Todd Cochrane

Founder Blubrry Podcasting and 18 year Podcaster

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2024-08-07 17:12:25

For the record I still have my Blubrry stock and as of this morning still the CEO @npub1dav…j7zw

2024-07-23 14:35:22

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@npub10fp…qqev Subnote we have had audio clips and now video clips to use on Social. But they are produced as physical files. We can probably pretty easily pull the time hacks

2024-07-23 05:17:00

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@npub1nej…m48v We have a new PP release out that should solver the cors conflicts and you should see PP sites updating over next 24 hours.

2024-07-19 05:12:00

One thing that we, as podcasters, need to be fully aware of is the power of both Spotify and YouTube to destroy a show.
I hear from Podcasters who say well, I don't have to worry. My content is not extreme. I will never be deplatformed.
7.5 million subscribers and a channel destroyed by some woke Google executive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KWxaOmVNBE

2024-07-18 02:04:21

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@npub1nej…m48v FYI we tried enabling cors in PP for feeds and we broke a bunch of websites so we have had to revert the build.

2024-07-09 10:17:00

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@npub1nej…m48v The real question is how many podcast hosts do not have cors implemented. I know we do on media, need to check on the other content types.

2024-06-26 12:00:30

LOL I have been behind on the board meeting @npub1df6…ns3a the voice behind that song you played is from Suno.com

2024-06-25 16:49:22

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 Sounds like a great sales opportunity. Frankly its nefarious but hey keeps crap our of Apple Podcasts

2024-06-25 13:22:50

@npub1ln5…xyw6 where do I send my devs to find all the changes to the specs. I heard all these pull request being approved but where is the changelog. For those of us not living in the GitHub.

2024-06-11 06:22:11

Sad day changing my splits so the majority of my sats go to my node and not Alby.
We will likely be removing Alby as an integration partner in our V4V set up as a podcast host and looking to do something different.
This is our opportunity to figure out how to do this with FIAT. Maybe we can tokenize it. Podcast listeners can buy Tokens that can follow micro V4v and the tokens can be cashed out by the podcasters.
Need to think a bit on that.

2024-05-23 10:52:00

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@npub1dzn…4dfn may want to let them know to go buy better, traffic, wink wink

2024-05-09 14:03:32

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@npub1dzn…4dfn Thanks hopefully the apps are honoring the end time

2024-04-24 21:37:58

Why is our live ping not being honored
Here is my live item
<podcast:liveItem status="live" start="2024-04-24T14:55:00-04:00" end="2024-04-24T16:45:00-04:00">
Can someone look at the ping we sent at about 5 minutes after the top of the hour

2024-04-17 20:35:33

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@npub1zyl…mw3t Hmm drop me a note at [email protected] let me know how that would work

2024-04-17 01:22:18

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@npub1zyl…mw3t, I would love to give you a pool of sats that could be streamed to users who listen to my show. A short incentive to get them on a new app.

2024-04-16 16:29:18

@npub1zyl…mw3t So I have some of my fans complaining they are not earning sats when listening to my show. Is there a way for me to fund some sats listeners of my show?

2024-04-15 18:55:45

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/issues/631

2024-04-10 16:08:53

Ok, here is a tech spec question; we know that Podfans and others are allowing a YouTube link to be used in an Alternate Enclosure.
This raises issues with the Alt enclosure spec, requiring time and type as REQUIRED items.
Podfans also wants to see the YouTube link to have MP4 set as a type. but what happens when we have a Rumble, Twitch, X link as the suggested link for alt enclosure
This is a big dev roadblock as its a hack. We need a spec update! ASAP

2024-04-09 20:09:02

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 They wanted the WAV files in a specific format. What they did after that is unknown.

2024-04-04 16:31:15

My thoughts.
https://geeknewscentral.com/2024/04/04/google-podcast-is-dead/

2024-03-26 23:05:30

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@npub1dzn…4dfn make sure that you’re reviewing the monthly reports that we are putting out.

