Comments on: iTunes’ Podcast Setting http://www.upthetree.com/2005/07/18/itunes-podcast-setting/ The first podcast from New York City and one of the first Indie Music Podcasts to hit the scene - Tracks Up the Tree has been reviewed "Out of all the music podcasts I've listened to, this is the first one that has played music that I universally liked" by the New Podcast Review. Adopting the unique stance of only playing music from artists websites who make their tracks available online, Tracks Up the Tree is podcast semi-live from Brooklyn NY and delivers the best indie music to be found on the internet. "Making Indie Your Main Stream" Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:45:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Bing Futch http://www.upthetree.com/2005/07/18/itunes-podcast-setting/#comment-1058 Bing Futch Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:14:06 +0000 http://www.upthetree.com/2005/07/18/itunes-podcast-setting/#comment-1058 Thanks for the quick response, Ben. I just took a closer look at my set-up and haven't actually used any of the files that were encoded via AAC (I see that it generates an .m4a file) for podcasting. I was under the impression that files dragged into iTunes would be encoded in the same way as CDs that were imported, but I see that they retain their format. So, if I take an .mp3 that I've converted from .aiff in, let's say Peak, and then drag this into iTunes, load up the ID3 tag with images and text, then upload the file, everything should be good for the mass market? Thanks for your patience, I'm new at this! Thanks for the quick response, Ben. I just took a closer look at my set-up and haven’t actually used any of the files that were encoded via AAC (I see that it generates an .m4a file) for podcasting. I was under the impression that files dragged into iTunes would be encoded in the same way as CDs that were imported, but I see that they retain their format. So, if I take an .mp3 that I’ve converted from .aiff in, let’s say Peak, and then drag this into iTunes, load up the ID3 tag with images and text, then upload the file, everything should be good for the mass market? Thanks for your patience, I’m new at this!

]]> By: Funtime Ben http://www.upthetree.com/2005/07/18/itunes-podcast-setting/#comment-1057 Funtime Ben Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:51:57 +0000 http://www.upthetree.com/2005/07/18/itunes-podcast-setting/#comment-1057 Hmm, what do you mean "fold them into an MP3 that doesn't get encoded"? You unfortunately can't fold an AAC(Advanced Audio Codec) into an MP3 as the technologies used are not compatible. The general market is the iPod folks as they make up 75% of the MP3 market share, but I'm just not ready to tell those without iPods to go away. MP3 on the other hand works for 100% of Mp3 players! Although the sound quality is not as good as AAC and the file sizes are much smaller at higher quality for AAC the con of not allowing people to listen to the show is unacceptable. Hmm, what do you mean “fold them into an MP3 that doesn’t get encoded”? You unfortunately can’t fold an AAC(Advanced Audio Codec) into an MP3 as the technologies used are not compatible.

The general market is the iPod folks as they make up 75% of the MP3 market share, but I’m just not ready to tell those without iPods to go away. MP3 on the other hand works for 100% of Mp3 players! Although the sound quality is not as good as AAC and the file sizes are much smaller at higher quality for AAC the con of not allowing people to listen to the show is unacceptable.

]]> By: Bing Futch http://www.upthetree.com/2005/07/18/itunes-podcast-setting/#comment-1056 Bing Futch Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:42:28 +0000 http://www.upthetree.com/2005/07/18/itunes-podcast-setting/#comment-1056 I noticed the AAC encoding deal, which allows you to compress more songs onto an iPod (cramming 5000 songs onto a 20GB iPod necessitates this) - my question is: if you import songs with AAC, then fold them into an MP3 that doesn't get encoded, will this still preclude the general market from hearing your podcast? I noticed the AAC encoding deal, which allows you to compress more songs onto an iPod (cramming 5000 songs onto a 20GB iPod necessitates this) - my question is: if you import songs with AAC, then fold them into an MP3 that doesn’t get encoded, will this still preclude the general market from hearing your podcast?

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