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1.5 Stable (last update on Jun 26, 2009)
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Date Added
5 March 2006
bypaulb2009 on January 19, 2010
Ignore LaughingLeopard... This component is easy to use. Maybe too easy for some... Although you can't remove the mp3, that doesn't really matter because what the viewer sees in the article. That is awesome because it gives us total control over the front end. And if you don't want the view to see it, just disable the article!
As for support, there is a fully functional forum available on the authors website that I found very useful.
As for support, there is a fully functional forum available on the authors website that I found very useful.
byLaughingLeopard on January 9, 2010
When I installed it, it all looked great. It worked, and it seemed to do what it says. But then comes a string of limitations and inflexibility that eventually forced me to remove it all together from Joomla and from my site. It hardly adds to the manual updating of a feed and embedding the podcast into the website.
But the biggest problem is the total lack of control over MP3's once they've been added to the list. They can never be taken off, unless you go and mess about inside the database itself.
Support on the website of the creator also lacks.
All in all: it looks promising. Until you really start using it. That's when it quite quickly falls through the cracks.
Unfortunately there are not a lot of other options available as far as components and modules go.
Back to manual labour :-)
But the biggest problem is the total lack of control over MP3's once they've been added to the list. They can never be taken off, unless you go and mess about inside the database itself.
Support on the website of the creator also lacks.
All in all: it looks promising. Until you really start using it. That's when it quite quickly falls through the cracks.
Unfortunately there are not a lot of other options available as far as components and modules go.
Back to manual labour :-)
Owner's reply
As stated elsewhere in the forum, the lack of a delete function is on purpose. Deleting files from your podcast once you've uploaded them can disturb the feed in ways that confuses iTunes. I might add that function down the road, but I want to carefully consider the implementation so that people don't accidentally screw up their feeds.
As far as support goes, I've been working approximately 12 hour days 6 days a week for the past month. This has significantly cut short the amount of time I have to provide support for a free component. Sorry.
byjigsaw1999 on September 27, 2009
The podcast suite component, module and plug-in are excellent! This is as easy to use as the Podcasting 2.3 plug-in widely used in the WordPress CMS .. maybe easier.
For anyone wishing there was an upload mechanism built into Podcast Suite, I would recommend grabbing the NinjaXplorer extension and using it to solve that perceived problem.
For anyone wishing there was an upload mechanism built into Podcast Suite, I would recommend grabbing the NinjaXplorer extension and using it to solve that perceived problem.
bywwalla on September 25, 2009
I am very happy with this podcast software. Thanks Joseph! I had it running in no time at all. Very simple and once I added the plugin it all seemed to go well. One thing is that the flash player doesn't work yet but it might have something to do with my flash version.
Thanks again.
Thanks again.
bymedisoft on September 17, 2009
This is a good extension, but it needs some tweking to make it work.
Once you got it working, it is relative easy to add new podcasts, and it works very well with iTunes.
Once you got it working, it is relative easy to add new podcasts, and it works very well with iTunes.
byrmcorley on July 4, 2009
This is an outstanding collection of tools to manage your podcasting needs. The best part is that this suite is integrated tightly into core Joomla functionality, resulting in a high level of flexibility. For instance, you control whether an mp3 is listed in your podcast by publishing the article the file is related to, and the article intro is used for the podcast description. Also, by using the HTML Code option to represent file enclosure in an article, you can download and install an audio player plug-in extension and use it in conjunction with Podcast Suite. (Just make sure the Podcast Suite plug-in is set to run before your audio player plug-in.)
Kudos to the author of this extension.
Kudos to the author of this extension.
bycjmessenger on May 20, 2009
I am a high school teacher facilitating a journalism program and this is our web site. We do video and now audio casts and this suite was so easy to install and start using, I literally set it up and got our first cast operating in 15 minutes. Thanks, also, to Mr. Leblanc for his support a couple of months ago when I was fiddling with this extension for video podcasts. His simple advice was right on the money and solved the major problem I thought I had. And it was not even related really to his extension. I appreciate the help you provided to a poor English teacher struggling to keep up in the digital age! Great extension. We love it here at our high school and appreciate your time and effort!
byjclamp on April 8, 2009
Actually managing a podcast with this thing is really weird. You'd think you can just created the podcast and start uploading mp3s... not so! You have to use an ftp to load them. Then this thing scans that folder... At that point you have no podcast. What you do then is click the file from that folder. Then you add metadata. Still not added to the podcast... Finally, you have to create an entirely seperate article page for that issue of the podcast. So you'll be creating a billion pages. It puts a tag on that page and the podcast works by searching ALL the pages for tags and assembling them. And it's not a front end component (just a module). AND if you try save some space and put all your podcast tags on one page, it crashes the flash player AND will not generate the XML for the podcast... How bad is that? I think someone figured out the worst way this could be done and did it. How about just a plugin that you can load mp3s into and it manages your feed???
