Fort Collins Youth Broadcasting

Version 2.0 of our in-house-developed Podcaster application was released today!  This new release features a few major upgrades:

• All configuration settings are XML-driven and are no longer hard coded
• The ability to update the configuration without exiting the application
• The ability to drag the button around the screen
• The “Start” button starts flashing when the mouse starts moving after a user-defined period of computer inactivity (to remind users to actually start recording their show)
• The iPod reminder and “recording” reminder screens now work correctly (reminders to turn off iPod-override and overall show recording)
• The ability to update now playing information on multiple servers, supporting both Icecast and Shoutcast
• Simplification of the podcast process so that the back-end upload process is only one step, not two
• Better documented source code

A few other minor releases will be made over the next coming days, which will include a user guide for configuring the application, as well as a potential release of the source code (it is a very simple application, after all).

This is what goes on behind closed doors at KLIK!  Minor enhancements in the upcoming releases include:

• Disabling buttons while their associated events are processing to avoid “clicked twice syndrome”
• A user guide explaining how to write the XML configuration files
• Released source code!

Since there’s very little chance for profit on this kind of application, we figure we’ll release the PAL script (for SAM Broadcaster) as well as the C# source code that’s used to the public.  The only thing that will not be released is our station’s configuration file since that would obviously jeopardize the security of our servers.