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I take a closer look at the new features in PowerPress version 3.0 and talk a little bit about Meta Marks a new initiative and tool that you can start using today.
Topics Covered in this issue:
Media Duration
Feed Discovery
Option to upload/change html5 icon
ID3 Tag Writing bug fix
Meta Marks
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PowerPress 3.0 is out, ladies and gents, and it’s already slammin’ the competition. Oh, wait, there is no competition. As always, Blubrry PowerPress brings the essential features for media creation to WordPress. PowerPress offers HTML5 audio/video player with flash fallback and multi-channel/multi-category podcasting support.
It also offers:
*Meta Marks a new feature that’s so fantastic that your going to want to learn more!
*Customizable HTML5 audio/video-play icons.
*Auto Media Length Detection added for .m4a/.mrv/.mp4
*Podcast channels tied to custom post types.
*Six languages includes Chinese, Danish, English, French, Italian and Romanian.
*Optimized for WordPress 3.3+ (WordPress 3.0 is now the minimum required).
So, whatcha waiting for? Go to Blubrry.com/powerpress and get even more of what you want, need and expect from exceptional offerings at Blubrry.
In this episode of the Blubrry and PowerPress Community Podcast
Blubrry.com Update.
GoDaddy Program Relaunch
BlogWorld and New Media Expo Nov 3-5
CueToo.com (Premium Content Service)
Staff Updates
New PowerPress Features Coming
PowerPress Tutorials in this Show
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I only see 10 of my podcast episodes in iTunes, why?
We get this question about 1-2 a week. The answer is simple, there’s a setting for that.
iTunes displays what it sees in the feed you submitted to them. Your feed by default will display only 10 items (blog posts/podcast episodes) due to a setting in WordPress. To change the number of items per feed, go to your WordPress admin, to the “Settings” section and select “Reading”. For the option labeled “Syndication feeds show the most recent”, enter the value you desire.
If you are using the podcast specific feeds provided by PowerPress, you can also set the number of items per feed in the PowerPress settings. When editing a podcast channel or podcast category in PowerPress settings, select the “Feed” tab, and go to the section titled “Show the most recent”. You can leave this setting blank to use the WordPress global default, or you can specify your own number for this specific podcast feed.
Keep in mind that the items per feed cannot be infinite. The number of items per feed should not be too large that way feed readers and services such as iTunes/FeedBurner can pull them without complaining about the file size. We believe that a value between 20-50 is sufficient. If you use a value larger than 50, make sure you open your feed in a web browser then select the option “save as” and save the feed to your computer. Then check the saved file’s size does not exceed 512KB in size.
In this addition of the Blubrry PowerPress Podcast Community Podcast we cover Network News and PowerPress Tips.
News:
Sponsor Updates
Affiliate Campaigns
Audience Survey
Advertising Survey
Media Statistics
PowerPress Info:
Video Performance
What PowerPress Isn’t
Why we do not Encourage Feedburner utilization.
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In this episode I talk about PowerPress and the power of our HTML5 player. I also talk about our newly introduced Audience Surveys. Many are asking about our recent webinar, I cover that along with a few more administrative issues.
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We get this question at least once a month with new users. Look at the vertical menu system on the left within your wp-admin area, scroll down until you see the section titled “PowerPress”. go ahead and click to expand to see all of the sub menu options of PowerPress.
Below is a screen shot of what this menu looks like.
The “Podcast Channels” and “Category Podcasting” sections are advanced features that are turned off by default. If you want these options, go to the PowerPress “Settings” page, scroll to the bottom to the section titled “Advanced Options” and turn on the options you want.
MP3 Tags is a feature only available to paid Blubrry Hosting customers, as the tags are written to the media files as part of our service.
Our media hosting service integrates seamlessly in WordPress with our PowerPress plugin, plans start at $12/month. Learn more here: Blubrry Podcast Media Hosting.
One of the most powerful features of the PowerPress Podcast Plugin for WordPress is the ability to make custom podcast channels. I find the channels life savers, as I have 2 other host that have their own shows on my site.
Doing 2 separate shows myself in both Audio and Video, requires that I have a total of 4 rss feeds for just my two shows. 1 Audio and 1 Video feed for each show.
I found that my audience would subscribe to either the Audio or the Video feed of my show, but not both feeds more often than not. So ultimately you are giving your listeners and viewers a choice of content formats.
But here are the three things you really need to know about creating more podcast channels.
Example 1: You want to distribute both an mp3 and an mp4 version of your podcast. Use the default podcast channel for your mp3 media and create a custom channel for your mp4 media.
Example 2: You have a video podcast with multiple file formats. Use the default podcast channel for the main media that you want to appear on your blog (e.g. m4v). Create additional channels for the remaining formats and sizes (e.g. wmv, mov, mpeg).
Example 3: You create two versions of your podcast, a 20 minute summary and a full 2 hour episode. Use the default channel for your 20 minute summary episodes and create a new custom channel for your full length episodes.
If you are part of one of our communities keep your eyes open for our newsletter as they all contain critical information that will help grow your show.
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RawVoice has hired a full time sales manager and we want to make sure that all shows that works with us fully understand what they need to have in place in order to be considered for an advertising campaign. To often shows have great intentions yet when it comes time to put their shows on a proposal we are not able due to oversights by the content creator. In this presentation, I walk you through the steps you need to take to be ready to be considered for an advertising campaign.
I have also posted some supporting articles for content creators hosting their media at the following sites. Mevio, Podbean, Libsyn, Podomatic, Blog Talk Radio.
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Todd Cochrane CEO of RawVoice walks you through the very basic setup for podcasters just starting to use the PowerPress Podcasting Plugin.
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