bittorrent - How to automatically create torrents for podcasts

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2014-07
  • dillmo

    I have a podcast I follow, called TWiT (This Week in Tech), and would like an easy way to download episodes, preferably quickly. To do this, I would like to use BitTorrent. How could I create a torrent for a podcast as soon as it's released (legally, mind you), then post the torrent to trackers and download the torrent file (not the torrentED file) automatically to a podcast directory, for use later on?

    I'm using a Linux (Ubuntu 13.10, soon to be 14.04) system, so please tailor your answers to that. Thank you.

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    The main criteria: it has to be easy to use for non IT professionals (i.e. pastors), that already stuggle uploading the mp3 files to their servers - but now manage to do so.

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    Edit: Maybe some more info on what I'ld like: I have a set of mp3-files locally or on a media server. These files have tags that describe them (title, artist, style, year, ...). I would like to have an app that - either locally on demand or on a website dynamically - generates a podcast from this, taking the n most recent files.


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  • Bruce McLeod

    If you are using a mac there is Podcast maker

  • Sam152

    Use Feedburner. This is made for podcasters, so they can easily manage feeds.

  • warren

    Depending on your application, WordPress can generate these easily.

    From a recent thread on a Linux mailing list I'm on, the following were also suggested: