menu and select "Add to Podcast..." from the Special submenu.

A dialog appears from which you can either select a Podcast currently open in WaveLab (if any), or browse and open an existing Podcast from your harddisk. In both cases, a new episode will be added to the Podcast, with the audio file selected for this episode. Alternatively, you can also choose to create a new Podcast from this dialog, with the audio file already being selected for episode 1.

Given that an existing Podcast window is currently open:

• Select "Clone this Podcast..." from the Podcast window’s Options menu.

An untitled copy of the existing Podcast is created, containing all information of the original Podcast. Alternatively, you can drag the Podcast window’s Document icon onto the WaveLab Essential desktop to achieve the same.

Podcast templates

WaveLab Essential allows to store Podcast templates from open Podacst windows:

• Pull down the File menu and select "Save as template..."

This will store the currently active Podcast window’s information in a template. Next time when you create a new podcast by using any of the methods described above, you can choose this template, so that the information is already filled in the new Podcast window.

In order to create a new Podcast from scratch, pull down the File menu, and select "Podcast..." from the New submenu.

This will bring up a new Podcast window where you can enter all information required for the Podcast (usually this will be paths to mp3 audio files along with some textual information).

Alternative ways to create a Podcast

There are other ways to create a Podcast, which can be shortcuts, depending on what kind of documents you already have opened in WaveLab Essential.

Podcasting

The Podcast window

A Podcast window including four episodes.

The Podcast window is divided into two panes. The lower pane shows an item list of the basic feed and all episodes included in the Podcast.

The upper pane shows the information for the feed or an episode, depending on the item selected in the list below. This is where you will be adding files, Internet links or textual information to the Podcast feed and its episodes.

Adding, moving and deleting episodes

There are two ways to add an episode to a Podcast:

• Select "New" from the Podcast window’s Episodes menu.

This will add a new untitled episode without any information being present.

• Select an existing episode in the Podcast window’s item list, then select "Duplicate" from the Episodes menu.

This will add a new episode, copying all information from the existing episode to the new one.

Episodes can be moved by using the "Move up/down" functions in the Podcast window’s Episodes menu. Alternatively, you can also re-order episodes by using dragand-drop in the item list.

In order to delete an episode, select it in the item list and use the "Delete" function in the Episodes menu.

Ö There must be at least one episode present in the Podcast.

Adding information to the Podcast

The upper pane of the Podcast window shows various fields and settings that are related to the basic feed or an episode, depending on what you have selected in the lower pane’s item list (the fields are slightly different for the feed and episodes).

Ö Field labels in bold letters point at a field that is mandatory to fill. For quick publishing of your Podcast it is sufficient to fill these fields only.

Following settings are available for the feed:

Setting Description

Title Sets the title of the feed (e.g. the topic of your pod-

Description Further description of the feed content (HTML tags

Import HTML file

Internet link (URL)

Picture You may add a picture to your feed. This picture can-

Publication date and time

cast). This is a mandatory field.

are also allowed). This is a mandatory field.

Allows to browse for an HTML document, replacing the description above. Clicking the "Pen" button launches your HTML editor (see “Global Podcast

options” on page 6), which allows for more complex

designs.

Your feed’s main link presented to the user. Use this to direct people to a certain website that is related to your feed. This is a mandatory field. Clicking the "Link" button will open the specified URL in your system’s default Internet browser, to make sure that the link is correct.

not be larger than 144 x 400 pixels according to the RSS standard, but it is possible to automatically resize the picture, if required (see “Global Podcast op-

tions” on page 6).

Clicking the "Glasses" button will open the specified picture in your system’s default image viewer.

Allows to set the feed’s publication date and time. If "As most recent episode" is checked, this will automatically be set accordingly. Clicking the "Now" button will set your system’s current date and time.

Podcasting

These settings are available for episodes:

Setting Description

Title Sets the episode’s title. This is a mandatory field.

Description Further description of the episode content (HTML

Import HTML file

Internet link (URL)

Audio file Sets the path to the audio file you want to add to the

Publication date and time

tags are also allowed). This is a mandatory field.

Allows to browse for an HTML document, replacing the description above. Clicking the "Pen" button launches your HTML editor (see “Global Podcast

options” on page 6), which allows for more complex

designs.

An additional link related to the episode. Clicking the "Link" button will open the specified URL in your system’s default Internet browser, to make sure that the link is correct.

episode. This could be any file type that is supported by WaveLab Essential, but should be an mp3 file for best possible compatibility. Clicking the "Arrow" button allows to directly add any file that is currently open. Alternatively, it is also possible to drag an opened audio file’s Document icon onto the Podcast window’s upper pane. Clicking the "Play" button will open the specified file in your system’s default media player.

Allows to set the episode’s publication date and time. Clicking the "Now" button will set your system’s current date and time.

Please note the following:

• When using HTML files and publishing the Podcast, any picture files that may be referenced by the HTML file will automatically be uploaded without any intervention (for this to work, HTML files should be in unicode "utf-8" or "Windows Latin code 1252" format).

• All fields support WaveLab Essential's "Default text variables" from the Options menu (more information on user variables can be found in the Operation Manual).

• It is possible to add an open Podcast to a Data CD/ DVD project, using "Add to Data CD/DVD" from the Special submenu of the File menu. This way you can easily backup the complete Podcast including all accompanying media files to a CD for example.

may or may not take advantage of these settings, and this is why they are gathered in an extra dialog (your Podcast will play perfectly without specifying anything here, but you may go ahead, if you so desire).

If any optional information is set in this dialog, the small "light" within the "Extra..." button will turn from orange to green.

iTunes extension

If your Podcast should be received using Apple’s iTunes application, you may want to activate the "iTunes extension" checkbox in the feed settings. This enables the "iTunes..." button to specify additional feed and episode information.

Again, the information here is not mandatory, and your Podcast will play fine in iTunes, even without the iTunes extension activated. But making proper settings here (e.g. in the Categories and Keywords sections) may help your Podcast getting distributed more easily among iTunes users.

Global Podcast options

There are some additional options you can set, which are valid for all Podcast windows. Selecting "Global options..." from the Podcast window’s Options menu brings up this dialog:

Optional information

Clicking the "Extra..." button in the Podcast window’s upper pane allows to specify optional information for the feed and the individual episodes. The information here is not mandatory and rarely used. Feed receiving programs

The Global Podcast options dialog.

Podcasting

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