manglepod: php tools for dynamic podcasting

an open-source suite of php tools to aid in the production of dynamic podcasts

Using these tools, you can:

stitch together media files on-the-fly
deliver unique content to each individual listener / viewer
rotate audio/video advertisments in your podcast
create "golden ticket" style contests
tack on intros and outros to pre-produced content
watermark your media files
easily generate XML files for your RSS feeds
load balance your RSS feed
easily link to online music stores (and make money from their affiliate programs)
push the capabilites of podcasting to new heights
make other podcasters jealous

News:

5/13/06 Just added musicplug. See below for details.
5/02/06 We will be adding more tools in the near future. Check back often, or contact us with requests / comments.

stitchit v0.1

A small collection of tools for stitching together individual mp3 files into a single file on the fly. They are used to create audio files dynamically -- allowing you to automatically create content as you need it.

stitchit consists of three functions:

id3strip() - strips id3 tags from an mp3 file
id3tag() - creates a new id3 tag
mp3stitch() - stitches multiple mp3 files together

rssLube v0.1

Addresses the pesky, and sometimes dangerous, spike in traffic that occurs when an RSS file with audio or video enclosures is updated. Since many RSS readers query the RSS feed frequently, there tends to be a short-lived but significant upsurge in the number of enclosure files downloaded shortly after new items are added to the feed. These simultaneous downloads can slow file access to a crawl or even bring down smaller servers.

rssLube attempts to alleviate this problem by intelligently distributing the traffic over a longer period of time, thus decreasing the extent of the traffic spike. It accomplishes this by introducing the updated RSS feed in a controlled manner.

musicplug v0.1

musicplug provides links to online music stores for specific artists or albums. Currently, it creates links for the following stores: amazon, barnes & noble, bleep, cdbaby, cduniverse, ebay, emusic, gemm, insound, itunes, napster, and rhapsody.

The link urls lead to the various stores' album and artist search pages, where a search is performed for the given artist and/or album.

If you have an Amazon Web Services account (sign up for one, if you don't), musicplug also lets you easily retrieve album information and music store links given an amazon.com ASIN number.

To see musicplug in action, check out our Music Store Link Generator demo.

Manglepod is a Dailysonic side project created by Isaac Dolom (aka Adam Grossman) | Copyright Dailysonic LLC 2006
Manglepod is licensed under the GPL
Questions? Comments? Corrections? Feedback? Contact isaac@dailysonic.com