AAC Enclosure Bookmarks
February 20, 2005Podcasts help people to and from work, the only problem is timing. I have a 15 minute commute to college each morning and The Dawn and Drew show lasts around 30 minutes, so once I reach college I have to remember the time stamp and wait until my trip home to finish it off. It takes a while to turn the wheel to where I stopped it from.
To solve this maybe podcasters could have an alternative feed with AAC as the file enclosure. AAC audio files support bookmarks, so if you stop listening you will be able to continue where you left off upon re-access.
Many popular podcatchers support MP3 to AAC file conversion. Having this alternate feed allows the subscriber to choose which file format they prefer if they have an iPod.
