RSS and iTunes Overview
RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines, and podcasts. A recipient who wants to receive the feed adds a URL into a program called a reader. A reader is just a program located on the Web or on the recipient's desktop. Each time new content is added or existing content is changed, the recipient who has subscribed to the feed is notified. Overall, an RSS feed saves you from having to go to a website to see if content has been added or updated. It is just like having your newspaper delivered to your doorstep each day!
RSS Feed
On Screencast.com, sharing content via an RSS Feed 
is a way to quickly distribute your content to a wide number of people. An RSS feed also allows people who subscribe to your feed to be automatically updated with changes to your content or additions to your folders or playlists.
- Screencast.com can generate feeds for any of your public folders and public or hidden playlists. Just point your viewers to the RSS feed on a folder or playlist page, and they can generate the required feed URL by clicking the RSS Feed button. See also Turn on RSS and iTunes Feeds.
- Viewers can use Outlook 2007, Google Reader, or any RSS reader of their choice. They just paste the feed URL into their reader.
See also Subscribe Using RSS Feed.
iTunes Feed
iTunes is a digital media player application, from Apple Inc. for playing and organizing digital music and video files. On Screencast.com, sharing content via an iTunes feed 
is a way to quickly distribute your content to a wide number of people using the iTunes application as the delivery mechanism.
People who subscribe to your iTunes feed are automatically updated (within iTunes) with changes to your content or additions to your folders or playlists. If your content is uploaded to the iTunes Store, it automatically becomes searchable and available to anyone who has iTunes installed on their computer.
- Any content in a folder or playlist not iTunes compatible is not sent to the iTunes feed.
- Screencast.com can generate an iTunes feed for any of your public folders and public or hidden playlists.
- The iTunes digital media player application is needed in order to subscribe to an iTunes feed.
- An iTunes account is required in order to upload a feed into the iTunes Store.
How do I turn on RSS or iTunes feeds for my content?
- Mouse-over a folder or playlist and click Edit.
- Check the boxes next to RSS or iTunes to enable or disable those options for a folder or playlist.
See also Turn on RSS and iTunes Feeds.
How do viewers subscribe?
Your viewers will see the RSS and/or iTunes options on your view page when they access your content.
They need to click the buttons to subscribe to your feeds. This generates the feed URL. Paste the URL into the a reader or iTunes. Then, they receive an update in their RSS reader or iTunes every time you add content to the folder or playlist.
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