If you take a peek at the preceding article, you’ll notice there is now an embedded audio player. It contains a recording of the article, in case you want to multitask while reading listening. I got the idea for embedding audio from a suggestion I made to Tami to record her latest post, because it is full of win and I was cracking up as I imagined hearing her rant, rather than reading it.
I quickly located and downloaded Audacity for OS X (Windows version also available at the same link). I then hunted around for a plugin to present the audio in the blog. Tami suggested PodPress, which is very common, and is one she uses. My search result also turned up Podcasting, and after checking it out a bit, I decided to give it a try.1 I was also swayed in part by the 4.5-star rating given Podcasting, compared to 3-stars for PodPress
Installation is very straightforward, and if you actually intend to publish podcasts to iTunes, Podcasting makes it very simple through its configuration screen. (Incidentally, Podcasting will also handle video files as well as audio.)
To include the player in your post, you simply upload the audio file (MP3 format), then call it with
Pretty straightforward, no? So expect to see that little audio player appear in future posts, as time and circumstance (and the nature of the article) permit.
Notes:
- Wordpress.com users, you will find instructions for embedding audio here. ↩
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Hee, wow, that sounds awesome! And you did it so quickly, too!
Tami´s latest blog post is Dragon Age: Origins
I tried recording first with the iMac’s built-in mic. It sounds okay, but it’s almost 2′ away from my mouth, and of course would pick up any ambient noise. When I tested with my Sennheiser headset mic, though, the sound was so much better, so that’s the way I’ll go.
The only issue is if I ever decide to include video, the picture of me with that headset on is rather off-putting.
Now to see if, going forward, my readers become listeners.
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