Dwarfcasts

[Tarka Dal]

Is there an rss link or indeed any kind of link specifically for them?

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[Ian Symes]

There’s this: http://www.ganymede.tv/dwarfcasts-1

[Tarka Dal]

Perfect.

Maybe you could have a link for that in the Productions section.

[Tarka Dal]

Oh whilst I’m at it, I’ve finally started listening to podcasts.

* Pause for applause*

Thank you. Now, could I ask for your recommendations.

(Ian I’m already subscribed to Guardian Football Weekly)

[Jonathan Capps]

Hopefully we’ll have a proper iTunes and a normal XML feed up soon. Probably not worth it until we’re all in a position to record regular ‘casts, though.

[Tarka Dal]

Fair enough, just a suggestion. Stephen Fry’s podgrams don’t appear to be that regular either though. Thought it might flesh out the productions section a bit too.

Oh plus I think you should re-christen them Cappsy-grams.

[John Hoare]

Yeah, we’ll have a proper RSS feed when I get my ARSE IN GEAR.

See it in about 25 years, then.

[Tarka Dal]

I’m not waiting 25 years to see your arse. The suspense would kill me.

[John Hoare]

Thank you. Now, could I ask for your recommendations.

I *would* recommend both the Chris Moyles and Jingle News Monthly podcasts, but I don’t think either is especially likely to go down well on here!

[locusceruleus]

I’ve already set up an iTunes feed for a podcast. It’s not that hard at all, especially if you’ve got stable hosting for the mp3s.

[peas_and_corn]

http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com have a great series of podcasts- there’s one that’s not geared towards brewing (Lunch Meet- it’s pretty funny) if for some reason you don’t like beer. The Sunday session is all about talking about beer and interviewing brewers and the like. The Jamil show dedicates each week to a certain style, and Brew Strong is a technical podcast.

[genericnerdyusername]

I’m probably the only person that likes them, but that Dave Firth of Salad Fingers fame has a pretty awesome podcast called WallerFM.

[Ian Symes]

Two essential podcasts:

Adam & Joe: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/adamandjoe/
Collings & Herrin: http://www.comedy.org.uk/podcasts/collingsherrin/

[Zombie Jim Undead]

Oooh, I saw the Collins and Herring podcast live the other day in a pub in Kings Cross.

Most amusing it was.

[Pete Part Three]

>Collings & Herrin: http://www.comedy.org.uk/podcasts/collingsherrin/

Haven’t has a chance to listen to this in ages! I wish they’d kept it to fortnightly (and under 1 hour) as I’m really behind. Yes, please rearrange the recording of this for my benefit.

>http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/adamandjoe/

I keep on meaning to seek this out too, simply on the strength of their QoS piss-takes.

[Tarka Dal]

I’m so good at anticipating Ian. I added those two last night!

Cheers for the rest of the links. My brother recommended this, cadmium2.wordpress.com. I’ve not had chance to listen to it yet, but it would appear that Dwarf has to get a mention sooner or later.

[Seb Patrick]

http://www.iainlee.libsyn.com/

[Jonathan Capps]

> Cheers for the rest of the links. My brother recommended this, cadmium2.wordpress.com. I?ve not had chance to listen to it yet, but it would appear that Dwarf has to get a mention sooner or later.

There’s a whole episode dedicated to Red Dwarf!

[Tarka Dal]

I hadn’t even skimmed over the site, only copy and pasted the link into bloglines. Come to think of it my brother mentioned that one of the sci-fi podcasts he listens too might have mentioned this site, so it could be on that podcast.

[Pete Part Three]

I was going to post this in the McCain thread but didn’t want to veer that off-topic any further.

I was just wondering if anyone listens to the Dwarfcasts while actually watching the episode? I definitely did this with the first couple that John and Ian did a few year back, but it no longer seems essential.

The main reason I ask, is that the length of a commentary is often restricted by the length of the episode/film/what have you.

[Dave]

I did, but I never quite sync them up right

[Danny Stephenson]

i do it all the time, the beepy thing does help but if they’re edited for whataver reason it knocks the sync out. We’re striving to make more DwarfCasts but since THEY ALL LIVE IN LONDON and i don’t. It’s difficult so have a good natter.

[Pete Part Three]

Satellite link-up. Tsk.

[Andrew]

I used to, but in truth I know the eps too well at this stage so it’s not really necessary.

[locusceruleus]

>I was just wondering if anyone listens to the Dwarfcasts while actually watching the episode?

I do.

>We?re striving to make more DwarfCasts but since THEY ALL LIVE IN LONDON and i don?t. It?s difficult so have a good natter.

What about Skype or something like that?

[Phil]

>What about Skype or something like that?

With weekly GUEST COMMENTATOR.

[Jonathan Capps]

> With weekly GUEST COMMENTATOR.

I’ve suddenly become incredibly interested in setting this up.

[Mnoooah]

Well, this *is* an audience of completists, so you’d better get cracking. ;)

[Danny Stephenson]

Skype has an inhibitor which stops you from recording the conversations, and he need something that can deal with about 5 incoming conversations.

[locusceruleus]

There’s plenty of non-Skype produced software available for recording Skype conversations though. Check Download.com

I don’t remember offhand the one that I used, but I’ve used Skype for recording interviews in the past.

[Danny Stephenson]

Does it work with more than 2 people talking?

[locusceruleus]

Yup, definitely.

I believe this is the one I used: http://www.skyperec.com/

Very straightforward and easy to use, and you can select the bitrate and so on.

[Ben Paddon]

I use PowerGrammo to record my podcast via Skype. it’s not free if there’s more than two of you, but it is bloody brilliant. It even plugs directly into Skype so you can stop and start recording from the Skype window.

[Tarka Dal]

I thought I’d bring this one back rather than start a new one.

Can anyone recommend an app or website for collating and downloading of ‘casts’. That is any casts, not specifically the Dwarfy ones.

I’ve a specific ‘podcasts’ folder setup in my bloglines, but If I don’t download some of them immediately (namely the BBC ones) then when I get round to checking my folder for new casts I’ve often got several new shows listed, but no longer available to download.

So I’m thinking somekind of automated bit of kit could sort this out. Something I could install on the home pc to automatically download all new outstanding casts whenever I connect to the interwebz. Presumably iTunes does something like this, but that’s out due the way it kills the PC with it’s memory usage.

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