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WHAT
IS A
PODCAST ?
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A
podcast is an audio or video archive of a program or event syndicated on the
Internet. Examples of a podcast is a radio show, a news broadcast, a band's
latest cut from their album, or - in the case of Family-Life Church - a weekly
video of the sermon or other teaching segments.
Why
is it called a "podcast"?
The
name comes from the popular Apple iPOD. This has caused confusion because an
iPOD is not necessary to view or listen to a podcast. You can store and play
them on your PC as well. However, iPODs are nice because you can take the
podcast with you while you travel, commute to work, or exercise.
How
do I download your podcasts?
You
can manually download the podcast each week from our podcast web page. However,
if you would like to have it automatically download for you every week,
download and install iTunes and follow the directions at the right.
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I
have
downloaded
and
installed
iTunes on
my
computer.
Now what?
Once
you have downloaded iTunes (or if you have it already installed on your
computer), click on the "iTunes Store" from the left column menu.
Once in the iTunes store, click on " podcast" in the left hand
column iTunes Store menu. In the upper right hand corner, you will see a
search area for the iTunes Store. Click in that search text box and type
"Family-Life Church". It will display our information. Click on the
subscribe button. Each time a new video is added, it will automatically
download to your iTunes. You can watch it by clicking on "PODCASTS"
in the "Library" section in the left hand column. Then click on the
episode you wish to view.
Is
there a
cost to
subscribing
to the our
 podcasts?
It
may be hard to believe, but there is no charge when you use iTunes and
subscribe to our video ministry. Feel free to copy it, burn it, and
share it with friends. It is our prayer that you will be able to use our
podcasts to enrich your own spiritual life and thereby, be a blessing to
someone else.
I'm
a
"techy-type"
person....
How does
it all
work ? ? ?
OK...
but this is only for the techy-types!!! Podcasts piggy-back off RSS
feeds. An RSS feed is a way of syndicating the content of files on a site for
download. When we add a new a new video to our Internet server, the RSS
feed is updated to note the new video. [RSS 2.0 features a concept called
enclosures - basically like email attachments. A podcast is stored as an
enclosure, which happens to be our video file, usually in an MP4 format. Apple
iTunes periodically checks our RSS feed. If there are any new entries, the
podcast is automatically downloaded and makes them ready to view on your
desktop iTunes player. You connect your iPOD and iTunes "syncs" your
iPOD with the downloaded podcasts in iTunes. Family-Life Church uses
this technology to syndicate its weekly services to your computer desktop,
which is then extended to your iPOD. It's a simple as that!
iTunes and iPOD are trademarks of Apple Corporation. Visit their website
for more information on specific products.
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