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[Ifp-driver-common] New to list/iPodder for iFP

[Harold J. <har...@gm...>]

Hi all,

I'm new to this list and excited to see an active community developing
software for iRiver devices.  I just received my first MP3 player, and
iFP-890 (the 256MB flash iRiver).  I thought I was going to go with a
minidisc recorder or an iPod once I could afford one, but I'm so happy
I discovered the iRiver.  I'm a podcaster and I really wanted a device
I could both record to AND listen to MP3 audio with, and the iFP-890
satisfies both of those requirements--and it seems to do it well.  It
also plays OGG, WMA, and ASF files--how much better can this device
get?

Since I'm a podcaster (and podcast listener), I'd really be interested
in seeing an iPodder client for the iFP.  I'm quite active in the
podcasting community and would help get the word out if anyone
developed an app that worked as the existing iPodder apps work with
the iPod.  Perhaps one already works that I'm not aware of--does
anyone know?

Thanks, and again, glad to join this list!

Harold J. Johnson
http://SomethingthatHappened.com

Re: [Ifp-driver-common] New to list/iPodder for iFP

[Geoff O. <oa...@us...>]

What's an iPodder or a podcast?

On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 09:11:23AM -0800, Harold Johnson wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm new to this list and excited to see an active community developing
> software for iRiver devices.  I just received my first MP3 player, and
> iFP-890 (the 256MB flash iRiver).  I thought I was going to go with a
> minidisc recorder or an iPod once I could afford one, but I'm so happy
> I discovered the iRiver.  I'm a podcaster and I really wanted a device
> I could both record to AND listen to MP3 audio with, and the iFP-890
> satisfies both of those requirements--and it seems to do it well.  It
> also plays OGG, WMA, and ASF files--how much better can this device
> get?
> 
> Since I'm a podcaster (and podcast listener), I'd really be interested
> in seeing an iPodder client for the iFP.  I'm quite active in the
> podcasting community and would help get the word out if anyone
> developed an app that worked as the existing iPodder apps work with
> the iPod.  Perhaps one already works that I'm not aware of--does
> anyone know?
> 
> Thanks, and again, glad to join this list!
> 
> Harold J. Johnson
> http://SomethingthatHappened.com
> 
> 
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Re: [Ifp-driver-common] New to list/iPodder for iFP

[Christian E. K. <ce...@st...>]

Geoff Oakham wrote:

>What's an iPodder or a podcast?
>
>  
>
Geoff, I have been wondering about that too and googled to find this:

http://www.ipodder.org/whatIsIpodder

http://www.ipodder.org/whatIsPodcasting


Please notice writing this does not mean I have any interest in iPods. 
Actually I do not. Among others I prefer iRiver players :-)

Greetings

Christian

Re: [Ifp-driver-common] New to list/iPodder for iFP

[Geoff O. <oa...@us...>]

Ok, so after skimming a couple of websites, I gather it's a sortof
Shoutcast & Blog hybrid.  What kind of hardware support do you need to
participate?

(For the record: yes I do live under and rock and I'm blissfully
ignorant of the latest trends.  For example, I only discovered
bittorrent last week and I've been without instant messaging since AIM
merged with ICQ.  However, I'm happy to help anyone who wants to do cool
stuff with their iFP devices.)

Geoff

On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 01:19:59PM +0100, Christian E. Kaas wrote:
> >What's an iPodder or a podcast?
> Geoff, I have been wondering about that too and googled to find this:
> 
> http://www.ipodder.org/whatIsIpodder
> 
> http://www.ipodder.org/whatIsPodcasting
> 
> 
> Please notice writing this does not mean I have any interest in iPods. 
> Actually I do not. Among others I prefer iRiver players :-)
> 
> Greetings
> 
> Christian
> 


On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 09:47:39PM -0800, Harold Johnson wrote:
> Alright, who's turn is it?

Yours!
 
