What Do I Need?
Technical requirements for listening to and creating podcasts

For Listening to Podcasts

Required

• A computer
• An internet connection
• RSS-enabled browser or RSS aggregator software

Optional

• A portable media device for listening your podcasts on-the-go

For Creating Podcasts

Depending on how much you want to spend and how basic or complex you want your podcasts to be, your requirements may vary. The following is the requirement for making basic, audio-only podcasts without the use of proprietary software.

Required

• A computer
• An internet connection
• An audio recording device: microphone, camcorder, etc
• Text editing software (for creating the RSS file)
• Access to a web server for hosting your content
• RSS-enabled browser or RSS aggregator software for testing

Optional

• A camcorder for recording video (vodcasts only)
• Podcast creating software
• A portable media device for testing
• Image editing software for creating images to use as artwork in enhanced podcasts