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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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but answers are optional.
but answers are optional.


==Step 6: Create your RSS XML file==
==Step 5: Listen to your file.==


Take a look at ~sandman/public_html/podcast/rbradio.xml for a
Oh now come on, you don't expect me to do this, do you? I don't
sample XML file. Anything that's not inside <>'s you can edit
know how to use any players other than Winamp. But basically,
as appropriate. The important part is the <item> tag. Within
wait for your show to be announced on the redbrick.music
this, you find the stuff that shows up in an RSS feed. The
newsgroup, then head on over to the RBRadio site to access it.
<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.
 
==Step 7: Link to your RSS file==


The last part is the simplest. Just create a link off an index.html
To access the RBRadio site, just head on over to the [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~rbradio RBRadio homepage].
file in the directory from Step 4: I like the following format:
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.


<a title="RSS 2.0: Use this link with your favorite RSS
On the site, there are instructions for using iTunes with the site. It involves adding the RedBrick
newsreader for grabbing the podcast. I think." href="rbradio.xml"
SSL certificate to your list of trusted providers.
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
If that doesn't work, or you don't have a reader, you can always
denoting RSS feeds these days, with the title RBRadio. Change
view the raw XML, work out the link and download the file yourself.
"rbradio.xml" to your own .xml file, and away you go.


==Step 8: Listen to your file.==
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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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