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DirCaster “Add-On” for DirCaster Users!

DrBill — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:57:23 +0000

I posted a great “add-on” for those of you that use DirCaster, the Open Source way to make your audio, or video files available via an RSS feed! The new add-on is “PHPstream,” a tool to stream flash video from your web server, using PHP, the server-side scripting language! Check it out on the DirCaster Downloads page:

DirCaster Downloads Page

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New DirCaster Version – New Feature!

DrBill — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:51:43 +0000

Our ol’ buddy Henry Ratliff has released a new feature requested in the forum for DirCaster, the ability to change Time Zone info on your feed. Check it out at the DirCaster web site:

DirCaster – Instant RSS!

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New Release of DirCaster!

DrBill — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:19:04 +0000

There’s a new release to the DirCaster Project… Henry fixed a problem with comments displaying properly. Happy Valentine’s Day!

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A New Release of DirCaster!

DrBill — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:08:55 +0000

Our very own Open Source project, DirCaster, has a new release… Version .09d is out! A new contributer, Jared Benedict, has added new code to handle media files with a duration over 60 minutes in length. Also, our regular coder, Henry Ratliff, has modularized the code to make updates easier! Check it out!

The DirCaster Project!

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Great New Release of DirCaster!

DrBill — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:06:17 +0000

DirCaster Version 0.9c – Added in the ability to define a variable that allows for the use of an enclosurePrefix for such systems as the Raw Voice Media Stats system (TechPodcasts, Blubrry.)

Check it out!

The DirCaster Web Site

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And Still Another Update to DirCaster!

DrBill — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:12:48 +0000

Yep, another great addition to DirCaster from Henry. The latest version: DirCaster Version 0.9b – Added in a guid change to allow for multiple files that had the same file date in the feed, and identifies them as “false” for permalinks.

If you are using DirCaster… grab this one!

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Another Update to DirCaster!

DrBill — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:31:54 +0000

DirCaster V0.9a adds a test so that the ?ft=[filetype] would display ONLY files that are listed in the “sftypes” list. Check out this great new version!

The DirCaster Open Source Project

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A New Version of DirCaster Is Out!

DrBill — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:04:04 +0000

With thanks to Henry Ratliff, our amazing PHP guru, a new version (0.9) of DirCaster hits the ‘net!

Check out these new features:

Revised item GUID tag to be more unique

Added channel keyword tag

Aligned XML tag indent. Looks better when reviewing raw XML.

Added parameter to allow the selection of a single file type:

dircaster.php?ft=[filetype]

The DirCaster Open Source Project

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A BIG, NEW Feature for DirCaster!

DrBill — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:20:59 +0000

Henry L. Ratliff, PHP programmer extraordinaire, has done it again for those of us in the DirCaster community! He has added a feature that I am making great use of for the new Netcast on Dr. Bill.TV! It is a feature that allows the user of DirCaster to “override” the ID3 tag information in the actual MP3 or MP4 (or any other supported file type) in the feed. This allowed me, for instance, to have the feed information be correct for my video files for my Dr. Bill.TV feed even though I have yet to “settle on” a good ID3 tag writer for all the file types I need. This is awesome! So, be sure to check out the new version at:

The Dircaster Project

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Another Dircaster Update!

DrBill — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:11:39 +0000

Well, a new year, a new DirCaster update! This one fixes the “LastBuildDate” field in the feed to be compliant with standards just as the last version fixed the “PubDate” field. Again, check it out with FeedValidator.org and you will see that it passes with flying colors! Hooray!

The Dircaster Project

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