podcasts, media sharing & rss: rich media for the masses

Podcasts, Media Sharing & RSS:

Rich Content for the MassesAllan R Barclay

Ebling Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Midwest Chapter MLA/MHSLA 2008 Conference Troy, Michigan October 21, 2008

Podcasting - What is/was it?

“A podcast is a multimedia file distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds (i.e RSS), for playback on mobile devices and personal computers “

Wikipedia definition

Podcasts go mainstream

Videos go mainstream

Where did all this media sharing come from?

iPods and iTunes

Napster!

Warez sites

Commercial photo applications

YouTube

Methods of distribution

"Casting" (podcasting, etc)

Direct link/download/embedding (blogs in particular)

Tivo/non-Internet

Widgets/Gadgets

Social Networking software (i.e. Facebook apps, Twine, peer-to-peer, chat)

iTunes (the media megaplex)

Real Gadgets (i.e. Chumby)

RSS as basis for most automated sharing, functionality

Trends in media sharing

Communities

Channels

Tagging/lightweight description

Lack of structured data (i.e. taxonomies, controlled vocabulary – just try searching YouTube!)

Comments/ratings

Mashups

Free hosted versions, more functional installed versions

Issues with media sharing

Copyright/Intellectual property - locally produced or downloaded

Downstream issues (no control once copies are downloaded or shared)

Versioning

Archiving (shared media are the “new trade paperbacks”)

Security issues for locally hosted archives

Media production

Many open source/free tools (iTunes, Audacity, LAME, Jing)

Commercial products for more professional projects (Adobe Audition, Captivate, Apple Garage Band, iMovie, FinalCut)

Wikipedia has great introductions, pointers to resources and (wiki)media, legal issues

Wide range from quick and dirty to highly professional and polished

Media sharing – the next generation

Let’s share media together in Second Life!The Grace Hopper Expo Center - NMC

That’s all - thanks!

abarclay@library.wisc.edu (me)

http://www.slideshare.net/abarclay (slides)

Deki wiki for media sharing sites - http://technologyforum.wik.is/index.php?title=Podcasting_%26_Media_Sharing