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Mac OS X ServerPodcast Composer User GuideVersion 10.6 Snow Leopard

10Use this chapter to learn concepts about Podcast Composer and how you can use it to create Podcast Producer workows.Podcast Producer workows are

Chapter 1 Podcast Composer Overview 11How Podcast Composer WorksPodcast Composer groups the process of building a workow into seven stages that

Navigating the Podcast Composer StagesPodcast Composer provides several ways to view and navigate stages.Using the Arrow KeysUse the Up and Down arrow

Chapter 1 Podcast Composer Overview 13Remember to periodically save your workow while working on it.To congure basic workow settings, see Cha

14Use this chapter to set the name, author, and description information of a workow.Every workow denes a set of metadata or information about the

Chapter 2 Conguring Basic Workow Information 15Description—A brief description of your workow. The description you enter here Âhelps Podcast

16Use this chapter to learn how to specify the types of the input sources to the workow in the Import stage of Podcast Composer.In the Import stage

Chapter 3 Conguring the Import Stage 17Montage—Documents as input to the workow. These documents can be movies, Âimages, Keynote presentation

Conguring Single SourceIf you want the workow to create a podcast from only one QuickTime movie, select and congure the Single Source option of the

Chapter 3 Conguring the Import Stage 19 4 If you want the workow to automatically detect changes in the input movie and use this information

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Conguring Dual SourceIf you want the workow to create a podcast from two QuickTime movies, select and congure the Dual Source option of the Import

Chapter 3 Conguring the Import Stage 21Keynote Presentation—This picture-in-picture composition displays the screen Ârecording movie in full s

Conguring MontageIf you want the workow to create a podcast from movies, images, Keynote presentations, Pages documents, PDF les, Word les, and Po

Chapter 3 Conguring the Import Stage 23The documents are ordered in the slide show by their alpha-numeric order based on the le names of the s

5 If you want Podcast Composer to automatically detect changes in the input movies and use this information to assign chapters in the generated podc

25Use this chapter to congure the introduction, title, and exit movies, and add a watermark to your podcast.In the Edit stage of Podcast Composer

You can also add transitions between these items.In the Edit stage, Podcast Composer places the branding items and the input movie in a timeline from

Chapter 4 Conguring the Edit Stage 27In the Edit stage, you can drag movies and watermarks onto the corresponding elements in the timeline and

Adding and Conguring an Introduction MovieBy default, the lm strip in the Edit stage includes an introduction movie. If an introduction movie isn’t

Chapter 4 Conguring the Edit Stage 29Adding and Conguring a Title MovieBy default, the lm strip in the Edit stage includes a title movie. If

5 Preface: About This Guide5 What’s in This Guide6 Using Onscreen Help7 Document Map7 Viewing PDF Guides Onscreen8 Printing PDF Guides8 Gettin

Depending on your selection from the Bumper title pop-up menu, some of these items might be disabled. 6 Click Done. 7 Choose File > Save.Adding a

Chapter 4 Conguring the Edit Stage 31To add a watermark to the input movie: 1 In Podcast Composer, go to the Edit stage (choose Stages > Ed

Adding and Conguring an Exit MovieBy default, the lm strip in the Edit stage includes an exit movie. If an exit movie isn’t present, click the Add (

Chapter 4 Conguring the Edit Stage 33Conguring TransitionsYou can congure transitions between movies in the Edit stage.To congure transition

Previewing the PodcastThe Edit stage provides a live preview window where you can preview the QuickTime movie generated by the Edit stage. While the w

35Use this chapter to learn how to specify the encoding formats to use for publishing your podcast.In the Export stage of Podcast Composer, you se

Audio: AAC-LC Music, Mono, 24 kbps, 16 kHzPodcast Composer lets you specify custom encoding formats that you create with the Compressor application,

Chapter 5 Conguring the Export Stage 37Adding QuickTime Encoding FormatsYou can add up to four QuickTime encoding formats in the Export stage.T

Adding Compressor FormatsPodcast Composer supports encoding formats that you create using the Compressor application. However, you must rst install C

39Use this chapter to specify and congure the publishing destinations of your podcast.In the Publish stage, you specify a destination for each po

4 Contents39 Chapter 6: Conguring the Publish Stage40 Sending Content to the Podcast Library42 Sending Content to an Apple Wiki Server43 Se

Sending Content to the Podcast LibraryThe Podcast Library is where Podcast Producer stores published content. The Podcast Library publishes the conten

Chapter 6 Conguring the Publish Stage 41To add the Podcast Library to the Publish stage: 1 In Podcast Composer, go to the Publish stage (choos

Sending Content to an Apple Wiki ServerOne way to publish podcasts is to post your podcast on an Apple blog. You can add one or more Apple blog destin

Chapter 6 Conguring the Publish Stage 43Submitting user’s blog—The blog of the user who submitted the podcast. ÂCustom blog—In the correspondin

