Bad Boys Podcast
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The Bad Boys Podcast is a long-running project that started as a simple conversation between friends and evolved into a weekly production. Beyond just recording, it involves managing RSS feeds, website maintenance, and ensuring high-quality audio engineering. It has been a playground for learning about digital media distribution and building a community around content.
Learning Moments
One of the key technical challenges was understanding and customizing the RSS feed to ensure compatibility with various podcast platforms like Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Structure and XML validation were crucial.
<item> <title>Episode 100: The Milestone</title> <description>We celebrate 100 episodes...</description> <enclosure url="https://example.com/ep100.mp3" length="12345678" type="audio/mpeg" /> <guid>https://example.com/ep100</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate> <itunes:duration>1:05:23</itunes:duration> </item>
Consistency is key. Developing a reliable workflow for recording, editing, mixing, and mastering significantly reduced production time. Automation scripts were eventually introduced to handle file naming and metadata tagging.
# Example Bash script for tagging ffmpeg -i input.wav -metadata title="Episode Title" -metadata artist="Bad Boys Podcast" -codec:a libmp3lame -q:a 2 output.mp3