Mp3 or Podcast?

I want to create a site where I can post stories read in my
voice and I want friends to be able to download them to play on
their computer or ipod type device. Someone suggested podcast but I
am thinking that is too involved. They don't need to be able to
play the story on my site, just download for themselves. I am
totally ignorant in this area. Can I just upload an mp3? I am using
MX2004. Can anyone help me?
Thanks!
Susano

.oO(Susan O'Rourke)
> I want to create a site where I can post stories read in
my voice and I want
>friends to be able to download them to play on their
computer or ipod type
>device. Someone suggested podcast but I am thinking that
is too involved.
>They don't need to be able to play the story on my site,
just download for
>themselves. I am totally ignorant in this area. Can I
just upload an mp3?
Sure, a simple link to the MP3 would be enough for the
beginning. To
allow streaming you could also setup M3U files as described
here:
Streaming audio/video from a web server
http://www.spartanicus.utvinternet.ie/streaming.htm
If you think you need to offer them as a podcast as well, you
can simply
do this as an addition. A podcast is just a special text file
with links
to the actual files, quite simple. There are tools for
creating it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting
Micha

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Re: Cannot change media kind in iTunes 11
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Paulza wrote:
... iTunes tells me that 109 tracks won't sync, with the error message "because they cannot be played on this iPod." Some of them ... are ... podcasts downloaded through the iTunes store
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