Podcasting

Podcasting is sort of software for recording on the Internet. These records can be download to mobile phone or iPod, etc. Podcasting is taking a concept of DVRs which provide record function to pre-record the program then you can watch it when you have time. It was different from shoutcast and darwin, podcasting mainly let the audience listen to the on-line radio whenever they want except the broadcasting time. So, podcasting itself connect to RSS 2.0 which provide enclosures to let the audience can directly link to the program they want.

Mostly, podcast software will provide several function:

1)subscribe RSS

2)automatically or arrange the download process of media

3)integrated the media, like iTune4

4)Use Bit Torrent for the way to transmit

References:

http://www.xxc.idv.tw/blog/xxc/webtryit/podcast_pobcast.html
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%92%AD%E5%AE%A2