Simple Podcast Publishing
pypodcaster is meant to be one of the simplest podcast publishers available. It generates a standard RSS feed based on the ID3 tags of media files in a given directory. Podcast media can be served from a public-facing HTML server or hosted from the Public folder in Dropbox.
sudo python setup.py install
Create a directory to hold your podcast media on a public-facing html server or Dropbox Public folder (e.g. ~/Dropbox/Public).
mkdir podcast
Enter channel information into channel.yml
Note: title, link, and description are required fields. The rest are optional.
title: 'Podcast Title'
link: 'http://link-to-website-corresponding-to-the-channel.com'
description: 'Phrase or sentence describing the channel.'
language: 'en-us'
copyright: 'Copyright notice for channel content.'
subtitle: 'Podcast Subtitle'
podcast_url: 'https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12345678/podcast/'
image: 'cover.jpg' # full url or image under podcast_url
author: 'Author name or Company'
owner:
name: 'John Doe'
email: '[email protected]'
categories: ['Religion & Spirituality', 'Christianity']
explicit: No
keywords: [comma, separated, list]
cd to directory containing podcast media and run
pypodcaster > podcast.xml
pypodcaster will create podcast.xml with settings from channel.yml. Run the command every time you wish to update the podcast feed.
Episodic images are supported by placing a jpg image with the same filename, title tag, or album name alongside the mp3 file.
If album name is used, an image can carry across an entire series without the need to have one image per mp3 episode. If no jpg is provided, the episode defaults to the channel's cover image.
Contents of Dropbox/Public/podcast:
First Podcast.mp3
First Podcast.jpg # lower case "first podcast.jpg" would also work
series01.mp3
series02.mp3
series03.mp3
Series Name.jpg # from id3's album tag.
Use Feedburner as a middle-man to:
- Collect statistics and subscriber count
- Monitor the health of your podcast
- Analyze, optimize, and troubleshoot
- Seamlessly update your feed's location