I know this is cannot be a new idea, but if you are podcasting please may intelligible filename.
I have an mp3 player ful of podcasts that have filenames that impossible to decifer.
For example, I am listening to several NPR podcasts and they use npr_84750923.mp3 where “84750923″ is apparently the number of the podcast. I assume that number is based upon all podcasts no matter what show it is from.
This makes it very hard for me to tell them apart. There is information embedded in the mp3 file that helps with some sorting, It has the artist name which they use for the production campany and the album title which is used for the show’s name. This does nothing to really distinguish between shows.
I am glad that one of them has started putting an incrementing podcast number in the album title, but that does hurt the sorting in the mp3 player.
Here is what I do with the sermon podcast at Christ’s Church.
Artist: Christ’s Church
Album: Sermon series title
Filename: sermon_series_title#-The_Sermon_Title.mp3
The # above shows the order in which that message fits into the series.
The most recent series is entitled “Core Values” and has the following mp3 titles.
Core_Values1-The_Kind_Of_People_God_Uses.mp3
Core_Values2-Taking_Jesus_Seriously.mp3
Core_Values3-Building_Blocks.mp3
Core_Values4-The_Meaning_Of_Discipleship.mp3 (this week’s message)
I considered including the date of the sermon (using the date for Sunday and not confusing people by adding Saturday), but I would like for people to listen to them in the future without prejudice based upon date.
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