Owner's reply
Hi jclamp,
Sorry to hear you didn't like the Suite. However, there were some design decisions I had to make that require you to FTP the files up. Most webhosts have their file upload limits set very low; some as low as 2 MB. This is obviously not enough to upload a 20-30 minute (or longer) podcast episode. Rather than have someone wait 5-10 minutes for their file to upload and fail, I decided to recommend using FTP instead.
I assume that most people want to have a chance to edit the metadata before publishing a podcast episode. Regardless, since you have to upload the episode through FTP first anyway, there's no way I can automatically tell Joomla! to publish an episode on upload.
As far as the article creation goes, I personally wish it wasn't a separate screen. However, I wanted to make sure that people would be able to edit the article where their podcast episode appears using the full Joomla! content backend. It didn't make sense for me to reinvent the wheel and create the article editing screen in my component.
Also, I chose to go with the core Joomla! articles as people then have the flexibility of using any of their existing content plugins on episodes. For instance, some people use commenting plugins. With this setup, you can create an episode and people can add their comments directly to the article. And yes, you can only add one episode per article as iTunes only recognizes one tag per item in your RSS feed. Just trying to save some pain here.
If you want all of your podcasts on one page, create a link pointing to the section where your podcasts appear.
Sorry to hear about the Flash player crashing. I really don't use it, didn't write it, and only provide it as an option for people who want it. The primary purpose of the podcast suite is to generate the RSS feed for iTunes. If you know of a freely available Flash player that doesn't crash when you have "a billion" of them on the page, please point me towards it.
One point you're incorrect on is about the module. The Podcast Suite does have a frontend for the component; the module points to it. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a feed that iTunes could see.
bySParky2009 on March 30, 2009
This is a must if you want to publish your podcast from your site.
It is so EASY to do it is unbelievable
1) Upload mp3
2) Add some metadata
3) Publish the aritcle
4) There is no 4
This really is the best podcast module out there.
One tiny snag I have found is that if you want to delete a file, unpublishing the article and the file, but the data in the suite remains with no visible way to remove it
It is so EASY to do it is unbelievable
1) Upload mp3
2) Add some metadata
3) Publish the aritcle
4) There is no 4
This really is the best podcast module out there.
One tiny snag I have found is that if you want to delete a file, unpublishing the article and the file, but the data in the suite remains with no visible way to remove it
byMr Tee on March 16, 2009
This is a great plugin/module. It performs all of the functions as described - but the only headache I had was getting the familiar 1pixelout player to be called up instead of the standard XSPF player that comes bundled with it.
In the end, I removed the variable width and height parameters from the podcast.php file then added the following (where player.swf and is the uploaded 1pixelout player.
$playerURL = JURI::base() . 'plugins/content/podcast/player.swf';
return 'fileURL . '&song_title=' . $this->title . '">fileURL . '&song_title=' . $this->title . '" />fileURL . '"/>
'
and this to my index.php, just above the closing head tag
It might contain some code that is unneccessary, but right now it's working for me. Only downside is that I have to make sure my client adds ID3 tags to their mp3's to ensure the track title comes up.
I think that a comprehensive guide on how to replace the default mp3 player might help - especially for those who don't have a deep understanding of PHP.
Absolutely fantastic effort though, thanks a lot for putting the time into this.
In the end, I removed the variable width and height parameters from the podcast.php file then added the following (where player.swf and is the uploaded 1pixelout player.
$playerURL = JURI::base() . 'plugins/content/podcast/player.swf';
return 'fileURL . '&song_title=' . $this->title . '">fileURL . '&song_title=' . $this->title . '" />fileURL . '"/>
'
and this to my index.php, just above the closing head tag
It might contain some code that is unneccessary, but right now it's working for me. Only downside is that I have to make sure my client adds ID3 tags to their mp3's to ensure the track title comes up.
I think that a comprehensive guide on how to replace the default mp3 player might help - especially for those who don't have a deep understanding of PHP.
Absolutely fantastic effort though, thanks a lot for putting the time into this.
bytroy_a_b on February 3, 2009
This suite works better than most and is easy to get accustomed to. However it does have its limitations. The component allows you to set up itunes rss feeds. However, it does not allow you to create more than one podcast feed to submit to itunes, at least at this time, i've not found a way to do so.
All things considered. I like this product and would recommend it.
All things considered. I like this product and would recommend it.
Owner's reply
The multi-feed feature will be fixed in the next release.
bysmashtheguitar on January 2, 2009
Great component and great documentation. A breeze to set up. Thanks!
byAnnaleen on December 27, 2008
I got excellent support, and was able to integrate it with Josdewplayer with the help of the developer.
byjwalt on February 12, 2008
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!
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!
Owner's reply
A 1.5 version is now available :D
byPaganRadio on February 11, 2008
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.
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.
bybast on December 24, 2007
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)
Once again, it's excellent tools. (Budi)
bydtarver on November 19, 2007
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
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
byholdencreative on September 17, 2007
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.
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.
byalmoojrocks on September 13, 2007
Great component but I’m find that the mp3 player is intermittent, any ideas?
bymcdermott_c on August 30, 2007
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 !
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 !
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