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What are the minimum system requirements required for Podcast Station?
How do I know which version of DirectX is installed on my computer?
What soundcards does Podcast Station work with?
How do I convert MP3 files into RSS files?
What are the minimum system requirements required for Podcast Station?
- An analog microphone that can plug into your sound card
- Windows 2000 or XP
- Pentium 3 or higher
- DirectX 9 or higher
- Soundcard (audio device) with current WDM/DirectSound audio drivers
How do I know which version of DirectX is installed on my computer?
You need to launch the Microsoft DirectX Diagnostic Tool. Click on the "Start" button, select "Run" from the menu, type in "dxdiag" and click "OK". As dxdiag starts up, it collects information about your system. If it asks you about checking driver signatures, just say no (as Nancy used to say). The DirectX version installed on your computer is displayed in the lower center of the first tab window. The remaining tabs contain information about hardware devices on your computer, including your soundcards. Soundcards with drivers whose type is "emulated" will NOT work with Podcast Station. The driver type must be "WDM" for proper performance.
If dxdiag does not start (meaning you don't have it), or if you discover that you need to update your version of DirectX, you may download the latest version from Microsoft at www.microsoft.com/windows/directx.
What soundcards does Podcast Station work with?
Any audio device (sound card) with a native WDM/DirectSound driver should work with Podcast Station. ASIO devices are NOT currently supported.
If you have a device which is not on this list, please let us know how it works and we'll add it for the benefit of others.
Podcast Station is known to work with these audio devices:
- Internal PCI Soundcards
- AudioScience ASI 4215/4342/5044
- Digigram VX222
- EchoAudio Mia
- LynxStudio LynxTWO
- M-Audio Delta 44
- Soundblaster Audigy LS
- Soundblaster Live!
- Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
- Audio Chipsets
- Intel AC97
- Realtek HD
- SoundMAX
- Via Envy 24
- External USB and FireWire Devices
- Behringer FCA202
- Logitech AK5370 (USB microphone)
- Presonus FireBox
- Presonus FirePod
- M-Audio Mobile Pre
- Podcast Station does NOT support these (ASIO) devices:
- Lexicon Omega
- Edirol UA5/UA25
How do I convert MP3 files into RSS files?
You don't. RSS files are XML files which means they are text files. You can open them and edit them with any ASCII text editor such as WordPad or NotePad. (By default, Windows opens RSS files in your internet browser, which is a good way to see them displayed neatly, and to verify that they follow XML protocol. Most browsers will not open invalid RSS files. But you can't edit an RSS file in your internet browser.) RSS files simply contain information about the audio and image files which comprise your podcast channel. This information is organized in a particular way which has become more or less standardized.
Here are some web resources about RSS files:
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