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Podcast

The Podcast media directory enables you to find and play podcast audio files either directly from the source on the internet or from a local directory containing podcast audio files downloaded by a third party podcast receiver program such as Juice.

The sub-directories of the Podcast media directory are:

1. All feeds - Online internet directory which leads to other directories;

2. Favourites - Your favourite podcasts (actually playlists containing pointers to remote Podcasts files);

3. Received Files - Contains audio files downloaded by a third party program.

Podcast files supported

Audio file extensions:
'.mp3'

RSS files:
'.rss' - RSS file with Podcast enclosures

playlist files:
'.rls' - RSS playlist internal format containing a simple pointer to a podcast RSS feed.

Settings

Received Files

The user settings folder is at:
Windows Vista Seven and Eight
C:\users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\SpeakOn\MediaSuite
Windows XP
C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Application Data\SpeakOn\MediaSuite

The Podcast settings file is at:
\app\VI_Services\Podcast\config\config.txt

By default the main directory of your podcast's received files is set to:
directory=${user.content.dir}/Podcast
Where the ${user.content.dir} is set by default to
Windows Vista Seven and Eight
C:\users\yourusername\My_SpeakOn_Media
Windows XP
C:\yourusername\My_SpeakOn_Media
Do not modify this setting.

You can include your podcast received files folders in the Library by using the procedure described in:
Tutorial > Listening to mainstream media > Podcast > Including podcast files stored on your computer in the Library.

Changing the location of the 'Favourites' directory:

This setting is not required unless you want to use a different folder on your computer.

First navigate to the user settings folder:
Windows Vista Seven and Eight
C:\users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\SpeakOn\MediaSuite
Windows XP
C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Application Data\SpeakOn\MediaSuite

Then using a text editor, open the Podcast settings file:

\app\VI_Services\Podcast\config\config.txt

Change your Favourites directory set by default to:
favourites.directory=${user.content.dir}/Podcast/Favourites
Where the ${user.content.dir} is set by default to
Windows Vista Seven and Eight
C:\users\yourusername\My_SpeakOn_Media
Windows XP
C:\yourusername\My_SpeakOn_Media
Change the directory path to the required folder on your computer.

Save the file.

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