I think Podcasting from MSN works!

12/05/2005

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Episode Synopsis

I think it worked! I'm doing some more tests.

Here's how I podcast from my MSN Space
1. First, I link to an audio or video file that I've created (and possibly hosted anywhere online) and add the html tag rel=enclosures. A link would look like this (angle brackets removed):
[a href=http://somewebsite.com/file.mp3 rel=enclosure]

2. Second, I create an account at Feedburner and create a new feed there with the SmartCast option turned ON.

FeedBurner wants to know the feed address for my site. In this example for MSN Spaces, it is the link that is returned when you click on Syndicate this site up at the top of MSN Spaces blogs. That URL is http://spaces.msn.com/members/ericrice/feed.rss (Note: your MSN Space URL is the same, except instead of 'ericrice', you would type your MSN Space name.

After I give that address to FeedBurner, they will give me a new feed address to share with everyone. In the case of THIS blog at MSN Spaces, the address I have to tell everyone about is the following: http://feeds.feedburner.com/spacespodcast

Now, anyone who uses any of the great podcast software out there can subscribe to your podcast feed!
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