Even though Getting Started with Podcasting is only one part of this chapter I chose it as the focus.
[Did I already post that all that my notes are extensive on every chapter, but because few seem to want to read that much (KJ said she would but others in this course have commented otherwise) I long ago decided to post just part of the postable notes I took when I read… so…..all my posts now have been shortened….and….. in this case, as I wrote above, I chose to focus on the podcasting, as I have a particular set of questions:]
I have read this part several times, but I remain confused, possibly because I had originally – long ago now, it seems—been told that Apple does not use the precise MP3 format ( MP3 having been developed/marketed prior to iTunes/ iPod—and that Apple uses an alternate format--for all its related products and services that came out subsequently including iPod, iTouch, iPhones, etc.). Is this truly incorrect? Or are the formats both included under a general “category or family of “MP3?”
Is my assumption that I’d need the g free open source formatting program Audacity ( tinyurl.com4gx3j) to use my up-until-two-days –ago-latest iPhone to export in Mp3 format? If so this seems like an extra hurdle I need to jump, when I learned that the standard iPhone (4) app can easily record up to 35 minutes of audio.
As far as I can tell at this point, another way for me to create a podcast might be to use Skype and then Audacity to edit and export as or to MP3 (see I am confused!). I suppose my overall comment here is that I don’t quite understand the “how to” Mr. Richardson tries hard to explain and make simple. Thus, I am relying on Miss Training to sort this all out with our class when we get to that part of the course—and I think the same for screencasting too. It’s not that Richardson doesn’t try his best to offer the readers a “how to,”—he does. But I believe those who can follow his directions perfectly without having a need for an actual demo and a do it yourself as happen in our class--and as we are likely to get through kj--probably do not need to take this course! I can’t wait until we get to that part, when, I am hoping, the proverbial light bulb will go off figuratively atop my head!
Since my fist post on this subject and our class discussion about this, I looked up the technicality that had been so confusing for me, especially given what the Richardson book seemed to be saying–and my own understanding and conversations with those who maintained that Apple/ iPod. iPhone. iTunes do not actually use MP3 formatting. Through my research however, I found out that Apple iProducts do support MP3’s along with many other formats. In fact the Apple audio formats are: AAC, M4A, and M4P. I suppose that for simplicity’s sake the author Richardson has just called all of these MP3—and I cannot say that I blame him. I don’t, except that was terribly confused; that’s what happens when you have half a schema, rather than a whole one in your head!.
Specifically the information I needed resides within the site: http://ipod.about.com/od/fileformatguide/a/file_formats.htm
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