Podcasting is another name for news feeds that include audio or video clips, also known as enclosures. This page is an index of feed readers that support podcasts and external links on the subject.
Keep up to date with new feed readers in this category.
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Awasu
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A feature rich feed reader with a range of plugins to read a mail box as an RSS feed, save content to a database and serve as a podcast client for iTunes.
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BlogMatrix Jaeger
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A feed reader with drag and drop subscription and language translation.
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Bloglines
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Feed reader, directory and search with a multi-lingual interface. Members can set up blogs, share items and access advanced features.
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Egress
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A mobile interface for news reading, with Web support and podcast management.
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FeedDemon
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Popular desktop feed reader for Windows.
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FeederReader
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A feed reader for mobile platforms that includes podcast support and offline reading.
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Headline-Reader
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A Japanese language feed reader for Windows.
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Liferea
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A Linux feed reader for the Gnome desktop. Pre-built binaries available for many distributions.
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NetNewsWire
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A desktop feed reader for Mac OS X, integrates closely with Safari with advanced scripting features for custom feeds.
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NewsFire
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A desktop feed reader for Mac OS X with blogging features and iTunes integration.
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NewsGator Inbox
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A plugin for Microsoft Outlook that manages news feeds like email.
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Omea Pro
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An advanced version of the standard Omea Reader tool, with features for managing, organising and annotating data from diverse sources.
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Omea Reader
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The standard news feed and newsgroup reader from Omea has many of the features of the Pro version.
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PulpFiction
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A feed reader for Mac OS X that integrates with Mail, Safari and the Finder. Also has blogging features and custom AppleScripts, style sheets and alternative themes.
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Quick News
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Quick News is an RSS reader for Palm OS mobile devices.
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Shrook
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A stand alone feed reader for Mac OS with Web based synchronization and distributed feed checking service.
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Snarfer
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A Windows feed reader designed to be small and light, with a plugin scheme for additional features.
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Whizz RSS News Reader
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A feed reader toolbar for Mozilla Firefox. Feeds are displayed in a three panel sidebar and links open directly in the browser. Supports drag and drop feed subscription.
External links
These links point to some key reference articles about the podcasting. Some items use technical jargon that may be unfamiliar; see our Web Feed Reference glossary for plain English explanations.
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The Wikipedia entry for podcasting explains the considerable history of multimedia feeds, and some of the technical details.
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Adam Curry was one of the pioneers of podcasting and hist iPodder site is a loose catalogue of feeds with personal contributions.
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Apple's iPod is now inextricably linked with podcasting and the iTunes podcast page explains how to monitor feeds using iTunes.
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The Engadget How-To: Podcasting (get Podcasts and make your own) explains both sides of the multimedia feeds: publishing and receiving.
Web Feed Generator
The Web Feed Generator makes it easy to add an RSS news feed to your Web site; our service profile is a check list of the main features.