I like this component, it works well and so far have found it very usable, our users are able to use it without any problems and the feed works with the programs that they use to aggregate the podcast.

The only problem that I've got with it, that isn't really a problem, more of a feature request is Joomla 1.5 support.

Keep up the good work!

I'm giving this component (and it's associated bot and module) 4 stars. It's the best podcasting setup for Joomla that is available so far.

I've managed to incorporate the Word Press player bot (also known as 1pixelout player) to show up automatically when a new podcast is posted in the Podcast Suite component. A Download link also appears just above the player.

Keep in mind that this works on my Joomla 1.X site and that just because it works for me, it might not work for your particular Joomla site. In other words, just 'cuz I've found a work-around that works for me, it might or might not work for you and I offer no follow-up advice or support beyond this post.

Items used:
Podcast Suite ver. 1.1 stable (unmodified/unhacked. This only works if you hve NOT installed the modified plugin/bot that changes the default flash player.)
http://extensions.joomla.org/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,255/Itemid,35/

Word Press Player for Joomla! (also called the 1pixelout player)
http://extensions.joomla.org/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,4063/Itemid,35/

Install the Podcast Suite (component, module, and mambot/plugin), and the Word Press Player mambot/plugin.
Be sure to activate the Podcast mambot and the 1pixelout mambot after installing.

In the Podcast Suite component settings:
Link type is set to HTML Code.

In the enclosure code text field, paste this exactly as shown here:
[code]Click here to download this file{audio}{filename}{/audio}[/code]

I've tried setting it up so that the flash player is on top and the download link is underneath, but that doesn't work. So the only way that this hack works is if the download link is displayed first.

I then set up an rss feed to display the last X number of podcasts available. The feed URL is available by going to Components > Podcast > Catagory Feed Links
I strip off the last bit of the URL (&catID=X) and it seems to be working fine.

This is very useful. From the component, we can look the lists of our media files. The module let visitors to click and subscribe, and the plugin easily insert the flash player to directly play the file from the content.

Once again, it's excellent tools. (Budi)

I searched for a while and this is the only tool that allowed me to easily syndicate my project management templates podcast!

Someone even wrote a mini tutorial that helped make getting it up a running a fast process: http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,138839.0.html

Thank you :-)
Dora

Contrary to any criticism on the page, I think this is a solid component.

The article / podcast configuration is very helpful - particularly if you wish to use 'latest news' and other content-display modules to display your podcasts.

The configuration is straightforward, and the option to choose from 3 different types of players (Flash, HTML, QuickTime) is a nice feature.

And of course! You have to upload the audio files via FTP - they are just too large, in general, or a site-upload anyway. The ability to configure the audio-cast folder makes that function as simple as possible.

Great component - works well for most uses.

Great component but I’m find that the mp3 player is intermittent, any ideas?

Having looked around for a while I finally decided upon this extension for our Podcasting needs.

Once installed and configured (was a bit tricky to get it working but support from Joseph was superb !) this extension works great !

We are now podcasting out sermons at http://www.trinitychurchperth.org and have a feed setup in iTunes with many subscribers, if anyone wants to see it in action and how well it works.

I would highly recommend this extension for Podcasting !

Thanks for a great extension and fantastic support !

this component is the best podcasting component available...and it's free.

Everything is simple to set up and my only problems were my errors... i incorporated 1pixel out to use with it very easily (just wrap the {audio} tags around the html code)....

perfect for podcasting!

the person who rated a 1-star is crazy. the component does everything for you...all you have to do is give your podcast a title and it's good to go...

Been using this extension on my site for a few months now and it does the job. I put the feed through feedburner to solve the validation problems and that sorted that. Only problem now is the links back to the articles... they don't have an item id, so don't work. Think that's the problem anyway. Apart from that everything works fine. Best solution i've found for joomla anyway.
Keep up the good work!

While this tool is not perfect. It does provide all the features necessary to create a fully functioning podcast. We use this tool on a church website podcasting weekly sermons. Users can easily use the feed produced by the component to subscribe to your podcast using iTunes or another podcast receiver (like Juice).

We use the built-in ability to redirect where the Podcast module links to use it for navigation to our Joomla! Podcast category listing.

If you need/want a podcast, this extension will do the job.

I do hope the developer continues work on this project for Joomla 1.5.

I'm relatively new to Joomla. I run my band's website on Joomla at http://www.thebrickandstone.com/reddingbrothers/

i like this tool, and think it has great potential. the main problem i had with it is that it doesn't support VideoPodcasting. The embedded player is for Audio only, and won't display the video. Otherwise it would be a very powerful tool.

keep up the development!

-Josiah

Hello jdswebservice,

If you upload the file to the /images/stories directory (default, can be changed), you simply go to the backend and publish your podcast along with any show notes and iTunes metadata you wish. It shounds like you're doing some sort of runaround.

As for uploading through the browser, this will be supported in the rewrite for Joomla 1.5. Currently, webhosts have varying file size limits on posts, frequently as low as 2MB which is not enough for most podcasts. Rather than frustrating users who may wait several minutes for an upload to take place, only to see it fail, I've decided to route everyone towards FTP for the time being. Joomla 1.5 will have FTP in browser support, so I will be able to leverage that when it becomes available later. My goal is indeed to provide a one-step process for publishing podcasts.

We are using it. But the more podcasts we do, the more we miss the possibility of sorting the files, the cloning of text, ...etc.

But this is a great first step. Thank you for developing it. We could not do it without this extension!

Peter

Waste of my time because you have to ...
1) make an artical
2) make a podcast
3) ftp to the site and upload
4) intergrate it into the artical
and
5) listen to it and make sure there are no bugs

takes to much time and everything
what i'm looking for is something that i can
1) create the podcast
2) upload the podcast
3) have the people listen to the podcast under my podcast module for lastest or no so lastest podcasts
simple and easy

J-

Like the previous reviewer, I think this has some great potential - just a few little things to iron out.