ITauthor

These are the briefest of notes, for my own benefit (I always forget), on the settings and methods I use when creating a podcast.

1. Make the recordings as 44.1 kHz wav files.
2. Import these into a Cubase SX3 project for editing/mixing.
3. Choose File > Export > Audio mixdown.
4. Save as an MP3 with: file name: ITauthor-podcast08-19May2007.mp3 (or similar) attributes: 96 kBit/s; 44.100 kHz; Stereo quality: highest outputs: stereo out (stereo) channels: stereo sample rate: 44.100 kHz
5. Don't bother setting the ID3 tags when prompted, we'll do that next.
6. Open up ID3-TagIT.
7. Right-click my previous podcast, copy the tags.
8. Right-click the new MP3 file and paste the tags.
9. Double-click the file and edit the tags as required for the new show. To edit the comment, click it so that it's displayed in the edit box. After editing it remember to click Add Comment or else your changes will be lost. Don't try to put HTML or formatting into your comments. The comments are displayed as plain text in ITunes' Get Info dialog box, and all line spaces are stripped out.
10. File > Save.
11. Use FileZilla to copy the MP3 to the uploads/podcasts directory of my web server.
12. Create a blog entry, selecting Podcasts as the category.

Next thing I need to do is find out how I change all the directory listing for the ITauthor podcast (including ITunes), which currently point to a location on my web server that no longer exists.