Anybody use Libsyn?

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05-26-2014, 09:10 PM
MovieBuff

Anybody use Libsyn?

Anybody use Libsyn?
http://www.libsyn.com/

Go to: 42m41s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JesL...tu.be&t=42m41s
05-27-2014, 08:25 AM
Dan Ortego

No, although there was a recent podcast by Ray Ortega where they had a guy from libsyn explaining its features. I know that it's something I would be interested in at some point.
05-27-2014, 11:09 AM
domineaux

Two hour podcast = too long-winded.

He would do better to have scripted to save viewers time. Disrespectful, maybe.

Anyway, I didn't watch it.
05-27-2014, 11:49 AM
MovieBuff

Quote:

Originally Posted by domineaux

Two hour podcast = too long-winded.

He would do better to have scripted to save viewers time. Disrespectful, maybe.

Anyway, I didn't watch it.

He was doing a live web broadcast via YouTube Live. He was replying to live questions by e-mail and Twitter.
05-28-2014, 05:25 AM
podcastcoach

I've used Libsyn since 2005

I just compared Libsyn, Blubrry.com, Soundcloud, Amazon S3, Spreaker, and Podbean. You can hear it at www.schoolofpodcasting.com/410 or read about it at here
05-28-2014, 09:44 AM
andrewzarian

Quote:

Originally Posted by podcastcoach

I just compared Libsyn, Blubrry.com, Soundcloud, Amazon S3, Spreaker, and Podbean. You can hear it at www.schoolofpodcasting.com/410 or read about it at here

Thanks for this post! very informative. I am currently looking to find a new host for video. the issue is one of our more popular shows uses around 20 TB a month.
05-28-2014, 10:10 AM
podcastcoach

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Originally Posted by andrewzarian

Thanks for this post! very informative. I am currently looking to find a new host for video. the issue is one of our more popular shows uses around 20 TB a month.

I know Libsyn and Blubrry say unlimited bandwidth. It would be interested to see if 20TB would make them blink.
06-21-2014, 05:24 PM
James Hickman

A lot of podcasters swear by it, but i don't get it. Seems overpriced and most of the "bonuses" you can get from the more costly plans you can get for free elsewhere.
06-21-2014, 05:30 PM
podcastcoach

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Hickman

A lot of podcasters swear by it, but i don't get it. Seems overpriced and most of the "bonuses" you can get from the more costly plans you can get for free elsewhere.

The problem with free, is its not a very good business model. In the last 10 years I've seen NUMEROUS companies try the free model. I've tried it at the grocery store. It didn't work. I tried it at the gas station. It didn't work. It turns out that companies that stay in business, provide good service, and good support, need to charge for it. Case in point, I've tried three different skype recording software. In doing less than 10 episodes with each, they all had errors and ate the interview. Thankfully they were tests.
06-22-2014, 09:08 AM
domineaux

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Hickman

A lot of podcasters swear by it, but i don't get it. Seems overpriced and most of the "bonuses" you can get from the more costly plans you can get for free elsewhere.

You have made one posting here. You are in the right place I suggest. The starter post for this thread has a pretty good explanation, and there are other sites you can pretty easily research and learn what you need.

You can rent alot of server space nowadays for $20 per month, so I can understand reluctance.

When you get into podcasting and use jingles and other promotional things during broadcasts the services are alot of help.
They are always up, and their downloads are seamless. That helps alot, especially when you are live.

Be patient, you should get some good information on your podcasting on these forums.
06-22-2014, 11:18 AM
James Hickman

Quote:

Originally Posted by podcastcoach

The problem with free, is its not a very good business model. In the last 10 years I've seen NUMEROUS companies try the free model. I've tried it at the grocery store. It didn't work. I tried it at the gas station. It didn't work. It turns out that companies that stay in business, provide good service, and good support, need to charge for it. Case in point, I've tried three different skype recording software. In doing less than 10 episodes with each, they all had errors and ate the interview. Thankfully they were tests.

Paying for things that you can get for free or just do yourself IS the bad business model.

Your skype point is a great example of that. If I want to record a Skype call I’m not going to spend money on a new program (and add one more step, and point of failure, to my workflow), I’m just going to use the mixer and DAW I already have.

As for libsyn it would a waist of money for me to pay them 20+ bucks a month for “media transcoding.” I can do that myself for free.

Also, I don’t sugest using whatever free “solution” you can find, that’s pretty silly. I’m talking about using stuff like Google Analytics. Sure it’s free and you have to do a little extra work to track podcasts, but it is legit. Fortune 500 companies use it.

I’m pretty hands on though. I like to know how everything works and have as much control over it as I can. Libsyn is just not for me. It would be a great solution somebody that just wants to focus on the creative side and not worry about the technical side, or just doesn’t have the time to be as hands on.
06-22-2014, 12:17 PM
James Hickman

Quote:

Originally Posted by domineaux

You have made one posting here. You are in the right place I suggest. The starter post for this thread has a pretty good explanation, and there are other sites you can pretty easily research and learn what you need.

You can rent alot of server space nowadays for $20 per month, so I can understand reluctance.

When you get into podcasting and use jingles and other promotional things during broadcasts the services are alot of help.
They are always up, and their downloads are seamless. That helps alot, especially when you are live.

Be patient, you should get some good information on your podcasting on these forums.

Make that 3 posts! Woot! Chugging right along…

I use is squarespace. It makes the most sense for me.
They don’t actively market to podcasters but it’s nearly perfect IMHO.
For 20 bucks a month (less if you commit to a year) you can get unlimited bandwidth, unlimited storage, and no monthly upload caps like libsyn has.
The only limit is a file size of 160MB per podcast. Which is honestly plenty of room. If you need more you can use dropbox or google drive.
They provide stats and the make it super easy to plug in Google analytics. On top of that you a fully fleshed-out WYSIWYG website editor. With a bunch of legit web 2.0ish templates.
07-27-2014, 08:40 AM
domineaux

1. it would be interesting to read a review of your experience with the squarespace. Other members may be intersted as well.

2. it would be important to know just how well it integrates and works on your website.

3. it would interesting to know how well all the linking with feedburner, itunes, etc were facilitated

4. it would be interesting to know how responsive the server is when you are live broadcast

I am not knocking it by any means. I am intersted to know.

Thanks,

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Hickman

Make that 3 posts! Woot! Chugging right along…

I use is squarespace. It makes the most sense for me.
They don’t actively market to podcasters but it’s nearly perfect IMHO.
For 20 bucks a month (less if you commit to a year) you can get unlimited bandwidth, unlimited storage, and no monthly upload caps like libsyn has.
The only limit is a file size of 160MB per podcast. Which is honestly plenty of room. If you need more you can use dropbox or google drive.
They provide stats and the make it super easy to plug in Google analytics. On top of that you a fully fleshed-out WYSIWYG website editor. With a bunch of legit web 2.0ish templates.