More on NetCast (PodCast)

I started playing with some of the SOUND & VIDEO applications. I noticed that one, RYTHEMBOX MUSIC PLAYER, had a Podcast section. Well after a little playing I have it downloading, on a daily basis, all four of my favorite PodCasts (NetCasts). I had to figure out the FEED URL but it was not that hard. Here is how I did it.

Start RYTHEMBOX. Complete the short setup process and tell it what folder your music (MP3s WAV OGG ect) is kept in. Once RYTHEMBOX starts, look on the left and you will see a menu. One option is PODCAST. Click on Podcast then look at the ICONS on the top of the screen and you will see one labeled NEW PODCAST FEED. Click on it and a window will pop up asking for the URL to the FEED you want (this is where I got confused) This is the URL of your favorite Feed. It will be a web page address that ends in a .XML.

Finding the FEED URL was the trick. I listen to a lot of Leo LaPorte's NetCast (PodCast) so I went to the TWIT homepage TWIT.TV. Once there I clicked on the NetCast I wanted and that took me to a page with a link labeled SUBSCRIBE. There was a menu box below it that gave me a bunch of choice including iTunes and others. One of the choices was RSS. When I clicked on this and it took me to a web page that looked like a list of shows with a description about each one. Well, I noticed that the page I was now looking at had a .XML url. So I copied this URL from Firefox and pasted it into the NEW FEED URL window in RYTHEMBOX. Within a few seconds I saw a list of that show (NetCasts) and the newest one was downloading automatically.

If you want the older show just RIGHT CLICK on the one you want and select download.

Here are the URLs of the NetCasts (PodCasts) that I like:

(to get) Security Now!
(paste this in NEW FEED LINK)
http://leoville.tv/podcasts/sn.xml

(to get) This Week In Tech TWIT
(paste this in NEW FEED LINK)
http://leoville.tv/podcasts/twit.xml

(to get) FLOSS
(paste this in NEW FEED LINK)
http://leoville.tv/podcasts/floss.xml

(to get) Leo's KFI AM Radio Show
(paste this in NEW FEED LINK)
http://leoville.tv/podcasts/kfi.xml

(to get) DL TV wit Patrick Norton
(paste this in NEW FEED LINK) http://rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/audioblogs/DLTV.xvid.xml

A lot of these were found by "Subscribing" to the podcast which took me to the .xml page. I chose RSS as the type of subscription.