Podcasting from the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. 119
AttheCoalFace writes "The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is piloting a podcast availability project. Quirks & Quarks, an hour-long weekly science review, is offered in the first, small list of programs." Q&Q is a great show, too.
Extra features (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Extra features (Score:3, Informative)
Not a problem with their science & commentary ones, which are the most worth listening to IMHO.
Re:Extra features (Score:2)
Dr Karl's Q&A sessions are a good start:
http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/stn/podcast.htm [abc.net.au]
Lack of bandwidth makes podcasting difficult (Score:1)
Naturally, once the file is
Re:Lack of bandwidth makes podcasting difficult (Score:5, Interesting)
#1, that codec and that bit rate sound absolutely fantastic considering the available bandwidth.
#2, an hour long program is only about 8mb in size, so it will only take about 10 mins. to download on a dialup.
Of course, it would limit the audience to only those players that already supported the MP4-Audio/AAC OPEN format.
To get an equivalent sounding MP3 you'll need to encode at 32kbps which will more than double the file size.
But, since I already own an iPod, I guess it's not a problem for me.
Re:Lack of bandwidth makes podcasting difficult (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Lack of bandwidth makes podcasting difficult (Score:1)
Re:Lack of bandwidth makes podcasting difficult (Score:2, Insightful)
Be happy it's not streaming.
Re:Lack of bandwidth makes podcasting difficult (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Lack of bandwidth makes podcasting difficult (Score:1)
Although, I know a few clients are integrating automated BT and Coral Cache downloading.
Re:Lack of bandwidth makes podcasting difficult (Score:1)
who cares?
Re:Lack of bandwidth makes podcasting difficult (Score:2)
Re:Lack of bandwidth makes podcasting difficult (Score:2)
deal with it and move on.
having said that, with patience and wget most podcasts should be achievable.
use perlpodder and let it background the whole thing, enjoy stuff as it arrives.
I hope to see (Score:1)
Re:I hope to see (Score:2, Interesting)
agreed (Score:1)
Kinda like a PVR for radio (Score:2)
I was thinking the same thing. Brave new waves, DNTO, and "madly off" would be cool. Quirks and Quarks is a good start though.
Hopefully they extend the pilot
Re:I hope to see (Score:1)
Great Show Good Archive (Score:5, Informative)
Finally something to listen to... (Score:5, Funny)
Note: I am Canadian. I'm allowed to make fun of my self.
Re:Finally something to listen to... (Score:2, Funny)
Note: I'm an American. I'm supposed to make fun of Canadians.
Sorry, I'm just kidding. Please don't make empty threats (or we'll nuke you)
Don't forget (Score:1)
Note: I am American. I'm allowed to make fun of you.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Score:2)
Quirks and Quarks has been available for a while not sure why this is news.
Re:Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Score:1)
Re:Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Score:1)
The date in the RSS feed is the date of the most recent program - only the current episode of Quirks and Quarks is available in the feed.
Re:Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Score:4, Informative)
3 down, 23 to go (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Who actually bothers with podcasts? (Score:3, Interesting)
I listened to them at work... granted, I felt like the only one pushing for more on-computer frendliness to Podcasts and less iPod/Tunes centrism... but anyhow, I had a job that consisted of color-correcting, removing blemishes, and tweaking an entire image archive in Photoshop. The brain was flatlining, but the eyes were completely in use, so I couldn't do all the mindless web-surfing to keep a healthy, san
Q & P? (Score:2, Funny)
Wow, that must be a real funny joke, since I don't get it.
Podcasting from the BBC aslo (Score:3, Informative)
BBC podcast trial http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/downloadtrial/ [bbc.co.uk]
BBC Collective guide to podcasting http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A3847737 [bbc.co.uk]
yawn (Score:1, Insightful)
CNET is starting to do trial podcasts. i just can't seem to imagine willingly downloading something to my ipod, listening to it once, and then syncing my ipod just to remove it.
the way i see this - it's just another means for TPTB (The Powers That Be) to create something and convince the public they need it so they can eventually try to charge money for it.
no thanks. i'll just keep using my ipod for its intended purpose - music.
