Difference between Mixtape & Podcast?

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August 3, 2015 at 12:31 am #2232681

Todd Oddity
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You have your definitions a little mixed up…

A mashup or remix is something you do to one track to change it up (probably only a few minutes long). A mixtape is a whole DJed set (many minutes, or even hours long).

A podcast is a form of distribution, one of many possible ways you could send out your mixtapes.

I’m generalizing a bit here, but hopefully you get the basics.

August 3, 2015 at 10:41 am #2232861

Neshh
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Ohh. Okay
thanks

August 3, 2015 at 7:01 pm #2233771

Robert Ticho
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A lot of people call their mixes podcasts when they are not podcasts. A podcast is serialized (usually release periodically) that can be read by an RSS feed, subscribed to, and downloaded to a podcast player.

Technically there are no podcasts on mixcloud or soundcloud since there is no way to subscribe and automatically download the content.

Examples of podcast players:
iphone podcast player
Downcast
Overcast

August 6, 2015 at 8:23 am #2234881

AuralCandy.Net
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Yup, Rob Ticho is right. The word “podcast” is grossly misused, just like the word “cloud” in computing.

Anything that is not using RSS-feed format is not a podcast, since the whole point of podcasting is to have a standardized format that can be subscribed and delivered automatically independent of device, operating system or client software.

August 6, 2015 at 10:14 am #2235281

DJ Chris Bush
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What’s funny is that the name “podcasts” stuck but very few people use iPods to listen to them any more.
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