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+RedBrick Radio does not exist anymore, although it may in future.
 ==Step 1: Create your show.==
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 Upload your mp3 to /var/tmp. Then, log in and run the following script:
 ~rbradio/bin/submit_show <your mp3 file>
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 but answers are optional.
+==Step 5: 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. 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.
-==Step 6: Create your RSS XML file==
+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.
-Take a look at ~sandman/public_html/podcast/rbradio.xml for a
+On the site, there are instructions for using iTunes with the site. It involves adding the RedBrick
-sample XML file. Anything that's not inside <>'s you can edit
+SSL certificate to your list of trusted providers.
-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.
+If that doesn't work, or you don't have a reader, you can always
+view the raw XML, work out the link and download the file yourself.
-==Step 7: Link to your RSS file==
+[[Category:HowTo]]
+[[Category:Music]]
-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.