iTunes user? + Click here to subscribe to the ianmasters.org podcast.


You may subscribe other ways also:

To subscribe to any podcast using iTunes (other aggregators work in a similar way):

Open iTunes.

Click on the 'advanced' pull-down menu.

Select 'Subscribe to podcast'

Paste the link: http://ianmasters.org/podcast.rss

And you're set.

Modern browsers also have an automatic 'subscribe to this feed' or 'subscribe to this podcast' function. Using the Firefox browser it is on the top of the window when viewing any rss page ('subscribe to this podcast using'). Using the Safari browser, it is on the lower right side of the window ('Subscribe in iTunes').

You may also drag any rss link icon from desktop to iTunes to subscribe to it.

In order to listen to mp3s you will need an mp3 playing program.

Your browser is set up to deal with different kinds of files in different ways. Some files it displays in the browser window itself, some file types need other applications to display or play the content.



If you are a Macintosh user, the included mp3 player, iTunes is a good choice.

In OSX: If iTunes is selected as your default media player, your browser will open iTunes automatically after clicking on a link to a .pls (or .m3u) playlist file. To set it: iTunes -> Preferences -> Advanced -> 'Use iTunes for Internet Music Playback'.



If you are a Linux/Unix user, we recommendXMMS for X11. Or mpg123 for shell.



If you are a windows user, we recommend winamp. Windows Media Player and Real Player feed ads to their users, we do not recommend using them.

Once Winamp is installed it will automatically set itself as the default player for the files you want to listen to (you can check this by clicking on the box in the top left of the main WinAmp menu then Options->Preferences->Setup->File Types). After you have done this the mp3 files should launch automatically in winamp when clicked on in your web browser.

mp3 is a compressed audio format, the object of such formats is to squeeze the highest fidelity from the smallest amount of data.

The files on ianmasters.org are all mp3 format, compressed at 24k (24 kilobits per second) and 80k.

Most dial-up connections can easily handle 24k/sec. streams.

DSL/Cable and other high speed connections can easily transfer 80k/sec. streams.

Sometimes the data stream will be interrupted or slowed, this is why data is 'buffered' in the memory of your computer.