Podcast Producer takes the complexity out of capturing and publishing professional- quality podcasts.

Instead of using a number of ad hoc applications and utilities, you can rely on a single solution that integrates seamlessly from start to finish. Podcast Producer 2, part of Mac OS X Server version 10.6 Snow Leopard, includes several new features and capabilities that allow you to easily set up Podcast Producer, customize workflows, and simplify and centralize content distribution.

Podcasts are ideal for distributing university lectures, training a sales force, delivering product demos, or simply keeping employees, students, and customers up to date. With Podcast Producer, your organization can produce more podcasts with less work—and maintain a high degree of standardization among them.

Features:

• Capture
• Single or dual-source video capture
• Local and remote audio and video recording
• Local screen recording
• Direct file submission
• Use Podcast Capture, a modern web browser, or command line
• Support for popular audio and video capture devices
• Process
• Podcast Composer to easily create and customize workflows for standardized processing
• Additional workflow customization using third party utilities and command-line tools
• uickTime for broad support of standards- based audio and video codecs, including H.264 and MPEG-4
• Quartz Composer for video manipulation and effects
• Automatic chaptering\
• Built-in scalability using Xgrid for distributed
  processing and Xsan for shared file system
• 24/7 processing with high availability of
  Podcast Producer and Xgrid services and Xsan
• Deliver
• Automatic Atom and RSS feed generation with Podcast Library
• Publish to wikis, blogs, iTunes, iTunes U, Final Cut Server, file servers, or folders
• Notification using email, instant message, iTunes Podcast Directory, iTunes U, and third-party services
• Optimized playback on a Mac, PC, iPhone, iPod, and Apple TV

This workflow-based solution automates the details, such as encoding content into specificfile formats or adding standard title frames and opening videos

So the podcasts from your group will always have a consistent identity.

The content is encoded in the optimized format for the devices that will be used to view and hear your podcast. And you’ll never have to worry about missing an important step.

After Podcast Producer has done its work, your viewers can play your productions anywhere: on a Mac, PC, iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV. They can also access podcasts from a variety of sources, including iTunes Podcast Directory, Apple Wiki Server, and iTunes U or via standard RSS and Atom feeds.

Contact Stormfront to find out more about harnessing the power of podcasts for your institution.