Re:yawn (Score:1)
Re:yawn (Score:3, Funny)
Personally I thought OSDN was the waist, and Slashdot was the anus. Google is, of course, the nipples.
Re:yawn (Score:1)
OB CBG (Score:1)
Re:yawn (Score:1)
In other words, they cannot start charging for content for CBC radio content. They don't even have any ads on the radio version.
The only exception is some shows like "Go" where there is far too much licensed content aired for the CIAA and RIAA to allow to be downloaded overthe internet.
Re:yawn (Score:2)
The Australians are ahead...again (Score:2, Informative)
Re:The Australians are ahead...again (Score:1)
bugger- there goes my opportunity to karma whore.. (Score:1)
Still, nice to see a fellow aussie /.'er reminding the world that they are catching up to our national broadcaster :-)
Re:The Australians are ahead...again (Score:1)
CBC rulez (Score:5, Interesting)
Quirks and Quarks is excellent as is Northern Lights and Dispatches and Ideas and tons of other shows that are directed at an above average IQ listener. They are federally funded and unencumbered by the requirement to "have the numbers" and don't have to stoop to the lowest common denominator.
BBC is often hailed as the pinnacle of independent jounralism but I find their broadcasts have a very condescending patronizing bias when they report from "lesser" places such as Eastern Europe, Asia or Africa. Somehow, CBC manages to bring lots of news from all over the world while avoiding that annoying condescending tone that permeates the Beeb.
You can listen to CBC live. The links are on their website.
Re:CBC rulez (Score:1)
Re:CBC rulez (Score:2)
Re:CBC rulez (Score:2, Informative)
??? The CBC televsion channel that I receive (here in the outskirts of Outer Southern Ontario. Maybe some pirates are manipulating with the signal) is jam packed with as much advertising as any other channel. The CBC most certainly does give a toss whether they have viewers, as the government cont
Re:CBC rulez (Score:2)
Re:CBC rulez (Score:1)
Re:CBC rulez (Score:3, Informative)
Re:CBC rulez (Score:1)
He was like, *totally* joking...
Also, CBC TV is chock full of adverts, those damned politicians cut the funding for ad-free tv a long time ago. Radio is still ad-free thankfully...
l4h
Re:CBC rulez (Score:2)
No it's not. It's partially subsidised by the government, but since trudeau they've been slowly turning off the tap, leaving the CBC to try to pick up the slack with advertising
Re:CBC rulez (Score:2)
I humbly disagree. Consider their market. ; )
Cheers,
-b
Re:CBC rulez (Score:1, Informative)
Re:CBC rulez (Score:2)
You don't state that you're Canadian, and your email address isn't public so there's no clues there.
But assuming you are, or at least that you're not English,
Re:CBC rulez (Score:2)
I searched google.. (Score:1)
You obviously did not (Score:1)
Not only that, but the page itself (linked to from the story) has a link to iPodder and instructions.
What the heck did you search for, "magic software device that will allow my computer to recieve podcasts through the vast super information highway"?
Re:You obviously did not (Score:1)
Re:You obviously did not (Score:2)
Re:You obviously did not (Score:2)
Second of all, why would it be a PODcast (made for iPods) in a file format that sed iPod cannot play?
What about that awk iPod? (Score:1)
Re:You obviously did not (Score:1)
Re:You obviously did not (Score:1)
podcast client? (Score:2)
What is the preferred podcast client of the
Re:podcast client? (Score:1)
It's a smart little thing. Having space savers, bittorrent, and many other features which is ideal for any podcast client.
My favourite feature about Doppler is that it can resume files, which is extreamly lacking in all other clients.
Re:podcast client? (Score:1)
Re:podcast client? (Score:2)
The later is a key destinction between Doppler and Ipodder or other offerings. Let's be honest... the majority of podcasts by Joe and Jane Public aren't terribly good. But you can subscribe to some really great radio shows from all over the world, some of which require membership fees since they are offering the commercial show without commericals.
