When you download a single podcast episode, that one file gets saved onto your computer or MP3 player. It is then up to you to play it, delete it or download another.
When you subscribe to a podcast, the latest podcast episode is saved to your computer or MP3 player. Every time a new podcast episode of the program becomes available your podcasting software will automatically download it to your computer or MP3 player.
iTunes™ is a program created by Apple that, among other things, is a podcatcher or aggregator.
An aggregator or podcatcher is a program that will check for new podcasts every time you are connected to the web and that program is open. Many people use iTunes™ to subscribe to and manage their podcasts, but there are many other podcatchers out there.
Here are just a few of the many other choices in free podcatching software available:Doppler ---> Download Doppler
Head to the tab above that says 'Past Podcasts' - and you will find a complete list of every episode of every podcast that is currently archived (usually 4 weeks of episodes).
Just click the small plus sign [ ] beside the Podcast you are interested in and pick the episode you want to download.
In addition, every Radio program that offers a podcast has its own program web page where
all of the available podcast episodes for that program are listed.
Before you start downloading, you may want to create a folder on your desktop where you can save and store all your CBC podcasts.
When you are ready to start downloading, right-click on the link for the podcast file. After right-clicking you will see a menu of options, including one that says, "Save target as" or "Save link as." If you select one of these "save" options, and then pick a location on your computer's hard drive where you would like to store the file your computer should start to download the podcast.
For Mac users:
Before you start downloading, you may want to create a folder on your desktop where you can save and store all your CBC podcasts.
When you are ready to start downloading hold down the Control (ctrl) key while using your mouse to click on the download link. When the option menu appears, choose "Download link to disk" or "Download linked file." If you select one of the "download options, and then pick a location on your computer's hard drive where you would like to store the file, your computer should start to download the podcast.
If you are having difficulty hearing a podcast please check the following:
We would love to be able to put every CBC Radio show online, but rights issues and delivery costs make that prohibitive. We have to be selective about which shows we make available. We hope to offer more of our great radio programming in podcast form in the coming months. If you want to know the latest goings-on in CBC Podcasting, subscribe to our newsletter, and we'll make sure to let you know what our latest offerings are!
This is a different medium! So we're trying something new while still working hard to retain the incredible content of our CBC Radio programming.
Rights issues prevent us from including commercially available music in
our podcasts; however, we are able to offer songs by unsigned artists and
music that we have cleared for podcasting use, so you will hear some music
in our podcasts.
If you want to comment about something you heard on a specific podcast/show, go to that show's program web page and use the Contact Us link there to send them your comments directly. If you have feedback or questions about this podcasting trial, please contact us.
According to Apple, the latest generation of iPods, has issues (like crashing their iPods, or just not playing CBC Podcasts) with our encoding rate (which is at 44.1KHz - broadcast quality).
This is a link to the Apple website Support page that describes the problem and their solution:
And this is their recommended solution:
" Customers who experience this symptom can in most cases avoid the it by
turning off the equalizer on the iPod by navigating from the Main menu to
Settings > EQ > Off."
According to their website, "FeedBurner makes it easy to receive content updates in popular podcatchers." In a nutshell, the Feedburner site allows you to grab your podcast in whatever podcatcher you like - from Yahoo, to Google, to NetVibes to Fireant and many more.
Currently we are trying Editor's Choice, and Search Engine out on it, but if there is good feedback from our listeners, we will add the rest of our podcasts as well!
We recently made some behind-the-scene changes to our CBC Radio podcasts that seem to have affected at least one podcatcher - the Juice Aggregator. We are very sorry for the inconvenience, but thanks to a suggestion from one of our podcast listeners - a Mr. Mike Kennedy - we have a work-around that seems to solve this issue. We've heard from non-Juice users as well and we are hoping that this solution works for them, too.
If anyone out there needs more help with this, please feel free to e-mail us back!
NOTE: Making this change will affect all of your other podcasts in that they will also begin downloading to this new folder, rather than the default folder they were going to before; however, it should in no way affect your ability to listen and enjoy.
Here's what you do:
For PC users:
For Mac users:
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