What is a podcatcher?
A podcatcher is an application you can use to subscribe to podcasts; the podcatcher automatically downloads podcasts as they are posted to a site. Podcatchers can also transfer downloaded podcast files to a portable media player (e.g., an iPod). A podcatcher is a special type of news aggregator; while news aggregators retrieve several types of syndicated web content (e.g., blog entries or the latest content posted to a commercial site, as well as podcasts), podcatchers are geared specifically toward podcasts.
Check out the Podcasting News web site for information about what podcatcher software is available.
Students, faculty, and staff at Indiana University can download podcatcher software (i.e., iTunes) free of charge from IUware Online.
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Last modified on June 02, 2008.
