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Getting Podcasts with Juice (and iTunes)
What are Podcasts?
"Podcasting" is the method for distributing audio or video files to a subscriber through a feed. This means that if you subscribe to a particular podcast (such as a radio news segment from NPR), those audio files will download automatically to your computer. There are programs that allow you to subscribe to podcasts and automatically receive the new files so you don’t have to go to the website to see if there is anything new.
What is Juice?
Juice is a program that works much like a RSS Feed does for blogs, which means video and audio files can be “delivered” right to your computer if you subscribe to a podcast. Juice is an easy way to access and manage all of your podcasts.
How do I get Juice?
- To download Juice, go to the M Drive and then the RSS folder.
- You may also download Juice from the SnapFiles website, which will allow you to view the ratings and more information on the program.
Juice comes with a list of compiled podcasts for you to search through when starting up.
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- To view the available podcasts, click the Podcast Directory tab.
- If you do not see a podcast that you wish to subscribe to under the ones Juice has given you, you may search for podcasts on the internet using sites such as Podcast Pickle.
- Once you have found a podcast you wish to add, go to the Podcast Directory.
- Then copy-and-paste the feed URL into the Add textbox.
What are Episodes?
Many podcasts will have Episodes for you to download. These are usually past broadcasts that have been saved to allow the listener to catch up on the show.
- To search for past Episodes, simply select the Subscriptions tab and then click the feed you wish to find Episodes for.
- If you find an Episode that looks interesting, you may download it by highlighting it and then pressing the
Download button located under the tabs.
There are several other buttons you may notice below the tabs.
Will check for new podcasts
Will allow you to choose the option of downloading only the new episodes.
Allows you to add a new feed
Allows you to remove a feed
Allows you to view the feed properties and make changes to the feed- Checks/downloads an episode
Allows you to set a date for when you want new podcast checks to happen
- Once an Episode is downloaded, it will show up under the Downloads tab.
- To play the episode, simply press the
Play button. - Juice will automatically open up the podcast for you to listen in with iTunes. However, it is possible for you to change your default media player for Juice.
- To do so, simply go to File, Preferences, and then in the Preferences window, select Player. From the list of media players, simply select the one you wish to use from then on. Once you have selected the one that you would prefer to use, hit Save.
- Another feature of Juice allows you to delete Episodes after so long of a period. Go to Feed Properties then select Cleanup. Choose the number of days you want old material to be viewed for. Once that number of days has passed, old material will be automatically be deleted.
Note: You can also manage your podcasts using iTunes in much the same way you can manage them with Juice. The format of the multimedia files will need to be in a format iTunes can recognize such as mp3 or QuickTime. To subscribe to a podcast through iTunes, you can browse for free and popular podcasts in the music store and click Subscribe. You can also manually subscribe if you know the feed URL, by going to Advanced and selecting Subscribe to Podcast.