FileField Podcaster (FFPC)

**This documentation applies to the 6.x-0.7 release of FFPC (and beyond) which is still in a development phase.

Filefield Podcaster is a Views 2 plugin that allows you to output a podcast compatible feed, including a CCK filefield file as an RSS enclosure. It also inserts any of that file's ID3 data into the feed as well, formatted for use in iTunes or other software that serves up podcasts.

Setting up a View that outputs a FFPC feed is simple:

  1. Make sure you have all required modules installed and that you've created a CCK Content Type with a filefield for your podcast file.
  2. Now, go to the Views interface and create a new node type View.
  3. On the left Views sidebar, create a new View type of "Feed"
  4. For the style of your view, choose "Podcast Feed" and for your row style choose "Podcast Episode"
  5. Add your filefield which is where you uploaded your audio or video podcast file as a Views field. Add no other fields. All other content should be added by styling the feed itself.
  6. Set the 'path' in the view to the URL that you want to use as your podcast feed
  7. Add any other filters you want to use such as content type, published, promoted to front page, etc (although none of this is required)
  8. Save your view. That's it. You can now visit the URL you set in your Views path to see your podcast which will include your filefield file as an enclosure.

If you wish to add your podcast to the iTunes store, you can do so on Apple's site.

See the links below for detailed instructions on how to setup an entire podcast which includes using FFPC for creating your feed.

A Start to Finish Podcast How-To using FFPC

Here's the basics on how to setup a podcast using CCK/Views/Filefield and FileField Podcaster (FFPC from here on out):

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