Microcast improvements

This week we rolled out a few improvements to podcast hosting on Micro.blog. I talked about some of it on yesterday’s episode of Timetable. Here are the changes:

  • Increased MP3 upload size to 35 MB. With the default setting in Wavelength for iPhone this is over half an hour per episode. At lower bitrates, it’s over 70 minutes.
  • Added custom email address to site settings. Google’s podcast directory apparently likes a contact email in your podcast feed, so this allows it. (But it’s blank by default in Micro.blog for privacy.)
  • Updated podcast feed to use your “about me” text as the podcast description.

Speaking of podcasts, check out the latest episode the Supertop podcast. In addition to updates about their podcast client Castro, they cover my blog post about Anchor and other thoughts on what impact Anchor might have on the podcast industry.

Amit Gawande

Sound to be great improvements Manyon 👍🏽

A query though, currently Microcast is a + over Microblog. Any plans to make them parallels? I do not want m.b hosted blog but do want the Microcast. I hope that happens sometime.

2018-08-07 10:38 pm
Amit Gawande

Had a query (which might have been lost in your mentions). Currently Microcast is a + over Microblog. Any plans to make them parallels? I do not want m.b hosted blog but do want the Microcast. Any chance of that to happen?

2018-08-08 8:26 am
Manton Reece

@amit Thanks for the suggestion. I don't think we're going to change this because it would add some complexity to how the different plans work (and it's already kind of confusing). Some people host their blog elsewhere and still use the podcast support on Micro.blog.

2018-08-08 9:28 am
Amit Gawande

Fair enough, makes sense. I was thinking of these two as two content types. But you may have a point - might complicate explaining the plans.

2018-08-08 9:46 am

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