Anchor - podcasting via phone

[Fantômas]

They have podcasting software as well as hosting services. Not sure what the catch is (ie how they are able to do it without charging)

anchor.fm/

edit: Some articles, which have some info on the money side of things

techcrunch.com/2018/02/22/anchors-new-app-offers-everything-you-need-to-podcast-including-free-hosting/
www.theverge.com/2018/2/22/17033344/anchor-3-podcasting-tools-platform-hosting
www.engadget.com/2018/02/22/anchor-revamp-as-full-podcast-creation-app/

[logan9a]

Well, I am uploading stuff to it as a test.

It couldn't hurt to have more platforms to get the word out.

I don't think there is anything to keep them from ripping it all down (like that other service did back in the day) - so I am a bit nervous about that

But it's free so I'll give it a try. With a lot of luck we might get people sent over to youtube and get some more subscribers there. We need a fairly crazy amount of subscribers. (But even then it would only be a couple hundred a month from youtube Logan - hey - at my current state that would still be a pretty big deal.)

[logan9a]

anchor.fm/ataw/episodes/S1E1-The-Communist-Chinese-Connection-part-1-of-11-parts-e1907e/a-a2tjcr

It appears that if I try to upload more than one part at a time, it gets messed up. This is not good.

[logan9a]

OK - I put up a full episode on to Anchor (11 parts).

We'll have to see how it does. If it does well, I will suck it up and put more stuff on there but it is a PITA because I have to upload each part separately or it loses and mislabels some of the parts. And puts them in the wrong order.

[logan9a]

Problem - I've no idea what the RSS feed is. Other people don't seem to know either. For some reason it seems Anchor might be trying to keep it secret. Which is counter productive, counter intuitive and counter something else so we have three things.

[thad]

"You can also find your Anchor RSS feed from your podcast settings, in the advanced section."

Found it:

anchor.fm/s/318b78c/podcast/rss

[logan9a]

Apr 3, 2018 9:13:33 GMT thad said:

"You can also find your Anchor RSS feed from your podcast settings, in the advanced section."

Found it:

anchor.fm/s/318b78c/podcast/rss

FOUND IT! Thanks Jamas!

[logan9a]

Pete and others listening via podcast - is everything working thus far in general for the podcast stuff?

[Fantômas]

At the end of each ep there is several seconds of silence, then an ad for Anchor. The silence is long enough that I've wondered a few times if the podcast had stopped playing or I've been having sound problems.

[logan9a]

Apr 20, 2018 3:52:55 GMT Fantômas said:

At the end of each ep there is several seconds of silence, then an ad for Anchor. The silence is long enough that I've wondered a few times if the podcast had stopped playing or I've been having sound problems.

Hum. That sounds like something Anchor is badly putting in. No problem with finding the right order and stuff? When I looked at the list it looked messy and I worried.