2024-03-21 01:17:47

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@npub1pwl…5qzr @npub1zdh…h72c
https://feeds.blubrry.com/feeds/3715566.xml

2024-03-20 22:40:20

We are introducing Blubrry Podcast AI Assistant, or, as we call it, Blubrry PAI. Six months of team effort went into this. It's a beast.
https://blubrry.com/podcast-insider/2024/03/20/introducing-blubrry-podcast-ai-assistant-blubrry-pai/

2024-03-19 00:26:17

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@npub1n9j…nza0 Thanks ill dig around

2024-03-18 21:41:16

I encourage each of you who knows a YouTuber who does not have an audio companion podcast available via RSS to share this link with them. We want to flip the script and get their content into an audio podcast format.
https://blubrry.com/services/vid2pod/

2024-03-18 21:10:25

Announcing Vid2Pod
Here is our big Announcement
Video-first creators can now take any of their YouTube playlists and automatically create an audio podcast with no overhead, making their YouTube content available to podcast audiences via traditional podcast apps and platforms.
When the YT'er Posts a new video, within minutes of posting, we "automatically" download/convert and publish a new podcast episode that will be distributed to all podcast distribution points and apps.
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/118/505/051/810/801/original/9ef79aa86f706789.mp4

2024-03-13 01:11:07

Adam says I get quiet when we are about to launch some new products. LOL! Next week is shaping up to be epic.

2024-03-12 18:26:17

Shhhhhh, don't tell anyone, but we have some cool Podcasting 2.0 widgets that will be available to all Blubrry Hosting customers tomorrow.
https://geeknewscentral.com/test-page/
Note we also have a trailer widget, but I did not get my trailer recorded yet, lol, and a bunch of episode-level ones as well.

2024-03-12 00:39:45

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@npub1jtm…rxtn They where forced to do it lol

2024-03-07 19:49:44

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@npub1tmc…zavv I surely hope your not encouraging people to use dropbox for podcast media hosting. That is a quick trip to getting your dropbox account canceled and expressly against there terms of service

2024-03-05 16:55:33

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@npub1dus…mkvt @npub1909…myta @npub1ay8…46wf Yepp think we have a bug on our end. Development is looking at it

2024-03-05 16:46:43

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@npub1dus…mkvt @npub1909…myta @npub1ay8…46wf Look at your episode and make sure you have the value splits in the actual episode.

2024-02-24 11:59:26

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@npub186h…h8sr @npub1cn3…h02a Podcasters need to understand who is measuring there shows and who is more worried about accuracy over profits.
Blubrry customers did not see these massive drops, and for good reason, we over-qualifiy download data.
Sure, there was a small drop based on a couple of technical changes in iOS 17 , but the majority of these massive drops were simply due to over-counting on episodes where only a small amount of the file was downloaded.
Podcasters need to wake up!

2024-02-21 17:02:36

Blubrry has made a major update to our media player. Chapter titles are displayed with associated Markers along with a way we show the closed caption data.
The chapter data is autogenerated by our soon-to-be-released AI product which can be fully edited.
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/111/970/309/036/991/894/original/5de9b2bea1cc6603.jpg

2024-01-30 16:11:29

Soooooooo. Is there any update on how your Podcasting 2.0 apps wants the alternate enclosure formatted to accept YouTube videos? I have some extra Dev time next week and would like to fill this

2024-01-28 20:47:02

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@npub1vpk…092y @npub1dft…ta3d Perfect was very unexpected to have him there and weigh in.

2024-01-28 01:27:57

The number one podcasting 2.0 question that I was asked at the Blubrry booth was how come Libsyn is not supporting. I would say all in all podcast 2.0 host will probably pick up at least 20 shows that are going to leave libsyn because of non-support for pod 2.0

2024-01-28 01:25:05

Most of the audience during the pod 2 presentation had not heard the news from Apple, so it gave me a good segway to make sure that they reached out to their hosting providers and ask them if they are providing support for the transcript tag or not.

2024-01-28 01:23:17

Headcount for today’s Podcasting 2.0 presentation was about 75. Seven attendees had heard of 2.0 before we started! In the house was one music artist receiving value for his music! I’m sorry, but I’m not sure the name it may have been Allen Paul? But we discussed the valley time split as part of the last part of the presentation and he helped reaffirm that it’s working his music is currently in the charts, so I’m not sure what number I’m gonna try to figure that out.

2024-01-25 23:15:09

Don’t know if anyone’s heard this or not but Apple has officially adopted the transcript tag in iOS 17.4 beta I got that from the team at rss.com through an email that came directly from Apple and the information is free to be released

2024-01-24 00:20:00

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@npub1df6…ns3a @npub1dzn…4dfn @npub1ln5…xyw6 @npub16jw…gx3q Seeing similar numbers for GNC, not as much for New Media Show.

2024-01-23 01:44:06

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@npub1dft…ta3d @npub1ln5…xyw6 @npub1df6…ns3a I'm Trying to teach my audience about VTS, so I did my first VTS by playing a song at the end of GNC tonight.

