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How do I distribute an audio tour mp3 (podcast?)
skippydumptruck
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FAK U HODGEHEGRegistered User regular
I want to record an audio tour of an area and then distribute it for people to listen to. It is my understanding that a podcast set up would require visitors to subscribe to the podcast and download the audio file ahead of time, at home. I want them to be able to download the audio file on the spot from a computer I will have set up at the area of the tour.
So essentially, I am asking if there is a way to get an mp3 from one computer to multiple mp3 players, one after another, without setting up iTunes accounts and shit like that for each person?
So essentially, I am asking if there is a way to get an mp3 from one computer to multiple mp3 players, one after another, without setting up iTunes accounts and shit like that for each person?
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I think it mostly depends on the kind of mp3 players people are using. A huge majority are iPods, which can only get music off of the one computer they're registered to (at least without replacement firmware, which most people won't have). If they're using a player that supports simple drag and drop, you can obviously just keep a copy on the desktop or somewhere and let people copy it. I don't know of any software that lets you put files on many different mp3 players, especially iPods. But, I'm not a professional and have no podcasting experience, so maybe it exists.
I know you don't want to do this, but it might be a lot easier to have them download it ahead of time. Even if you can get this setup working, you're going to have a line of however many people are in the tour waiting to use this computer, and you know someone's player won't work with it and will take forever to fix, or it'll break afterwards and they'll blame you. Plus, a lot of players have their own kind of connection (USB on one end, crazy proprietary thing on the other), so unless you have a collection of these cables or everyone brings their own, it's all moot.
Can you give any more details of your situation? How large/frequent are the tours, do people just "walk in" or do they have to set up a reservation, does the place have its own website, is it a well-known organization or a small personal thing, etc.? If the tours are small and your organization has mad monies, maybe you can have a fleet of iPod shuffles or something that you hand out.
Perhaps you are thinking of audio files purchased from iTunes.
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That works? And all that time I was annoyed at having to use iTunes.
CUZ THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE AND IT'S GIVING ME A RASH
So an iPod set to manual can just drag a file from the desktop to the iPod? Does that require iTunes or no?
I am thinking of just getting 20 shitty flash mp3 players and preloading them with the tour info, and then "renting" them out to people in exchange for a driver's license.
Huh, come to think of it I did always use auto-sync. Good to know.
If it has to be in manual though, the OP still has a problem, as most people will have it set to auto.