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RedBrick Radio does not exist anymore, although it may in future.
==Step 1: Create your show.==
==Step 1: Create your show.==


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Title: whatever you want
Title: whatever you want


Artist: RBRadio, or possibly your username
Artist: RedBrick


Album: RBRadio
Album: whatever you want: your username, a show title, both, a partridge...


Year: current year
Year: current year
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of the tag editor. Click on Add, and link your image.
of the tag editor. Click on Add, and link your image.


==Step 4: Create an authenticated area==
==Step 4: Submit your show==


Follow the pubcookie instructions. The short format of those are:
Upload your mp3 to /var/tmp. Then, log in and run the following script:


Create a directory off your public_html - call it something like
~rbradio/bin/submit_show <your mp3 file>
podcast, or radio, or MrKiplingsFlyingElephantSupplies. I don't
care. In that directory, create a .htaccess file, with the following
contents:


PubcookieAppID pod  Authtype pubcookie
This will place your show in the submissions area for RBRadio, and the
require valid-user
crew will take it from there. The submission process asks some questions,
but answers are optional.


Set the permissions on the dir and the file correctly, and you're
==Step 5: Listen to your file.==
done. This means that only rb users can access that directory. I
think.


==Step 5: Upload your mp3==
Oh now come on, you don't expect me to do this, do you? I don't
know how to use any players other than Winamp. But basically,
wait for your show to be announced on the redbrick.music
newsgroup, then head on over to the RBRadio site to access it.


Put your mp3 file in the dir you created in Step 4. Take note of its size.
To access the RBRadio site, just head on over to the [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~rbradio RBRadio homepage].
Then, add the [https://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~rbradio/shows/rbradio.xml the RSS feed] to whatever feed
aggregator you want to use. When you visit the feed, you'll be asked to enter your RedBrick username
and password. A list of synopses will appear. When you click on the synopsis of the show you want,
it should be automatically downloaded or played, depending on your preferences.


==Step 6: Create your RSS XML file==
On the site, there are instructions for using iTunes with the site. It involves adding the RedBrick
SSL certificate to your list of trusted providers.


Take a look at ~sandman/public_html/podcast/rbradio.xml for a
If that doesn't work, or you don't have a reader, you can always
sample XML file. Anything that's not inside <>'s you can edit
view the raw XML, work out the link and download the file yourself.
as appropriate. The important part is the <item> tag. Within
this, you find the stuff that shows up in an RSS feed. The
<enclosure> tag has the link to the mp3 file that you created.
It has a "length=" part that must be accurately set to the length
of your mp3 file. Everything else in the file is pretty straight-
cast forward if you know HTML.


Put this file in the directory from Step 4.
[[Category:HowTo]]
 
[[Category:Music]]
==Step 7: Link to your RSS file==
 
The last part is the simplest. Just create a link off an index.html
file in the directory from Step 4: I like the following format:
 
<a title="RSS 2.0: Use this link with your favorite RSS
newsreader for grabbing the podcast. I think." href="rbradio.xml"
style="border:1px solid; border-color:#FC9 #630 #330 #F96;
padding:03px; font:bold 10px verdana,sans-serif; color:#FFF;
background:#F60; text-decoration:none; margin:0;"> RBRadio </a>
 
This creates a nice orange box, which seems to be the standard for
denoting RSS feeds these days, with the title RBRadio. Change
"rbradio.xml" to your own .xml file, and away you go.
 
==Step 8: Listen to your file.==
 
Oh now come on, you don't expect me to do this, do you? I don't
know how to use any players other than Winamp.
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