Podcasting does not require an iPod (Score:2, Troll)
Streamripper [sourceforge.net] is a great way to archive your own content if your broadcaster of choice can't afford to serve what you want on demand.
Re:Podcasting does not require an iPod (Score:2)
from a user point of view:
- add the feeds you like
- plug ipod into computer in the morning
- get new content automagically.
simple yes, should have thought of it years ago? maybe.
Re:Podcasting does not require an iPod (Score:3, Informative)
Podcasting requires neither Mac, iTunes nor iPod.
Any MP3 player will do, and it's in the RSS that the magic lies.
There are key differences between podcasting and archival:
(1) A podcast is not necessarily kept available long term.
(2) A podcast is meant to "magically" appear on your portable MP3 player as part of your routine syncing/charging activity.
I don't like the name either -- it wrongly implies reliance on an iPod, and gives Apple free marketi
Not to toot my own horn but... (Score:1)
Details on Q&Q (Score:4, Informative)
Q&Q has been available online in Real Audio format since about 1997, and you can find a great deal of very interesting and informative stuff in the CBC archives. If you've not been listening to Q&Q for the last 15 years, you've got a lot of 1 hour, comercial free shows to catch up on.
Re:Details on Q&Q (Score:1)
Re:Details on Q&Q (Score:1)
Choice of shows (Score:3)
I love the way the BBC's trial is wide-ranging in the scope of its programming: there's sport, film review, current affairs, history, documentary, as well as science and technology.
By podcasting "In Our Time" (sample topic: Imperialism and Archaeology), the BBC potentially brings tech geeks to history, and history geeks to technology, broadening everyone's horizons.
Podcasting (Score:1)
old news (Score:1)
Response from the CBC, re: podcasts (Score:3, Informative)
A few months ago I was looking for an episode of the program 'ideas' that I had missed. I e-mailed the CBC asking whether they might make this stuff available as a podcast. Here is there response, but please don't hold the CBC to anything in this e-mail. Don't make them regret being so detailed and honest in their response...
"Thank you for taking the time to write to us.
There are a series of legal, financial and resource issues which have forced CBC Radio to change its policy about offering audio files on-line, after a program has aired. These issues have to do with copyright, contractual agreements, bandwidth and staff resources. For example, the musicians association would like to be compensated if we play their music on our website - understandable, but expensive. And so at this time CBC Radio has decided that resources need to go into programming rather than into websites.
We are also frustrated by this decision. We'd like to have as many people as possible listen to our programs.
We have begun to post programs which are clear of music rights/copyright issues. However, there are few IDEAS programs that fall into this category. We use short pieces of music in most of our documentaries, most of which is mixed under narration. We have been told by our business affairs department that any piece of music, of any length, that is posted on-line, needs to have a music license agreement with the music publisher. To acquire music licenses to post these programs would fall well outside of what our show budget can afford. Other programs like Quarks & Quarks can post their programs because any recorded music is cut out of the show. This is easily done for talk/interview format programs.
One of the reasons other broadcasters like the BBC and NPR post their audio on-line is that public that they have different agreements with the different stake holders (ie, Unions).
Our legal and business affairs staff are doing what they can to resolve these issues, and we hope that we will be able to continue the on-line service in the future.
We do offer audio copies and transcripts for sale, but I hasten to add that this is a service, not a profitable business. The fee covers the costs of employing the small staff that makes the copies and fills the orders. Any extra money goes directly back into radio programming. I have been told that some of our programs will be available for download, for a fee, by puretracks.com in the future.
So, again our apologies. We hope to be able to offer more of our programs for on-line listening in the near future."
Re: (Score:2)
Sweden too (Score:1)
http://sr.se/podradio [sr.se]
Thanks CBC For Doing This (Score:1)
Another great science podcast to check out (Score:1)
I've been listening to the podcast for the last few months and it looks like they also have a couple years of older shows archived for download too. http://www.twis.org/ [twis.org]
Re:Think of the people you're hurting (Score:2)
It's a troll, the same bullshit, same wording, pops up every time something remotely concerning IP is brought up.