- Browsing Through Your Library
- Searching for Songs
- Sorting Songs
- Playing and Pausing Songs
- Moving Around in a Song
- Options for Playing Multiple Songs
- Accessing and Playing Podcasts
- Controlling Volume
- Listening to Radio Streams
- Viewing Artwork
- Accessing and Playing Video
- Rating Songs
- Sharing Your Music
- Playing Music from Others' Libraries
- Dealing with Firewalls
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Accessing and Playing Podcasts
While the ways you find and play podcast episodes are the same as those you use to find and play songs in your library, iTunes gives podcasts special status and provides you with smarter ways to access them, via a special Podcasts playlist.
To see your Podcasts playlist:
- Click Podcasts in the Source menu.
You'll see a list of all the podcasts to which you've subscribed or from which you've downloaded specific episodes ( Figure 3.21 ).
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Figure 3.21 When you select Podcasts in your Source pane, all podcasts you've subscribed to or have downloaded an episode from appear.
A blue dot appears in the far left column of any podcasts that have unlistened-to episodes.
If you select a podcast and play it (using any of the techniques for playing songs), the most recent episode that you haven't yet listened to will play.
To access specific podcast episodes:
- Click the disclosure triangle (refer to Figure 3.21).
All the available episodes of that podcast appear in the list (
Figure 3.22
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Figure 3.22 Specific episodes of podcasts appear when the disclosure triangle is turned down.
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Playing Enhanced Podcasts
Enhanced podcasts are those that contain more than audio; they are divided into chapters and usually include synchronized graphics. They may also have links you can click to open a Web page or page in the iTunes music store.
You'll recognize an enhanced podcast in your library because, once you start playing it, a Chapter button appears between the Status display and the Search field ( Figure 3.23 ).
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Figure 3.23 This Chapter button appears once you start playing an enhanced podcast.
You can click the Chapter button to view the Chapter menu ( Figure 3.24 ), from which you can select a chapter to jump to.
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Figure 3.24 Click the Chapter button to view and select from the Chapter menu.
If there are graphics associated with the items in the menu, larger versions of them appear in your Artwork pane at appropriate times (see "Viewing Artwork" later in this chapter to learn about the Artwork pane). Links also appear in the Artwork pane (refer to Figure 3.24).