To send a podcast to a backup le system: 1 In Podcast Composer, go to the Publish stage (choose Stages > Publish or press Command-5). 2 Click th

Chapter 6 Conguring the Publish Stage 45Sending Content to the Watch Folder of Final Cut ServerIn the Publish stage of Podcast Composer, you ca

Sending Content to a Shared FolderThe Publish stage of Podcast Composer lets you send content to a shared folder. You can add one or more shared fold

Chapter 6 Conguring the Publish Stage 47 5 To use day folders, select “Use day folders.”This option creates an intermediate folder for every d

A dialog appears. 3 Click the Add (+) button to add media les to the list of media les to send to Podcast Producer. 4 In the Workow eld, enter t

49Use this chapter to learn how to create notications, which Podcast Producer sends to announce published podcasts.In the Notify stage of Podcast

5This guide describes how to use Podcast Composer to create Podcast Producer workows.Mac OS X Server includes Podcast Composer, an application for

Adding Email NoticationsIn the Notify stage, you can add one or more email notications.To add an Email notication: 1 In Podcast Composer, go to th

Chapter 7 Conguring the Notify Stage 51Others—Select this option and enter the email addresses (separated by commas) Âof the notication reci

For more information about setting up an iChat server, see iChat Service Administration.To add an iChat notication: 1 In Podcast Composer, go to th

Chapter 7 Conguring the Notify Stage 53Others—Select this option and enter the iChat addresses (separated by commas) of Âthe notication recip

Adding iTunes U NoticationsIn the Notify stage, you can add iTunes U notications. You specify the address of the iTunes U site to send the noticati

Chapter 7 Conguring the Notify Stage 55Adding Third-Party Service NoticationsIn the Notify stage, you can add Service notications. You specif

56Use this chapter to learn how to use Podcast Composer to verify, deploy, and manage workows.Podcast Composer allows to upload and download worko

Chapter 8 Managing Workows 57To see a summary of your workow:In Podcast Composer, go to the Summary stage (choose Stages > Summary or press

Using the Workow InspectorThe Workow Inspector in Podcast Composer lets you:Specify the poster image for the podcast. This is the image associated w

Chapter 8 Managing Workows 59Verifying a WorkowBefore deploying a completed workow, it is good practice to verify the workow, even though Po

6 Preface About This GuideNote: Because Apple periodically releases new versions and updates to its software, images shown in this book may b

Deploying a WorkowWhen you nish building a workow, you can use Podcast Composer to upload the workow bundle to a Podcast Producer server. Podcast

Chapter 8 Managing Workows 61Opening a Workow RemotelyTo make a local copy of a workow residing on a Podcast Producer server, use the File &

62Use this chapter to perform advanced Podcast Composer tasks such as customizing email templates and Quartz Composer compositions.Extending Podcast

Chapter 9 Advanced Podcast Composer Topics 63Making Resources Available to Podcast ComposerPodcast Composer stores all the resources needed to b

Important: If two resources with the same name are in the ~/Library/Application Support/Podcast Composer/Resources/ and /Library/Application Support/

Chapter 9 Advanced Podcast Composer Topics 65Working with ThemesBy default, Podcast Composer ships with one theme. However, if you add custom th

Title movie—Whether to add a title movie to the podcast. ÂTitle movie transition—Whether to add a transition between the title movie and the Âinput m

Chapter 9 Advanced Podcast Composer Topics 67Modifying Info.plistIn the Contents/Info.plist le, change the values of the following keys:CFBundl

Conguring the Introduction Movie TransitionTo congure the introduction movie transition, under the introTransition key, modify the values of the fol

Chapter 9 Advanced Podcast Composer Topics 69Conguring the WatermarkIn the theme.plist le, the contentWatermark key lets you congure a title

Preface About This Guide 7Document MapMac OS X Server v10.6 has a suite of guides that cover management of individual services. Each service may

Applying a Theme to a PodcastThemes provide a consistent look and feel to your podcast, especially if your podcast consists of movies created by dier

Chapter 9 Advanced Podcast Composer Topics 71Transitions ÂThis folder contains the transition bundles.To customize Quartz Composer compositions

8 Locate the Quartz Composer le (ends with .qtz) which denes the composition.For example, Contents/Resources/DualSource.qtz.A .qtz le is a Quartz

Chapter 9 Advanced Podcast Composer Topics 73Customizing the Email TemplatePodcast Composer uses an email template to compose email notications

4 In the Contents/Info.plist le inside the bundle, change the value of the CFBundleIdentier key by replacing ApplePodcast with the new name.This n

AApple TV 35audio encoding formats 35Author eld 14Bblogs 42CCompressor 36, 38Copyright eld 15DDescription eld 15documentation 7, 8dual sour

76 IndexQQuartz Composer 70Quick Look 17, 22QuickTime encoding formats 35, 37QuickTime moviesediting 25, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34workow inputs

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