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Format 1:<\/strong>
\nThis Reality had a request some time ago from cha0tic to put chapter breaks in to the podcast (so he could skip past the music – he said \ud83d\ude42 ).<\/p>\n

I’ve spent some time looking at the technical requirements to enable this and the news is that yes, it does look as though we could put chapter breaks in.<\/p>\n

But (you knew there was a ‘but’, didn’t you?) because of technical restrictions of the mp3 format, it seems that chapters can only be inserted in to m4a-formatted audio files, not in to native mp3’s.<\/p>\n

This means that only iTunes subscribers would get the chaptered podcast.<\/p>\n

Listeners to the native mp3-formatted files – whether they picked them up from the website, the blog or the RSS feed (either here or via a third party aggregator website) – wouldn’t get the chapters.<\/p>\n

Also, we’d have to cut two copies – an m4a formatted podcast with its own RSS feed for iTunes subscribers, and an mp3 formatted podcast with its own RSS feed for non-iTunes subscribers.<\/p>\n

This needs thinking about – in terms of both feasibility and practicality. So I haven’t forgotten your suggestion cha0tic, it’s something still being mulled over.<\/p>\n

Format 2:<\/strong>
\nWe’re going to try an experiment with the format in a ‘soon-ish’ episode.<\/p>\n

I’m writing a (very) short story which, if it meets quality standards (and that’s a massive ‘if’, my quality standards change from day-to-day!) will kick off an upcoming episode\u00c2\u00a0 which, all in all, will be a fish in a very different kind of kettle.<\/p>\n

It’ll probably be a one-off, or at most a very occasional variation but, as always, when it does happen, I’d appreciate your feedback.<\/p>\n

B<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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