This guest post was written by,
Alex Kah at Question Defense. He
works as a technical consultant and is interested in helping people extend the life of their WebEx meetings. You
can use this tutorial with recordings from Meeting Center and the new, free WebEx Meet beta.
This is the last in a
series of three articles written to describe how to export a WebEx webcast to
ARF/WRF format, convert
to WMV format, then convert
to MP4 format, and finally generating a podcast to be shared on iTunes.
This is a great way to
share your WebEx webcast content with others via a podcast subscription. Follow
the directions below to first sign up for a PodBean account to publish your MP4 as a podcast and
then submit that podcast to iTunes to be included in the iTunes Store Podcast
section under whatever category you specify.
Create PodBean Account & Upload MP4 File(s) For iTunes Podcast
1. Visit PodBean: First visit the PodBean.com signup page by clicking here. Initially I suggest signing up for the free account to make sure PodBean.com will accomplish your goals so click on the Basic account which is the far left column on the signup page. Once you click on Basic, fill out various account information and click the “Sign Up Now” button to complete registration.
2. Login To PodBean: Once registration is complete, you will be redirected to the PodBean login. Your password will be sent to the email address you registered with and should arrive quickly so check your email for your password and then login with the username you selected and the password that was emailed to you.
3. PodBean
General Options: Once
logged in, make your way to the PodBean Dashboard - this is where you will
configure settings, upload podcasts, modify podcasts, and much more.
I recommend you first configure the PodBean General Settings which can be done by clicking the Settings link above the Dashboard content on the right side of the page. When you click this link the PodBean General Options page will display similar to the below example image.
Here you will configure
the name of your podcast channel, a description for your podcast, channel tags,
and much more. You will want to have all of this configured before you sync
with iTunes.
4. PodBean Feed/iTunes Settings: Next to the General link in the sub menu below Settings will be the Feed/iTunes settings link which you should click on next. This is where iTunes specific settings will be entered. An example of what will display on iTunes displays at the top of the screen as shown below while the actual settings are entered below the example.
Enter all of the settings
for iTunes and then click the Update Options button in the lower right corner
to save the Feed/iTunes settings. Make
sure to note the URL of your PodBean account as this will be required when
syncing your PodBean account to iTunes.
5. Publish
A Podcast: This is
where you will take the ARF/WRF file that has been converted
to an MP4 and publish the video along with a title and description to be
included on iTunes. Click the Publish link underneath your account name to
display the episode creation page.
Once you have selected
the MP4 file that was generated from the initial WebEx ARF/WRF file and filled
in all of the necessary title/description/etc. fields click the Publish button
to publish your WebEx video.
6. Link
PodBean To iTunes: Now
open iTunes on your computer and click on the iTunes Store. Once the iTunes
Store is open click on Podcast in the iTunes Store navigation menu. This will
display the iTunes Podcast sub menu on the upper right hand side of the page
which will include links such as Audio Podcasts, Video Podcasts, New Releases,
iTunes Picks, Staff Favorites, Language Learning, etc.
Near the bottom of this set of links will be Submit A Podcast which when
clicked upon will display the below window within iTunes.
Enter your PodBean feed
URL that was noted in step four into the Podcast Feed URL window and click
Continue.
After clicking the Continue button you will be required to login to iTunes and
then the PodBean feed will be validated. Once validated you will be taken to a
screen within iTunes that allows you to verify the information that will
display in the Podcast section of the iTunes Store. If everything looks OK
submit the podcast.
The message on the
confirmation screen lets you know that your podcast will not show immediately
in the iTunes store and that the podcast must be approved. Once approved you
will receive an email letting you know that the podcast has been approved and
it will begin to display in the Podcast section of the iTunes Store.
The podcast feed I
created for this article and then submitted to iTunes took 48 hours to be
approved but once I received the email I was able to see the podcast
immediately in the iTunes Store.
Congratulations - you are
now a podcaster!
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