Podcasts, RSS & Multimedia

What Are Podcasts?

Podcasting is a way to ’subscribe’ [learn how] to audio programs and have them delivered to your personal computer or your portable digital audio player (MP3 player).

As a subscriber to U.S. Embassy London podcasts you can automatically receive the latest edition of available programs.

These materials are accessible via freely available syndication software that checks for the latest files from the RSS feed on our website. New materials are downloaded to your computer and optionally to your MP3 player.

All U.S. Embassy London podcasts on our Podcasts & RSS page always include a Download button for listening without syndication software.

The term podcasting originates from the use of Apple iTunes and iPods to download audio recordings where the broadcasting of the audio was combined with the word iPod to yield the word podcast!

What Are Vodcasts?

Vodcasts are the video equivalent of podcasts.

They are distributed the same way as our podcasts. If you subscribe to our RSS feed your syndication software can also download the video files. If your digital audio player also allows you to view video they can also be transferred to it ; otherwise they are viewable only on your PC screen.

What Is RSS?

RSS is a standard format for delivering content that changes on a regular basis. Content is delivered in small chunks, generally a synopsis, preview, or headline. This requires a web browser or RSS reader software.

The RSS feed file is simply a file which allows syndication software to track material available on our website. It is written in XML which is text with special codes.

As a subscriber these technical details are taken care of for you!

How Do I subscribe?

iTunes

To subscribe to our podcasts using iTunes on PC's or Macs just click on the podcast image below:

 Click to launch iTunes & Subscribe

Can't find us? You can also search the podcast section of the iTunes store for the phrase u.s.embassy london. Click here to do so!

If this won't work, you can also manually add our podcast.
Here's how:

1. In iTunes, click the Advanced menu option
2. Choose Subscribe to podcast and ...
3. ... paste in this URL:  http://www.usembassy.org.uk/rss/podcasts/amembassy_london_podcasts.xml
4. Click Ok and our podcast will have appeared in your list of podcasts.

Other Software

To subscribe to one of our podcasts, copy the address of the podcast feed below and add it to your podcast application:

  http://www.usembassy.org.uk/rss/podcasts/amembassy_london_podcasts.xml

Can't find us? You can also search the podcast section of the iTunes store for the phrase u.s.embassy london. Click here to do so!

Subscribe to other RSS feeds

To subscribe to any of our featured RSS feeds add the address of the feed to your bookmarks using copy & paste.
Tip: It is often best to use one bookmark folder to contain all such subscribed feeds. Your RSS reader software can then examine that folder for feed information.

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