Watching TV with Miro Player, BitTorrent and RSS

Multimedia Player Democracy (has changed its name to Miro ) is an impressive application of Internet TV Open Source that lets you subscribe to RSS feeds from anywhere on the web. The application already comes with some default channels that allow you to hundreds of video RSS feed of del.icio.us , Videobomb and Telemusicvison , but with a slight modification, with this application you will no longer watch TV as before.

These RSS feeds are not yet working with Democracy : these feeds simply link to bittorrent file. But with a little help from the service SmartCast in Feedburner , RSS feeds can be connected in Democracy , effectively creating a PVR (Personal Video Recorder).

After the technical details we will see the simple step by step procedure:

How to subscribe to receive TV programs using the Democracy Player and Bittorrent and RSS?

1. Download the Democracy Player
2. Find a TV in TVRss
3. Click with the right button of your mouse you RSS / XML icon and select "copy link address"
4. Go to Feedburner and paste the URL into the text field on the home page, select the option that says: "I am a Podcaster!", and click next . (If you have an account with Feedburnes is when you have one)
5. Click " Next "to activate the feed.
6. Copy the URL of the feed provided by Feedburner (this should start well http://feeds.feedburner.com/)
7. Player Open Democracy , and click on " Add Channel ", and the field appears you paste the URL of the feed.
8. Go to sleep, tomorrow morning you will have the episode of your daily schedule ready to see! (unless you have a super broadband connection)
9. The new episodes will be downloaded automatically as soon as they are available in Bitttorrent usually found the day after its transmission
10. Enjoy it!

I think this is the future of video distribution, and technologies like RSS Bittorent that perfectly complement each other, Bittorrent downloads are faster than with other technologies and is excellent for large files. By using RSS you are notified that there are new programs that quickly multiply Bittorrent making faster downloads for each user. Player Democracy technical combines all these elements into a pleasant and very good GUI management tools videos. The result is simply spectacular.

Now all that's left is to find your favorite ...

Note: The player Democracy renamed the funcionaldad is the same but now called Miro Player .

via Jesse Newland

Tips for making a great Podcasting

I'm planning to do soon a podcast and for this I first started researching everything about the podcast to try to make the best quality, although I have no experience with this I managed to find good ideas , if anyone has other ideas I share them.

1. Podcasts should be short s, one of 30 minutes is too long unless it is of excellent quality, life is too short and requires much attention. Manténtu podcast short, about 15 minutes or 20 at most.
2. Do not take it so seriously . A podcast where we talk more informally is more successful than boring formal podcast.
3. Musical voice. This point may be the same as the # 2, but the best podcasts are entertaining and if your voice is not always the same music or sounds likely to go to sleep more than one.
4. You must be concise. visit short segments, each segment between sound adds a cap may be music, a sound effect, musical effect with your voice, etc..
5. Being organized. This should seem obvious, but some podcasters take up to 45 minutes to answer a question in aninterview . If you're interviewing someone, prepare questions before and send them to your subject in order to be consistent, but if you're not interviewing anyone prepare your dialog, make a líneade time with issues or points that are going to try and muévetecoherentemente between them.
6. Talking fast. Generally the mind works faster than your mouth so try to make your podcast rápidamentepero also understandable.
7. Be regular. Whether your podcast comes out every three months or every week, what matters is the quality but if you are having each week do not stop for more than two weeks because people heard you may no longer return you to listen.
8. Getting decent audio! Imagine listening to a podcast with a poor sound quality and loud screams could cause you a headache or hurt your ears so that's good to invest in a good recording equipment (a good microphone.
9. Get a partner. alguiencon If you can get micrófonoademás who share the experience will help you to be strong.
10. That that partner is of the opposite sex is not mandatory but the best podcast that has heard a man and a woman.
11. Take notes show the talk. mencionaralgo If you you have sounds good demonstration of what you're mentioning this helps to give depth to the subject.
12. Stop talking to your interviewee. That does not mean you feel and let him talk about what he pleases paste.Proporciónalelas questions but the more time you spend with micrófonoluciendote, must be the facilitadorprincipal help theinterview in its field.
13. Be more creative. There are many issues to deal with, not try issues that everyone speaks, it needs something fresh.
14. Try to be natural. Ponto is a very obvious but not performed Do not be lazy and stupid, but not stuffy.
15. Do not be afraid. If you get someone to do a great interview and only write like this article, you will get an interviewmediocre, what to do because a podcast is a podcast requires more attention has more depth, do not miss the opportunity .
16. Corrects notes. If you take note of other audio programs or documentaries because you do not have to say as it is, if you can edit, add or drop would be much better, a little work in production will result in an excellent podcast.
17. Use it music. really softened Music Podcast. I do not mean an MP3 of your favorite songs, but as an intro, a little background as transition material, music can really polish things, you can download licensed music creative commons inwww.jamedo.com / mx
18. Verbally identifies your podcast. At the beginning of your podcast. mentioned date, issue number, issue / guest, etc..This is necessary to give context because someone can hear out of sequence or even years or decades later. Takes a couple of seconds in the beginning.
19. Add links. If you have your podcast in iTunes or Odeo links placed in an appropriate place on your website or blog to make it easier for the user to subscribe.
20. If you have something important to say, say it. although it does not guarantee you have a good podcast, but if you have great content some omissions from the list of ideas are tolerables.Cómo conclusion, make a buenpodcast not easy, requires equipment, production, planning and good feedback. These things take time, effort and money.

Some podcasters who achieved this:

• Cadena Ser
• PinPodcast
• Delta Park Project (English)
• Church of the Customer (English)
• American Copywriter (English)