2024-01-22 23:57:31

@npub1ln5…xyw6 So where is this top music list you and @npub1df6…ns3a keep talking about..
Agree you all need to post a link resource someplace

2024-01-22 21:19:17

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Big thanks to everyone who sent screenshots.
The one thing I am lacking is podroll implementations. This will be of huge interest to podcasters, yet I have not been able to find Podroll implemented in any apps.
Please let me know where in your apps I can find them!

2024-01-21 00:02:30

I am presenting on Podcasting 2.0 at Podfest next week. I am looking for screenshots from Podcast Apps showing the implementation of Podcasting 2.0 features.
I want to spread the wealth, so if you want to be included in my presentation, email me your screenshots to [email protected]
I need them no later than Monday COB to be included. Thanks

2024-01-12 18:05:46

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@npub1dus…mkvt @npub1rcp…g82c Not sure how to fix that as the stream link works in podverse and the other podcasting 2.0 apps but is not meant for browsers. I have another link for that.

2024-01-11 18:12:15

On day three, we are lit and live here at CES. You can listen or watch for the next 9 hours via your favorite Podcasting 2.0 app. Either on Geek News Central or from the Tech Podcast Network Channels

2024-01-11 18:05:10

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 That is simply ridiculous.

2024-01-09 20:24:24

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@npub1pwl…5qzr That was it thanks

2024-01-09 20:14:12

Im pulling a brain fart what is the site besides helipad that you can see your stats on boosts and streaming sats

2024-01-09 00:27:18

New Stats report along with some Podcast Index Data.
https://blubrry.com/podcast-insider/2024/01/08/january-2023-statistics-report/

2024-01-07 00:19:40

On Tuesday the team from the Tech Podcast Network will be streaming live for 50+ hours over the course of the week from CES 2024
We will have two V4V streams going If you catch us live we appreciate the support.
The show will be up on Geek News Central Audio/Vide and Tech Podcasts Audio/Video
When I am on Mic I will be watching the boost stream and giving shout outs.

2024-01-04 20:57:18

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 Also what is this
paidFeedsWithNewEpisodes

2024-01-04 20:46:48

Hey @npub1ln5…xyw6
In this report. https://stats.podcastindex.org/daily_counts.json
The "EpisodeCountTotal" is that the number of episodes you have counted since the index started?

2023-12-30 04:27:50

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@npub1lep…lllw Because of the cost, I have been using Wowza. It's just cheaper to use a commercial service at this point.

2023-12-29 16:29:24

Due to an issue with my Icecast streaming provider, we had to switch to a new one. For the @npub12x8…mjy3 Fountain team, which media stream URL is better for the lit configuration?
https://altair.streamerr.co/stream/podcastradio
http://altair.streamerr.co:8034/listen.m3u
Im worried about the second one as it may not work on Android
Unlike the last box we where on it does not have a .mp3 streaming link.

2023-12-29 16:24:16

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@npub1jtm…rxtn LOL Yepp Daniels plugin has not been updated, so I removed it manually.

2023-12-28 22:47:59

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@npub1jtm…rxtn Geek News Central gets, on average, between 3.5 and 4 million monthly search results hits. The ten other sites do not get that combined, so it's purely web traffic. I was paying close to 800 a month it looks like I will be around 240 now, which is a massive savings.
Podcast Awards is on different infrastructure and so its not included in this stack.

2023-12-28 20:39:37

Remind me to not move 11 websites all at once again. What a pain in the ass. FWIW no longer using dedicated servers but on a very high-end managed solution. Worth every penny so far. Still ended up saving over $500 in server costs per month.

2023-12-20 20:20:18

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@npub1823…zdth @npub1n7c…qf7l @npub1dft…ta3d @npub1sck…vn7z @npub1hnu…frtl
I have all the liquidity I need at the moment but would love a tutorial on rebalancing. I never can seem to get it to work.

2023-12-18 20:09:08

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 @npub1df6…ns3a @npub1g8a…ald3 @npub17d6…v8qz @npub1vpk…092y @npub1pa0…pfyr @npub1hnu…frtl @npub1n7c…qf7l Especially when your own production feed is used for testing.

2023-12-15 18:30:00

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@npub1vpk…092y The balancing of channels is what I wish someone would do a video about in Thunderhub that's still magic to me

2023-12-15 18:28:12

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@npub1vpk…092y @npub1sck…vn7z
But if your API is integrated, podcasters can still sign up for an account. This will impact listeners though but hopefully listeners will use fountain etc.