> 
> Harold J. Johnson
> http://audioblogs.info
> 
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:22:09 -0500, Geoff Oakham
> <oa...@us...> wrote:
> > What's an iPodder or a podcast?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 09:11:23AM -0800, Harold Johnson wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm new to this list and excited to see an active community developing
> > > software for iRiver devices.  I just received my first MP3 player, and
> > > iFP-890 (the 256MB flash iRiver).  I thought I was going to go with a
> > > minidisc recorder or an iPod once I could afford one, but I'm so happy
> > > I discovered the iRiver.  I'm a podcaster and I really wanted a device
> > > I could both record to AND listen to MP3 audio with, and the iFP-890
> > > satisfies both of those requirements--and it seems to do it well.  It
> > > also plays OGG, WMA, and ASF files--how much better can this device
> > > get?
> > >
> > > Since I'm a podcaster (and podcast listener), I'd really be interested
> > > in seeing an iPodder client for the iFP.  I'm quite active in the
> > > podcasting community and would help get the word out if anyone
> > > developed an app that worked as the existing iPodder apps work with
> > > the iPod.  Perhaps one already works that I'm not aware of--does
> > > anyone know?
> > >
> > > Thanks, and again, glad to join this list!
> > >
> > > Harold J. Johnson
> > > http://SomethingthatHappened.com
> > >
> > > 
> > > -------------------------------------------------------
> > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide
> > > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users.
> > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now.
> > > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/
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> > 
> >


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[Ifp-driver-common] Re: New to list/iPodder for iFP

[Harold J. <har...@gm...>]

Hi everyone,

It looks like I've been emailing this post to the wrong address; one
of our poor members received twice already.  (Sorry, Geoff!)

I wanted to share what I know about podcasting, and why I think it's
important to share the wealth of this important emerging means of
communication with iRiver users.  The iRiver device (i.e., iRiver
developers and users) has much to gain by getting on board with
podcasting.  Every day a ton of people are finding that their MP3
device has so much more to offer than just filling it with commercial
downloads.  Here's why...

I'm not a developer, nor a programmer, so I don't know much about the
back end.  Podcasting has become the term to describe this new and
rapidly growing phenom that was started by a group of developers and
users who wanted to have an RSS aggregator-like application that would
be able to download RSS enclosures (any file) directly to iTunes and
then, once plugged in, to an iPod or an iPod-like device.  The
application would include the ability to be automated so that it would
check the feeds at set times.  That way you could plug in your iPod in
the morning and the downloaded files would automatically transfer to
the device.  (Or, with an iPod, you could leave the iPod plugged in at
night so that you wouldn't have to wait for the files to transfer in
the morning.)

I believe the first client application was at first called iSpider (
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ispider/ ) and then became known as
iPodder ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipodder/ ).  This is an open
source app which currently has clients for Mac, Windows, and Linux
OS's.  They're also working on jPodder, a java implementation of
iPodder ( http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=421746 ).

There are other iPodder clients, including iPodderX on the Mac side,
Doppler, Nimiq, and Jager on the Windows platform, and Bash iPodder on
the Linux platform.  Podcasting is quite young, having originated just
a couple of months ago, and every week more iPodder clients surface.
As podcasting becomes more mainstream, more consumers will be looking
for an iPodder client that works with their device--and of course, not
everyone will have an iRiver.  So will they be left out of the loop?

Podcasting is changing the whole landscape of content delivery.  It
started with RSS aggregators, which primarily delivered text entries
(at first).  Then the iPodder clients began surfacing, mostly
delivering audio.  Now some users are realizing that the iPodder
clients also have the ability to deliver video and other content, so
that's taking off, too.

I have an iRiver iFP-890, which is a bitchin' little device.  I think
this device blows away the iPod.  The only problem is, the current
crop of iPodders don't work with iRiver.  At least, I don't think they
do--maybe there's a way to get it to work.  But since the iRiver
doesn't show up in the Volumes directory (on OS X; mnt or media on
Linux), I don't think the iPodder work with the device yet.
Here's a link to the iPodder developers community discussion forum:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ipodder-dev/

Please contact me with any questions you may have!

Sincerely,
Harold J. Johnson


On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 09:11:23 -0800, Harold Johnson
<har...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm new to this list and excited to see an active community developing
> software for iRiver devices.  I just received my first MP3 player, and
> iFP-890 (the 256MB flash iRiver).  I thought I was going to go with a
> minidisc recorder or an iPod once I could afford one, but I'm so happy
> I discovered the iRiver.  I'm a podcaster and I really wanted a device
> I could both record to AND listen to MP3 audio with, and the iFP-890
> satisfies both of those requirements--and it seems to do it well.  It
> also plays OGG, WMA, and ASF files--how much better can this device
> get?
> 
> Since I'm a podcaster (and podcast listener), I'd really be interested
> in seeing an iPodder client for the iFP.  I'm quite active in the
> podcasting community and would help get the word out if anyone
> developed an app that worked as the existing iPodder apps work with
> the iPod.  Perhaps one already works that I'm not aware of--does
> anyone know?
> 
> Thanks, and again, glad to join this list!
> 
> Harold J. Johnson
> http://SomethingthatHappened.com
>