Comments on: http://www.simonbuckle.com/2005/06/13/17/ Random thoughts for random people Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Simon http://www.simonbuckle.com/2005/06/13/17/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Simon Tue, 14 Jun 2005 18:13:35 +0000 http://sb.textdriven.com/?p=17#comment-8 True, there is other podcast software out there. I have used iPodderX, admittedly a long time ago, and in order to use their podcast directory I had to buy the pro version. The basic version didn't have the directory integration. Without integration into a directory of podcasts, a podcatcher is useless in my opinion. With iTunes I will get the podcast directory for free. Why pay for it when I can get it for free? I think managing podcasts will be easier too. Most podcatchers I have used on the Mac use Applescript to copy the podcasts into iTunes anyway, which is necessary in order to transfer them to your iPod. For example, I spent about half an hour the other day tracking down podcasts that I no longer wanted. As they hadn't been categorised properly, they were difficult to find in my library of 2000 songs or so. I predict that when the new version of iTunes is released it'll be game over for podcatching software. Sure the iTunes version may not be perfect, but it'll be good enough. I think development efforts will focus instead on the development of tools for creating podcasts and not tools for retrieving them. True, there is other podcast software out there. I have used iPodderX, admittedly a long time ago, and in order to use their podcast directory I had to buy the pro version. The basic version didn’t have the directory integration. Without integration into a directory of podcasts, a podcatcher is useless in my opinion. With iTunes I will get the podcast directory for free. Why pay for it when I can get it for free?

I think managing podcasts will be easier too. Most podcatchers I have used on the Mac use Applescript to copy the podcasts into iTunes anyway, which is necessary in order to transfer them to your iPod. For example, I spent about half an hour the other day tracking down podcasts that I no longer wanted. As they hadn’t been categorised properly, they were difficult to find in my library of 2000 songs or so.

I predict that when the new version of iTunes is released it’ll be game over for podcatching software. Sure the iTunes version may not be perfect, but it’ll be good enough. I think development efforts will focus instead on the development of tools for creating podcasts and not tools for retrieving them.

]]> By: MentalDaze http://www.simonbuckle.com/2005/06/13/17/comment-page-1/#comment-7 MentalDaze Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:26:14 +0000 http://sb.textdriven.com/?p=17#comment-7 Well, there are loads of other great Podcasting software out in the market for Mac OS X. Check iPodderX: http://ipodderx.com/. There is a very interesting podcast from the authors of Podcast on the issues for them in porting iPodderX using XCode 2.0 and creating the "Universal Binary". Check out the podcast at http://thisweekintech.com/. Their weekly podcast is great. Well, there are loads of other great Podcasting software out in the market for Mac OS X. Check iPodderX: http://ipodderx.com/. There is a very interesting podcast from the authors of Podcast on the issues for them in porting iPodderX using XCode 2.0 and creating the “Universal Binary”. Check out the podcast at http://thisweekintech.com/. Their weekly podcast is great.

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