Podcasting allows you to download audio content directly from sources like developerWorks onto your computer or portable audio player and listen to it whenever you like. With the audio content on the developerWorks site, you can download and listen to the file immediately or you can subscribe to our podcast feed, which will automatically load our audio segments onto your computer or portable audio player.
Right-click the link next to this icon and select Save target as if you're using Internet Explorer or Save link as if you use Mozilla Firefox.
Select the location on your hard drive where you want to store the audio file, for example, on your desktop.
When the download completes, double click the audio file on your desktop. It will play on your computer's default MP3 player, for example Windows Media Player or iTunes.
Like our RSS feeds, subscribing to our podcast feed requires a piece of software on your computer that will occasionally check in to see if we've posted something new. When there's a new piece of audio content on our site, you'll have the option of automatically downloading it.
To automatically download and synchronize files to play on your computer or your portable audio player (e.g., iPod), you'll need to use a podcast client. iPodder is a free, open source client for Mac OS X, Windows®, and Linux®. You can also use iTunes, FeedDemon or any number of alternatives available on the Web.
After you download and install your podcasting software, add the developerWorks podcast feed or channel. Instructions for adding channels vary depending on the podcasting software you choose, but typically, they go like this:
The developerWorks podcast channel, featuring all of our podcasts, is in the table below. Right-click the link or RSS image for the podcast channel and select Copy shortcut or Copy link location.
