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Making podcast with ubuntu part two

Posted Tue, 2008-09-30 08:40 by orjanv

Last time i explained how to prepare the mp3 to use in the podcast. This time we will publish the mp3 as a podcast, using wordpress and a plugin called PodPress. Im not going into details about how to set up wordpress. This should be straight forward if you are familiar with linux and. To install the PodPress plugin, all you have to do is to follow these steps:

  • Download this file E
  • xtract it into the wp-content/plugins folder
  • Activate the plugins from your Wordpress dashboard
  • Go to the PodPress settings page and customize it to suit you

Next, you start off by making a new post. Write a nice title and text for your postcast, and upload the mp3 file created last time and copy that link. Scroll down a bit till you see the Podcasting box. Press "Add media file" and paste the mp3link into the Location field. Press the buttons named Size and Duration. This will set the information to use in the podcast. Now, the podcast is ready to be published. Enter a category for the post named podcast and press the Publish button to create the post.

Making podcast with ubuntu part one

Posted Tue, 2008-09-30 08:37 by orjanv

First of all, im using open source software only, even the content manager in which the podcast are made available to all people. And this tutorial is aimed at people hvave used ubuntu and is familiar the command line.The software im using as we speak is this

  • ubuntu hardy 8.10
  • Audacity 1.2.6
  • Lame 3.97
  • Wordpress 2.2
  • podPress wordpress plugin 8.8

This first part is how to record and prepare the audio for publishing in wordpress. To the software we need, you install audacity with sudo apt-get install audacity. If you want to use mp3 as your file format, you'll need the lame library. Get it using sudo apt-get install lame.Start up audacity. For the main part of the podcast i get my content from a mixer and record it within audacity using the easy to use record button. Use the stop-button to stop recording. To make the podcast more professional I speak an intro to the main part and add some music overlay to get a nicer introduction to the talk. I have already made to mp3 files, one is presenting the speaker and one is a 20 second music file.

Make a linux kiosk of your old laptop

Posted Wed, 2008-09-03 13:26 by orjanv

There doesn't have to be the EOL = End Of Life for your old laptop. You could for example give the old computer a new life as a portal for YouTube at a public spot.If your're a handyman, you could build a dedicated kiosk and install the computer in it, locking it down to browser only and attach a set of speakers to the kiosk and either hook it up with cable or wifi. It could bring joy to anyone bypassing it, for instance at a café for students to watch the latest music videos or at the local nursing home for the users to watch old music videos/films.Howto: Install Ubuntu linux or a lighter version, Xubuntu and use opera kiosk mode.