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I've just released the first public beta of my Amiga podcast receiver called AmiPodder. If you've not heard of it before, podcasting is a way of distributing audio programmes (usually in MP3 format) with minimal infrastructure. Using a client like AmiPodder you can subscribe to a podcast feed and then receive each program as it is published.

AmiPodder is written in AREXX using rxMUI and interfaces with a browser or download manager to download the podcasts and then with AmigaAMP or TuneNet to play them back. It can also sync podcasts to an external device such as a portable MP3 player.

To download AmiPodder and for more information please visit my AmiPodder web page.

AmiPodder version 1.0 has just been released. AmiPodder is a utility for subscribing to podcasts (a regularly published radio programme, usually in MP3 format) on your Amiga. AmiPodder will download each podcast as it is published and then you can listen to the programme on your Amiga or transfer it to a portable music player.

Podcasting is a new Internet service that is just starting to take off. Currently most podcasts are produced by amateurs but large media organisations including the BBC are beginning to offer some of their programmes as podcasts too. Recently podcasting got a big credibility boost when Apple announced that podcast support will be included in the next version of iTunes. With AmiPodder, Amiga users are able to take advantage of this new technology right from the start!

AmiPodder is freeware and version 1.0 can be downloaded from:
http://www.seal-amiga.co.uk/robert/amipodder/index.html

I'm continuing to develop AmiPodder to improve the user interface and to support podcasting standards as they evolve, if you'd like to be part of making this software better, please join the AmiPodder mailing list linked on the site.

Robert Williams' Freeware-Programm AmiPodder, der bisher einzige Amiga-Empfänger für sogenannte Podcasts, hat ein Update auf Version 1.1 erfahren. Das ARexx-Programm setzt weitere Software voraus, die auf der Installationsseite aufgeführt wird.

Die wichtigsten Neuerungen:
Sogenannte 'Smart channels' fassen Podcasts aus unterschiedlichen Feeds zusammen
Deutlich verbesserte Unterstützung für Bittorrent-Feeds
Überarbeitete Benutzerschnittstelle mit grafischem Werkzeugbalken und Voreinsteller-Kartenreitern
Neue Piktogramme für Programm und Werkzeugbalken von Ken Lester

Manage downloaded podcast files on your Amiga and player within AmiPodder.
Icons are now used to indicate the status of channels and episodes (thanks to Ken Lester Jr. for drawing the icons).
Double click on a downloaded podcast to play it.
Many minor changes and bug fixes.