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RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPERS

Would you like to have your events featured on this site? Discover resources on campus that will help you record and edit media files for podcasting.

Audio Recording Equipment

You can record the audio of an event by using a Smith College portable podcast kit, available for checkout from the Center for Media Production. The kit includes an Edirol R-09 (a small, portable WAV/MP3 recorder) and may be borrowed by registered users of the CMP.

	Registration and equipment loan information

For detailed instructions on how to operate the digital audio recorder, please read The Practical Guide To The Edirol R-09.

	The Practical Guide To The Edirol R-09 (PDF)

The Center for Media Production also offers a professional audio recording facility complete with unidirectional microphone, digital audio capture, and audio editing work station.

	Reserving the audio recording studio

Video Recording Equipment

You can record video for vodcasts (video podcasts) by using video production gear, available for checkout by registered users of the Center for Media Production.

The Center for Media Production also provides a spacious 24' x 28' video studio with 15' ceiling and lighting grid, camera, microphones, camera mixer/switcher, and floor lighting.

	Reserving the video studio

Prepare Your Files for Podcasting

Learn how to record, edit and convert your media files for podcasting by viewing the multimedia tutorials listed below.

	How to Subscribe to a Podcast
	How to Record Digital Audio
	How to Edit Digital Audio
	How to Create an Enhanced Audio Podcast
	How to Create a Vidcast
	How to Create an XML File
	Get the XML Template
	How to Upload Your Podcast Files to a Server
	How to Create a Weblink to Your Podcast (PDF)
	How to Produce Streaming Video (Microsoft Word document)
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Resources

	Making a Podcast Apple's site covers submission and feedback processes, an example feed, iTunes RSS tags, and formatting video for the iPod.
	Audacity Free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.
	Recording Consent Form (Microsoft Word document) Statement signed by an individual that generally frees the creator of the media file from any kind of liability.

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