podcasts, media sharing & rss: rich media for the masses
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Part of the Technology Forum at the Midwest Chapter, MLA Annual Meeting 2008. My section covered media sharing (podcasts and video in particular) and some basic concepts or trends.TRANSCRIPT
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!
[email protected] (me)
http://www.slideshare.net/abarclay (slides)
Deki wiki for media sharing sites - http://technologyforum.wik.is/index.php?title=Podcasting_%26_Media_Sharing