2023-12-13 00:51:58

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@npub1df6…ns3a 03e3024809ec66a9725c6cba9731eb8bc644fdb86da0ce8eaeb3a1463ac3395f33@anhox3tmtxnjup7b3sjpvceevuaqglw26k2g4gyvqta46geivjcbo3ad.onion:9735

2023-12-12 19:51:02

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@npub1df6…ns3a @npub10fp…qqev @npub1ln5…xyw6 @npub1jtm…rxtn
Adam, in that regard, you are correct that it could be an HLS video enclosure, but how are you deriving the direct link to the media?

2023-12-12 19:42:27

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@npub1df6…ns3a @npub10fp…qqev @npub1ln5…xyw6 @npub1jtm…rxtn
Behind on the board room. I still do not think we should encourage podcasters to do this hack. Those who want a true video podcast should seek hosts that provide it.

2023-12-12 19:31:59

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@npub1pwl…5qzr @npub10fp…qqev @npub1ln5…xyw6 @npub1df6…ns3a @npub1jtm…rxtn
The problem is simple: you cannot watch a YouTube video without an internet connection. A true video podcast can be consumed with no internet connection, the same as Audio. This has been the case since the beginning of podcasting.

2023-12-12 17:28:13

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@npub10fp…qqev @npub1ln5…xyw6 @npub1df6…ns3a @npub1jtm…rxtn
Sad that you're supporting YouTube fuck them.

2023-12-11 18:13:52

ValueTimeSplit in both PowerPress and the Blubrry dashboard will be launched this afternoon.

2023-12-07 15:07:57

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@npub1pwl…5qzr @npub1ln5…xyw6 But Wallet switching is a feature, not an actual podcasting 2.0 tag as listed on some of the apps that have listed there podcasting 2.0 tag implementations

2023-11-16 05:02:07

@npub1df6…ns3a
Can you please remove the following duplicate listings from the index
NMS
https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6548630
GNC
https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6515037
https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6058833
https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6227234

2023-11-13 04:23:49

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@npub1jtm…rxtn @npub1tmc…zavv @npub16wr…700m @npub1372…4cds Blubrry's support of Podroll will be per spec, allowing a podcaster to include references to one or more podcasts as a way of "recommending" other podcasts to their listener.
It will have a lookup function so that the podcaster can search for a show.

2023-11-02 14:58:31

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@npub17d6…v8qz @npub1df6…ns3a @npub1ln5…xyw6 @npub1eq7…lzxz @npub1g6p…dgtx @npub1vpk…092y @npub1823…zdth @npub1sck…vn7z @npub1zak…urh0 @npub1ay8…46wf @npub1pa0…pfyr @npub1ggr…cd64 @npub1hnu…frtl @npub10fp…qqev @npub1z07…yuc0 @npub1mpz…4nus @npub16y2…avlz @npub1k6c…8lqm
Yet you have to be a rocket scientist to submit a article LOL

2023-11-01 22:34:12

So the Battle begins to protect Podcasting from the interlopers
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/111/337/434/781/401/911/original/a2f3c6e521e20193.png

2023-10-25 17:04:16

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 We are working on how to explain this to podcasters and this was obviously done by geeks.
There should be a new type to describe this because what do the apps do with it, you could end up with episodes, playlist from feeds etc.
Because how do the apps know what to do with the channel level remote items.
Its been a major sticking point for us developing this.

2023-10-24 23:52:14

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 OK what the heck is a synthetic feed

2023-10-24 19:48:02

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 yes

2023-10-24 16:32:01

So on remote item podroll and vts is self explanatory. What are the use case for the channel level standalone?

2023-10-22 02:50:42

The Podcast Death Star approaches man your battle stations!
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/111/275/923/065/614/255/original/7f2af4943fe27326.png

2023-10-17 16:26:18

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@npub1vpk…092y @npub14xq…afu2 @npub1ln5…xyw6 @npub1rdu…rnz0 This is why we did what we did to Podcast Mirror is to give shows that cannot get the music tag v4v the opportunity to do so.
If we start shimming in the music tag by manually setting it for SoundCloud feeds, I'm gonna be pissed. As that is who we are targeting amongst others that have not adapted..
Apps are free to do what they want but the index should not.

