WebPod Studio 1.15 RC15 Reviews

Benefits:

WebPod Studio can import PowerPoint slides and create a video PodCast out of the imported data. WebPod Studio now supports macros. You can record keystrokes and mouse movements within WebPod Studio and save the data as a macro. You can play the macro back at any time. This will help you perform tasks you do on a regular basis automatically. You can also define a start-up macro to execute at start-up of WebPod Studio.

user-designed broadcasts can be uploaded to existing servers and archived on those servers, or burned onto CD or DVD discs. Various output options are available for transcripts and other materials to be produced for the broadcasts and to establish connectivity to the world of Rich Site Summary (RSS) and Blogging.

System Requirements:

• Windows XP, NT
• 1 GHz processor
• 512 MB RAM
• 10 MB free hard-disk space
• DirectX 8.x or higher installed
• Video device and capture device for video podcasts
• Audio device and microphone for audio podcasts

Setup:

WebPod Studio is a shareware that you should pay $149.99 for it. It also has a trail version, you can try it before your purchase. These trial versions will operate for 10 days after installation. You then have the option to either purchase the application or simply uninstall it from your system.

Interface:

Interface is localization enabled. WebPod Studio can be localized into any language. (Additional translations coming soon) The localization unit can handle Unicode based languages such as Chinese and Japanese. The current release supports English (US), English (UK), German, Spanish, French, and Dutch.

Conclusion:

If you want to create audio and video podCasts easily, you can choose WebPod Studio. It has so many functions. It includes CD or DVD discs burner and screen capture wizard. You must be impressed by it after your using.

WebPod Studio is comprehensive, intuitive, feature rich, and affordable Software WebPod Studio is comprehensive, intuitive, feature rich, and affordable Software. Designed to allow and encourage new and experienced computer users to create, gather content and produce polished audio and video broadcasting over the Internet.

Additionally, broadcasts may be uploaded to existing servers, and can be archived on those servers, or burnt onto CD or DVD disc.

Various output options allow for transcripts and other materials to be produced reflecting those broadcasts, and connectivity to the world of Rich Site Summary (RSS) and Blogging.

Here are some key features of "WebPod Studio":

Interface is globalization enabled. WebPod can be globalized into any language (if translation is available), the localization unit can handle unicode based languages such as chinese and Japanese. The current release supports English and Dutch.

Recording of "traditional" audio PodCast.

Recording of audio/video.

Podcast.Teleprompter to help out with recording your Podcasts. (horizontal and vertical scrolling prompter). The prompter can be ran in transparent and non transparent mode, in transparent mode you can "overlay" the prompter over your video preview feed.

Auto injection into your RSS feed, or creation of a new feed dedicated to your Podcast/WebPod Studio supports RSS, ATOM, and RDF, for podcasts RSS is recommended!

Auto detection of video and audio devices.

Easy to work with, easy to configure!, configuring WebPod Studio is so easy, that anyone can do it. With most features being auto-detected for you, you just need to click to confirm.

Drag and drop support in the composer wizard, you can drag and drop files from the windows explorer straight into the composer wizard.

Optimized output for every occasion, from 28k8 up to 1.5MB broadband media. Also included is optimized output for PDA's (150kpbs and 225kbps).

Preview before you compile the stream.

Old fashioned VU-Meter in audio recordings to display if you are close to over modulating your stream.

Feed & Podcast Publisher, automatically publish your podcasts and feeds.

Interoperability with Skype.

RSS Management wizard, allows you to view local and internet feeds, add, delete and edit feeds with build in WysiWyg editor.

Screen Capture wizard, capture desktop and/or running applications.


Limitations:

10 day trial