I still haven’t tried podcasting and the latest fad walks right in. VODcasting is a term coined recently to describe a video-on-demand (broad)cast. In essence, you start posting videos instead of posts consisting mainly of words and photos.
So how is this helping filmmakers? Let’s look at Peter Jackson’s production diary for King Kong. Instead of HTML pages linking to videos, he could’ve uploaded the videos to a server, saved an XML file, and asked you to sign-up for his vodcasts. Once you’re subscribed to his production diary vodcast, iTunes will start downloading videos as they become available.
Most vodcasts will probably be low-rez, mainly for bandwidth reasons. You should be able to view them just fine on your new video iPod while driving to work… Wait a minute! I meant while riding the Tube to work.
There’s a simplistic, yet useful step-by-step guide to vodcasting published at Playlist’s site.
Update: You can read my tips on producing video for iPod.
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