More about RSS feeds/podcasting

A podcast or RSS feed is nothing more than a convenient way to download audio to listen to on your own computer or digital audio player. The advantage of subscribing to a podcast/RSS feed is that you will automatically receive new downloads as soon as they become available – you don’t have to keep visiting the web site to see if there’s anything new.

There are more detailed articles about RSS feeds and podcasting on Wikipedia.

As an emergent technology, RSS feeds will only be viewable in the latest versions of Internet browsers. Here is a simple list outlining browsers and their versions which can read an RSS feed within its own browser (with no third-party plug-ins required)

• Internet Explorer 7.0 (or later)
• Opera 8.0 (or later)
• Netscape Browser 8.1 (or later)
• Firefox 2.0 (or later)

If you don’t use any of the above don't worry! There are a range of RSS feed readers available via the Internet (type "RSS reader" into your favourite search engine) which will work equally well.

How to subscribe

The method used to subscribe to a podcast depends on which podcast software you decide to use.