WebPod Studio Professional Edition

WebPod Studio is the world's leading podcasting software that produces both audio and video PodCasts WebPod Studio Professional Edition is the leader of the podcasting applications in the world which will produce both audio and video PodCasts. This software was designed to help both novice and experienced pc users to create, gather content, and produce quality audio and video broadcasting for the Internet.

In addition, user-designed broadcasts can be uploaded to existing servers and archived on those servers, or burned onto CD or DVD discs. Various output options are available for transcripts and other materials to produced for the broadcasts and to establish connectivity to the be world of Rich Site Summary (RSS) and Blogging.

All features are there to help you create podcasts. In addition, user-designed broadcasts can be uploaded to existing servers and archived on those servers, or burned onto CD or DVD discs. Various output options are available for transcripts and other materials to be produced for the broadcasts and to establish connectivity to the world of Rich Site Summary (RSS) and Blogging. All features are there to help you create podcasts.

The integrated Studio director assists the novice user in selecting the correct feature for what the user wishes to accomplish in that session while ensuring that the user will see the appropriate wizard on start-up.

It is this technology that makes WebPod Studio so easy to work with. All actions are done in small gradual steps, asking simple and direct questions through either ticking options or pull-down menus. Virtually all options are pre-selected based on available hardware and anticipated needs. This will help you create podcasts fast and efficiently. Designed around the 'less is more' philosophy, WebPod Studio will extract all the needed information in very few steps, yet will still harness the full power of available audio and video capabilities.

WebPod Studio takes the tedious side of publishing out of the equation by making the publishing process as simple and transparent as possible. Overall, the publishing of generated data will take no more then three steps. Same applies to the generating of the RSS file which will carry the data linking to the actual PodCasts located on the same server.

With WebPod Studio, recording is really as simple as plugging in the microphone, hooking up the camera, and your set to go.

Here are some key features of "WebPod Studio Professional Edition":
Interface is localization enabled. WebPod Studio can be localized into any language. (Additional translations coming soon) The localization unit can handle Unicode based languages such as Chinese and Japanese. The current release supports English (US), English (UK), German, Spanish, French, and Dutch.
Recording of "traditional" audio PodCast.
Recording of audio/video.
Itunes RSS support. WebPod studio is capable of reading and writing Itunes compatible RSS feeds.
PowerPoint Import Wizard: WebPod Studio can import PowerPoint slides and create a video PodCast out of the imported data.
Audio Tuner wizard. You can now select mixer channels yourself or you can let WebPod Studio automatically scan for the proper settings. Who said audio was difficult?
Podcast Teleprompter to aid in recording your Podcasts. (Horizontal and vertical scrolling prompter.) The prompter may be run in transparent and non-transparent mode. In transparent mode you can "overlay" the prompter over your video preview feed.
Auto injection into your RSS feed or creation of a new feed dedicated to your Podcast/WebPod Studio supports RSS, ATOM, and RDF. For podcasts RSS is recommended.
Auto detection of video and audio devices.
Easy to work with and easy to configure! Most features are auto-detected for you!
Drag and drop support in the composer wizard. You can drag and drop files from the windows explorer directly into the composer wizard.
Optimized output for every occasion from 28k8 up to 1.5MB broadband media. Also included is optimized output for PDA's (150kpbs and 225kbps).
Preview option before compiling the stream.
Retro-style VU-Meter in audio recordings that displays modulation during recording.
Feed & Podcast Publisher. Automatically publishes your podcasts and feeds.
Interoperability with Skype.
RSS Management wizard. Allows you to view local and internet feeds. Add, delete, and edit feeds with built-in WysiWyg editor.
Screen Capture wizard. Capture desktop and/or running applications.
Studio Director wizard. A new wizard to help get you started.
Auto pinging to major blog news services. This will ensure that every PodCast you upload will be properly announced to all the Blog/RSS index services. This will increase your "visibility" by a large percentage.
Live Audio broadcast module. Enables you to broadcast your show directly to the internet.
Generates ASX files for quick insertion into your web or Blog pages.
Burning media to cdrom/DVD
Live Video broadcast module. Enables you to broadcast your show directly to the internet.
Macro Support: WebPod Studio now supports macros. You can record keystrokes and mouse movements within WebPod Studio and save the data as a macro. You can play the macro back at any time. This will help you perform tasks you do on a regular basis automatically. You can also define a start-up macro to execute at start-up of WebPod Studio.


Requirements:
Windows XP, NT, or 2003 installed.
DirectX 8.x or higher installed.
Video device (webcam, or other capture device)
Audio device.
10MB installation space.
500+ mb production space. It is recommended that you have at least 500MB free for video/audio capture purposes. 1GB or more is preferred.


Limitations:
10 day trial