2023-10-07 16:40:29

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@npub17d6…v8qz @npub1df6…ns3a @npub1vpk…092y @npub1dwu…hc2f @npub1pwl…5qzr yes, we have supported the medium tag and item level for a while now, and we have item level splits. Of course, both with powerpress for WordPress, If they have their own website, they can self host everything and be ready or they can host with us as well. For artist on SoundCloud already this makes it exceptionally easy for them to bring their RSSto podcast mirror as well. Or even those on waveLake 100% transparency on their feed splits.

2023-10-06 19:18:28

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 No we do not do any caching at all, but if they have a caching plugin that is caching RSS feeds, let us know we will reach out to the plugin creator.

2023-10-06 19:16:59

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@npub1vpk…092y @npub17d6…v8qz @npub1df6…ns3a @npub1dwu…hc2f @npub1pwl…5qzr Yes of course :) These are all channel level. https://www.podcastmirror.com/podcasting-2-0/

2023-10-06 15:29:18

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@npub17d6…v8qz @npub1df6…ns3a @npub1vpk…092y @npub1dwu…hc2f @npub1pwl…5qzr Hope you would consider adding PodcastMirror.com to your resources. Music hosted anyplace that has a RSS feed can be used with PodcastMirror to setup V4V in about 10 minutes.

2023-09-21 19:39:07

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@npub19v7…al4a Podcast Mirror is a feed mirror service that allows the injection of Podcasting 2.0 features at the channel level only. There are no episode features available at all. Thus we are not able to support episode level.
We do not look and or touch the media file.
There is no mechanism currently to flag an mp3 embedded or show note-embedded chapter markers into a compliant episode chapters file and is likely beyond 99% of all podcaster's capability to do this.

2023-09-21 15:44:58

Official announcement about Podcast Mirror update supporting Podcasting 2.0 features for non-compliant Podcast hosts.
https://www.prweb.com/releases/blubrry-podcasting-relaunches-podcast-mirror-with-new-features-and-pricing-301934309.html

2023-09-18 23:11:29

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 @npub1df6…ns3a I just back the number out from the 3% that we get! Blew me away when I looked at it today!

2023-09-18 23:05:13

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@npub1df6…ns3a V4V that is pure Satoshi boosts and streams

2023-09-18 22:25:24

Blubrry Podcasters, as of today, have earned over the equivalent of 10,000 dollars.
Or 40,312,040 Satoshis

2023-08-20 19:26:29

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@npub1jtm…rxtn @npub1dzn…4dfn there is a show level tag and a episode level tag for location. The show level tag is being used by most people to show the location of where the podcast originates where an episode level tag is showing where it may a specific episode was created, regardless of what the spec says.

2023-08-14 21:32:22

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@npub1anf…2trg Feature description is up to us on the hosting side. We have had few issues in having people understand the features.

2023-08-11 18:43:12

Part 2
I am not throwing any shade. We are lucky most of this works.
But as we move forward, think about user workflows, information bubbles, and documentation. All of this is critical.
Grab a Podcaster and say Go, watch them in a screen share, and do not say anything. It's very telling.
Take notes. Lets get all these tools ready for primetime. Because honestly, I do not want to build it all, I would rather integrate.

2023-08-07 19:16:20

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@npub1823…zdth Of course 20% of our customers do not have WordPress and obviously 100% Podcast 2.0

2023-08-07 19:02:44

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@npub1823…zdth We would love to have you on Blubrry.

2023-08-06 18:22:43

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 They get VTS, it's the host, aka @npub1df6…ns3a production process..
They don't get how he does it live and then the sync process for the released show.

2023-08-06 17:41:25

@npub1df6…ns3a Can you please write a blog post on the process you are currently using to produce Boostagram Ball.
I have been talking with some folks that cannot wrap their brain around this.
The most significant piece that is hurting there brain is VTS. Maybe some screen shots, aka video demos would be awesome.

2023-08-06 17:18:31

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 We knew this would be an issue when Apple essentially increased the allowable limit. For many years we have had a feature in PowerPress that allows the feed metadata to be minimized beyond the last ten episodes. This has helped, but still, podcasters do not understand the impact of increasing their feed could to ridiculous numbers.

2023-07-24 21:43:36

@npub1ln5…xyw6 When you get a chance, we have submitted a pull in GitHub for the new tags we support.

2023-07-17 15:29:08

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@npub1jtm…rxtn @npub186h…h8sr That must be cached data because everything on NMS is SSL and was converted a long time ago.

2023-07-14 14:37:47

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@npub1jtm…rxtn Radio UserLand, was never a podcast app that synced media to a mp3 player. Radio Userland displayed the media link or if I remember correctly had a flash player.
The ability to sync media was not part of it.