Chapter 9PREPARING YOUR FILE

The last few steps before you upload your podcast for the world to download involve converting your file to a podcast-appropriate format and tagging it so people know where the file came from, who was involved, and how to find more. Luckily, the hardest parts of preparing your show are over. Now you just have a little bit of processing to do, and you're ready to send your podcast off into the wild cyber yonder.

In this chapter, we'll cover the following topics:

  • Encoding and compressing to MP3, M4A, MOV, and M4V
  • Encoding audio with iTunes, Audacity, and LAME
  • Encoding video with QuickTime Pro
  • Adding ID3 tags and "album art"
  • Following podcast naming conventions (or, not)

Encoding and compressing audio to MP3

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