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| Evan gets down with that legal mess
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Added on 03/02/07 by
Kris
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Friend and intellectual property attorney, Evan Brown, was interviewed today by Business POV about blogging and the Perez Hilton case, runtime is apprx. 5 minutes. And as usual he does a great job of distilling the facts of the case with other real world examples that a someone outside of the legal profession can understand. So if you have ever asked about using someone else's work; photo, music, etc., this 5 minutes might help you answer that question. You can catch Evan's podcast or read his blog at Internetcases.com.
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Evan Brown  , DMCA , safe harbor provisions , fair use , Business POV |
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| Dynamic M3U playlist with PHP and MySQL
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Added on 01/06/07 by
Kris
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Podcasters listen up. I wanted to create a playlist (M3U file) in a couple varieties, one: recent podcasts (the last 30) and two: all podcasts. You would think this would be a simple thing to do with PHP and MySQL . . . nope. WordPress users might find this handy.
I did succeed (recent playlist).
Here's how I got it done:
1) Add a mod_rewrite line to your .htaccess file that ends with '.m3u' like so: RewriteRule ^playlist/all/playlist.m3u$ http://www.yourdomain.com/yourscript.php?type=$1 2) Create the PHP script to generate the M3U data structure:a. connect to your MySQL database
b. query your live podcasts (the ones in your cms like WordPress not labled draft. You'll most likely need to know the data type it submits to this field in the database like '0' or '1')
c. pull up the post id, post title and podcast file 3) Lie to the browser by writing a header for an M3U file:header("content-type: audio/x-mpegurl"); 4) Write this line without 'echo' or 'print': #EXTM3U 5) Create a loop to write your podcast id, podcast title and podcast URL
6) The M3U output, which you shouldn't see in the browser if you do this right (I know I saw it for about an hour) looks like:#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:597,Betsy and her husband Kris Jan 01, 2007
http://www.croncast.com/show/597/cks-2007-01-01.mp3
#EXTINF:596,Betsy and her husband Kris Dec 29, 2006
http://www.croncast.com/show/596/cks-2006-12-29.mp3
I am not a super coder but this should be enough to get you going. And just in case that it isn't look below for the exact (well, nearly exact script that I am using).
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dynamic m3u , m3u php , m3u from php , m3u php mysql , dynamic m3u from php |
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| Routing synapses: Portable Media Expo thoughts
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Added on 10/06/06 by
Kris
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It has taken me nearly a week to find some time to sit down and write about this year's Portable Media Expo. My brain takes so long to process situations that when you stack about 200 new situations right on top of one another my synapses begin to flutter a bit like a dancer dropping it likes it's hot. If you missed that analogy just turn on MTV and watch any rap video to see things dropping and gyrating.
So as this stuff has shaken out in my thought process I keep seeing the faces of those I shared some words and grub with . . . Nicole Simon, Garrick Van Buren, Greg Cangialosi, Mark Chernesky, Rick Klau, Eric Olson, Paul Figgiani (Paul got a hug), Tim Bourquin, Scott Fletcher, David Lawrence, Frank Barnako, Holland Cooke, Giovanni Gullacci, John and Erin Paxton and Craig Patchett (he told us not to drive Slowsky).
On the social side there was Evo and Sheila, Dave Slusher for 3 mintues on the way to his seesion (I think the best session of the Expo) . . . damn, that is the end. I should have hung out more!
New train of thought, thinking of my sessions I wanted to thank everyone who attended especially the 40 or so people who showed up for the one on Saturday at the Portable Media Expo. There I met some great people with podcast consulting and production motivations like myself. It was fun to share how you too can loose a client like MTV Networks and how you can gain a client like Alltel and produce for NFL players.
The take aways from the Expo are varied for me. It was a great time to meet and hangout with other podcasters and listeners (Tom Davies you rock). The meet-upability of the Expo is hands down the biggest reason for attending if you have been podcasting for some time. If you are new to the community then I would guess that the Expo was probably extremely overwhelming as the sessions popped off and the social component took hold.
I can't say that I was really disappointed by things but did have some low moments:
1) Pink spandex at the Marriott and the wood inside
2) Being told repeatedly that no one in podcasting is making any money (Ahem, because you're not doesn't mean that others aren't)
3) Rehashing the same discussions that have been going on since the beginning
Now that I have my memories in some semblance of real activity and spared you the personal details of many of those interactions I want to say thank you to Tim, Emile and the PME staff for producing this event and allowing podcasters to be themselves . . . pink spandex shorts and all.
The formal evaluations from my session are in  
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Portable media Expo , PME , pink spandex , Alltel |
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Palegroove demo from Jaguar XK event
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Added on 09/21/06 by
Kris
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This podcast was an experiment to record in many different environments and compile them into a podcast that could represent the day and drive of Jaguar enthusiast. Those environments included 2 cars, in a public park and a grocery store.
Below are pictures from the event. All of these pictures have been added to the podcast ID3 tag and can be viewed with iTunes.
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Jaguar XK , 2007 XK , Palegroove , Kris Smith , Marshall MXL 2003 |
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