Tag: Apple TV
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Apple ‘amateur hour’ – old media vs new media
When Apple launched podcasting as part of iTunes in February 2005 (creating the second wave of podcasters, fact fans) it seemed a victory for user-generated content, the new media vs gatekeeper approved old media – Hollywood and the big broadcasters. Soon though it became clear as independent podcasts got shoved off the homepage and then…
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Help me, oh iPod-kenobis (and Zune-masters)
OK you techno-g33kz out there can help me – I have been creating video podcasts but having nothing but problems, because although if you follow Apple’s specs for video that will play on an iPod, it still won’t work depending on what software you use (does this sound familiar? And people wonder why I have…
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Reasons to hate Apple part 2
I just got this email: Recommendations for Formatting Video Podcasts 1. If you’re encoding your video podcast at 320×240, please increase the resolution to either 640×480 or 640×360 (depending on the aspect ratio of your source files). Why? Because video podcasts at this resolution look great on Apple TV and still port to video iPods.…