Post by Powerline on Mar 8, 2018 8:41:27 GMT -5
There's been a good amount of "podcast recommendation" threads (I've found a few podcasts I like from those threads, in fact). But I've never seen one about a good place to host those podcasts. I've decided this is a field I want to get into, and while not on a "get paid enough to quit my job out of the gate, take my first step towards a media empire" level, I also don't wanna throw it up on some fileshare site and have to distribute links and whatnot on my own. I already have a couple Blue Yeti Microphones and have plans for two different shows (one more serious, one more entertainment-oriented).
I intend on dropping some money a month/year on a hosting plan, but any searches and research I do on where to host a podcast tends to give me conflicting information and reports.
I know a few people on here have podcasts (some of which I listen to) that're hosted on the iTunes Podcast service, which leads me to believe those people have a podcast hosting plan. And I'd like to know what the best one is for someone in my situation/with my criteria:
1. I'd like to not have to worry about filesize too much. I don't plan on doing daily shows; my current plan is once a week, swapping back and forth between my two shows. I know some make you pay a crazy amount for unlimited storage per month, but I don't know what a good number would be for the services I need.
2. I WOULD like to have unlimited archive storage for my episodes and not have to worry about them being scrubbed from the system after a few months. I plan on putting clips of shows for one show and full episodes of the other on YouTube, but I obviously don't want to completely rely on YouTube for archiving old material.
3. I'd like to not have to worry about download limits. I noticed a bunch of plans (usually the super-cheap/free ones) only allow so many downloads or so many MBs or GBs of downloads before it cuts off (this amount usually being pretty strict). I'd like to not have to worry about this issue, or at the very least, for now, have it be something lenient that I can eventually upgrade to make an outright non-factor once I have enough episodes in the backlog (read #2).
4. I mildly know my way around Audacity. I'm not good with EVERY feature it has, but I can do basic stuff (transitions/fades/editing, volume balancing, etc.) so having a program/service that uploads the audio straight from it (I know from my homework that Podomatic has something like this) isn't a requirement. I'm very much a "edit it in post" guy. But if the program is a real winner (allowing easy transitions/fades and allowing me to "mark" certain areas for post-editing so I'm not having to keep track of timestamps mid-show would be biggies), and allows me to generally ease/minimize the post-editing gruntwork as much as possible, it'd be worth considering.
5. I plan on keeping my podcasts PG at worst. Might drop some mild cuss words but I don't intend on using the 7/13 dirty words (depending on if you're citing Carlin or Spongebob). I wasn't able to find anything about whether any of these hosts have such a requirement, but I'd like to arm myself with that knowledge going in instead of having to deal with it later.
6. Audio quality, for now, isn't the end of the world. But I obviously want a plan where the quality doesn't sound like my users are listening to a phone call. I don't think mono vs. stereo would ever be a big deal for either show I want to do.
7. I already have a website that doesn't use anything involving WordPress (one search I did for a comparison article made a BIG deal out of what services offered WordPress compatibility). So at the moment, an actual website for the podcast and/or WordPress compatibility are total non-factors.
Thanks in advance!
I intend on dropping some money a month/year on a hosting plan, but any searches and research I do on where to host a podcast tends to give me conflicting information and reports.
I know a few people on here have podcasts (some of which I listen to) that're hosted on the iTunes Podcast service, which leads me to believe those people have a podcast hosting plan. And I'd like to know what the best one is for someone in my situation/with my criteria:
1. I'd like to not have to worry about filesize too much. I don't plan on doing daily shows; my current plan is once a week, swapping back and forth between my two shows. I know some make you pay a crazy amount for unlimited storage per month, but I don't know what a good number would be for the services I need.
2. I WOULD like to have unlimited archive storage for my episodes and not have to worry about them being scrubbed from the system after a few months. I plan on putting clips of shows for one show and full episodes of the other on YouTube, but I obviously don't want to completely rely on YouTube for archiving old material.
3. I'd like to not have to worry about download limits. I noticed a bunch of plans (usually the super-cheap/free ones) only allow so many downloads or so many MBs or GBs of downloads before it cuts off (this amount usually being pretty strict). I'd like to not have to worry about this issue, or at the very least, for now, have it be something lenient that I can eventually upgrade to make an outright non-factor once I have enough episodes in the backlog (read #2).
4. I mildly know my way around Audacity. I'm not good with EVERY feature it has, but I can do basic stuff (transitions/fades/editing, volume balancing, etc.) so having a program/service that uploads the audio straight from it (I know from my homework that Podomatic has something like this) isn't a requirement. I'm very much a "edit it in post" guy. But if the program is a real winner (allowing easy transitions/fades and allowing me to "mark" certain areas for post-editing so I'm not having to keep track of timestamps mid-show would be biggies), and allows me to generally ease/minimize the post-editing gruntwork as much as possible, it'd be worth considering.
5. I plan on keeping my podcasts PG at worst. Might drop some mild cuss words but I don't intend on using the 7/13 dirty words (depending on if you're citing Carlin or Spongebob). I wasn't able to find anything about whether any of these hosts have such a requirement, but I'd like to arm myself with that knowledge going in instead of having to deal with it later.
6. Audio quality, for now, isn't the end of the world. But I obviously want a plan where the quality doesn't sound like my users are listening to a phone call. I don't think mono vs. stereo would ever be a big deal for either show I want to do.
7. I already have a website that doesn't use anything involving WordPress (one search I did for a comparison article made a BIG deal out of what services offered WordPress compatibility). So at the moment, an actual website for the podcast and/or WordPress compatibility are total non-factors.
Thanks in advance!
