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A quick question, how do you consume podcasts? I just looked at the instruction pages on the church web-site about podcasts and I refer to iTunes, Odeo and Yahoo. iTunes is my method. Odeo, seems clumsy, isn’t updating feeds regularly and is about to re-launch. Yahoo’s service has disappeared.
What methods other than iTunes are you using?
iTunes all the way Simon. Neil, perhaps you would enjoy iTunes better on a Mac.
Hey… no Mac vs PC wars on this blog 
I’m happy with a simple <span class=“caps”>RSS</span> feed (I use bloglines to grab them)
Im with phone on that one. I like itunes for the masses though it is automatic and simple and readily available.
CheersLuke
Thunderbird. I have a podcasts folder in with my other feeds and I only download the posts I want. Also, podcasts fit more logically in an email client/newsreader than a media player. The only annoyance in Thunderbird is that some feeds automatically pop-up the “Save As” dialog.
Neil, I too hate all the intrusive processes run by iTunes on my machine, and unlike QuickTime you can’t permanently shut them down. And seriously, macs are for people who don’t like choice. Oops. Did I just say that?
I guess what I’m finding is that my audience is a bunch of geeks who don’t do things normally – but I knew that.
Maybe I should have asked, what methods of using podcasts do your parents or non-geek relatives use?And seriously, macs are for people who don’t like choice.And I thought I said no Mac vs PC stuff. I have found in the Mac world a far greater choice of quality software.
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Good question!
Personally, I’m in the process of dumping iTunes full stop.
The Win version is incredibly bloated, slow, intrusive (have you ever counted how many background processes it runs all the time?) and painful to use.
I’m in the process of working out another system to function with my iPod, and I guess that will also mean working out another system for podcasts… <sigh>