As for podcasting, I coordinate a network of three programs. We're using widely different hardware profiles and OS profiles. There are some ways we work around software goofiness. Rather than changing software, we try to change techniques used. One example is the interview the network's premier program did with Zonker. You can find that at http://lisnews.org/listen_lisnews_org_podcast_episode_67 . We avoided the masochism of double-sided edits and took the call live into the mixer. The bridge from the wired headphone jack of a cell phone to the mixer has a fairly minimal cost to build using parts from RadioShack. There are always simple ways to run a Skype call into a small Behringer mixer to accomplish the same thing. We try to keep edits to the utmost minimum. Using Audacity only for piecing things together should make it easier to use. For transcoding into the varied formats required, VLC seems to be a good choice rather than fussing with Audacity. Audacity, when saving to a lossless format, is just a high-falutin' simulation of a tape recorder. Command-line tools like id3v2 can be used to fiddle with the ID3 tags after VLC is done transcoding to MP3. SMK ______________________________________________ Stephen Michael Kellat, MSLS Interim Coordinator, LISNews Netcast Network http://www.lisnews.org/podcast http://erielookingproductions.info http://twitter.com/alpacaherder http://identi.ca/alpacaherder Kevin "Yeaux" Dupuy wrote:
On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 22:22 -0500, Bryen wrote:
Today, we had a very lively discussion about the use of Social Networking in promoting openSUSE. We came to several conclusions as well as identifying some areas we'd like to explore in more depth.
Although I was unable to attend this meeting, I have read the wiki page and saw the call for podcasting. I'd be more than willing to begin work on a weekly podcast for openSUSE (although what I would have is more than just a reading of the Weekly News). The only barriers (aside from time, which will start stabilizing once I start this new job in June) is that quite frankly, I can put this show together in Windows successfully, but I have yet to get openSUSE to allow me to record anything. I don't know if it's my hardware or what, but Audacity is just a piece of crap and Jokosher doesn't feel like working (yes, I've filed bugs), so if anyone wants to point me towards a audio recording/editing tool that will actually prove useful, that would be helpful.
If I can get a good podcasting setup under openSUSE, then we can begin shooting pilots and getting the show together. I'd like to have multiple hosts (probably two), just to keep the show lively, so that'd be something to think about.
Oh, and on the social networking thing: I'd be willing to do some work regarding Facebook (for those who don't know, I set up the openSUSE 11.0 and 11.1 launch event pages). Just let me know. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org